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How to Follow Passions—Profitably

  • Oct 06, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Entering the austere halls of the J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology, Management & Entrepreneurship at the University of New Brunswick, with its arched entrance and paneled halls, it’s easy to suppose the school’s summer institute will be a

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Drawing Women to the Gaming Sector

  • Oct 03, 2014
  • Carol Moreira

Although women are playing online games in ever greater numbers, female game developers and computer programmers remain rare. That’s something Kirsten Tomilson is working to change as she develops her own digital media company, Fourth Monkey

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Spring Loaded Raises $270K in VC

  • Oct 03, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Having secured a fresh tranche of venture capital financing, Spring Loaded Technology Inc. is looking for a few volunteers to beta-test its revolutionary “bionic” knee brace.

The company said it has just raised $270,000 in equity financing from

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ABK Names Abraham CEO

  • Oct 03, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

ABK Biomedical Inc., a Halifax medical device startup, said Thursday it has appointed founder Bob Abraham as its new CEO, succeeding industry vet Pat O’Connor.

The company had had bases in both Halifax and Ireland, but under Abraham’s leadership

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Athlegen’s Gene Analysis for Athletes

  • Oct 02, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Athletigen Technologies Inc., the Halifax startup that owns the world’s largest sports genetic databank, has launched a product to help coaches, athletes and fitness enthusiasts improve performance through sports-related genetic analysis.

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NBIF Launches Breakthru Competition

  • Oct 02, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation yesterday launched its Breakthru startup competition, which will offer the largest prize ever for the biennial contest.

The Fredericton-based innovation agency sent out a press release calling for

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Pluses & Minuses of Strategic Deals

  • Oct 01, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

The plain facts about strategic investments bubbled to the surface at Invest Atlantic on Tuesday during a no-sugar-coating discussion on whether strategic or venture capital investments are better.

It’s difficult to write a conclusion on the

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Nicole LeBlanc Joins BDC in Toronto

  • Oct 01, 2014
  • Carol Moreira

Nicole LeBlanc, until recently the CFO of the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, is moving to a new role in Toronto.

Speaking from Montreal, where she is training ahead of beginning her new job with the Strategic Investments & Partnership

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Using IT to Revolutionize Cleaning

  • Sep 30, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

In February, Michael Brown and Matt Cooper tried an experiment that would indicate whether their idea for an online cleaning service would work.

They wanted to know whether complete strangers would go online to book cleaners, leave their credit

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Vish Solutions Wins PitchCamp

  • Sep 30, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Vish Solutions, a St. John`s startup that helps to improve the efficiency of hair salons, captured first place at the PitchCamp competition that kicked off Invest Atlantic last night.

Vish addresses an unlikely but potentially lucrative pain

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Are Startups Still Launching Weekly?

  • Sep 29, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

We’re starting to see tweets about the coming Breakthru competition in New Brunswick. Dalhousie University just hosted a Startup Weekend. And PtichCamp, the pitching competition affiliated with Invest Atlantic will take place this afternoon.

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Bonfire’s Minimum Viable Marketing

  • Sep 26, 2014
  • Carol Moreira

Atlantic Canada may seem an unlikely place to establish a marketing and PR agency with a focus on startups, but entrepreneurship is growing fast in this region and Allan Gates, partner at Bonfire Communications, sees an opportunity.

Saint

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