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Goggin Talks at Moncton Cybersocial

  • Jan 10, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Peter Goggin, the Co-Founder and Vice-President of Operations at Resson, will speak Wednesday at the Cybersocial in Moncton.

The free event will take place at the Venn Centre on Main Street, starting at 5 pm.  

Goggin and his co-founder Rishin

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Bootstrapping Talk at Startup Grind

  • Jan 10, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Startup Grind Halifax has announced that its next event will focus on bootstrapping and will feature Eric Bahn, who spent just $32,000 on a site that he sold for millions.

Led by entrepreneur Oleg Yefymov, Startup Grind brings in speakers for the

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Fitzgerald Replaces Garrish as CTO

  • Jan 09, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Spring Loaded Technology has named Stephen Fitzgerald as its new Chief Technology Officer, replacing co-founder Bob Garrish, who has stepped down for health reasons.

Armed with more than 25 years of experience in turning technology into products,

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Jobs: Startup Zone, Dash Hudson

  • Jan 09, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Our first jobs of the week column this year features an interim position leading Charlottetown’s newest incubator, and two openings at IT companies that have been on a hiring binge lately.

The Startup Zone in Charlottetown is looking for an interim

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3 Reasons Scaling Beats Launching

  • Jan 06, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Lately I’ve been writing more and more about the larger startups in the region because they have the biggest impact in terms of job creation, revenue growth and attracting capital.

I’ve never summed up in a single column why I believe the focus on

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Jan. 10 Deadline for Breakthru Filing

  • Jan 06, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation is reminding participants in its Breakthru competition to get their full business plans in to organizers by Jan. 10.

The innovation agency holds the Breakthru competition every other year with the goal of

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Stephen Nicolle Joins Appili Board

  • Jan 06, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Appili Therapeutics Inc., a Halifax-based anti-infective drug development company, today named former STI Technologies CEO Stephen Nicolle to its board of directors.

A seasoned executive, Nicolle has led Canadian and American companies to deliver

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A Digital Society in Saint John

  • Jan 05, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

A recurring theme at the Big Data Congress in Saint John last October was the global movement toward a data-driven society. Most of the 600 delegates were probably unaware that one Atlantic Canadian city is already moving toward becoming such a

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Propel To Hold Information Sessions

  • Jan 05, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Propel ICT, the regional ICT accelerator, is kicking off the new year with a series of information sessions about its next cohort, which will take place this winter.

Applications for the coming cohort, which can be found here, close Jan. 31. As it

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My Appearance on #Startupeast

  • Jan 05, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

I’ve been fortunate enough to appear on the latest edition of #startupeast, the broadcasts by Startup Kitchen that focus on startups in Atlantic Canada.

I sat down with Director Devon Murrins a while back to discuss what we’re noticing in the

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CB Startups: Doing a Lot with a Little

  • Jan 04, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Click2Order is a clear demonstration of what’s special about the Cape Breton startup community.

Founded by Matt Stewart and Rob Myers, Sydney-based Click2Order has developed an app that lets people order from a restaurant online. It allows the

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A Growing Cluster of Accelerators

  • Jan 03, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Here’s one thing to highlight about Atlantic Canadian startups in 2017: they’ll be accelerating their danged faces off.

Accelerators have become a cornerstone of the startup world, and they’re thick on the ground on Canada’s East Coast. The sheer

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