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Jobs of the Week: Forestry.io
Forestry.io, a Charlottetown company developing a new content management system, or CMS, is looking for two programmers to help the young company grow.
Today’s Jobs of the Week column highlights the postings by this startup, whose recent beta test
Miller Seeks Input for G20 Gathering
Entrepreneur-in-training Emily Miller wants to be briefed by young Atlantic Canadians like herself so she can better represent the region in in her role as a G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance delegate.
Halifax-based Miller leaves for Beijing on
East Coast Cities Show Tech Density
A new study of Canada’s information technology sector shows the country’s tech segment is bigger — and slower growing — than you might have expected.
And the report offers glimpses of the tech scene in Atlantic Canada. It said tech employees make
Applications Open for The Next 36
Applications are now open for the 2017 cohort of The Next 36, a mentorship program for the country’s leading undergraduates interested in entrepreneurship.
Based in Toronto, The Next 36 takes in about 36 undergraduate students each year and puts
QRA Lands $3M in ACOA Funding
Halifax-based QRA Corp. said Tuesday it has received $3 million in funding from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and gave its first indications that its two main products are finding a home with customers.
In a ceremony in Halifax, Treasury
Briefs: Cloud-A, Ignition, Ag Award
Innovation PEI’s Ignition Fund deadline on Friday
Applications for Innovation PEI’s Ignition Fund – which offers $25,000 to launch or expand a business on P.E.I. – must be submitted by Friday.
“The fund is proving popular again this year as
Channeling Funds Into Drug Discovery
Kevin Sullivan had the pride of a guy showing off his new Cadillac. But it wasn’t a car he was displaying, it was the new laboratory that his company had recently moved into.
The company is Halifax-based drug discovery outfit Appili Therapeutics
Lighthouse Labs’ New Halifax Program
Halifax native Rebecca Haliburton moved to Vancouver to work as the marketing manager for the tech education company, Lighthouse Labs. Six weeks later, the company told her that they would be expanding their software and app development bootcamps to
Velocity Fund Chooses Seven Winners
The Velocity Fund on Thursday awarded $125,000 to seven startups based at the University of Waterloo to help them with their product development.
The Velocity Fund Finals are held three times a year to find and reward the best young companies
Teaching the Rewards of a Sales Career
Young Atlantic Canadians, and the region’s economy, are missing out because young people don’t understand the rewards of a career in sales, according to professionals at executive search firm Venor.
“Many youth are unaware of sales, and some are
UNB Summer Institute Presentations
The University of New Brunswick’s Summer Institute will hold its graduation Friday night, with presentations by seven companies spanning the entrepreneurial spectrum.
Organized by the J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology, Management and
Remembering Neville Gilfoy
With the passing of Neville Gilfoy, Atlantic Canada has lost three types of people that are in short supply – journalists, salespeople and genuine wits.
Gilfoy was the founder and publisher of Progress Media, and I had the pleasure of writing for