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A Startup Baby Boom

  • Mar 26, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

If you believe in the law of averages, there is now a startup somewhere in Atlantic Canada that didn’t exist this time last week. And by next Wednesday, there will have been another launch.  Or maybe two.

One thing that has struck to me as I’ve

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SHIFT Energy Ending 2 Pilot Projects

  • Mar 25, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Almost a year after altering its business model, SHIFT Energy of Saint John is on track to complete two pilot projects that should validate its automated energy optimization software, or EOS.

SHIFT Energy is one of several industrial Internet

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Press Release: BioMer Advances

  • Mar 25, 2014

BioMer Innovations of Halifax released the following press release:

New start-up BioMer Innovations is picking up steam with another successful result; achieving a first place finish at the Boyne Clark Innovative Ideas Competition on March 20th,

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Catching Up with Fredericton Startups

  • Mar 24, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

I get to Fredericton every few weeks or months, so my image of company development in the New Brunswick Capital is a bit like time-lapse photography. I get a shot every four to eight weeks, and it looks like everything is unfolding quickly and

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Press Release: Spark Cape Breton

  • Mar 24, 2014

Innovacorp, Nova Scotia's innovation agency, this morning announced the winners of the Spark Cape Breton competition in the following press release: 

Spark Cape Breton Winners Named

Six new technology companies in Cape Breton have been named

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US Embassy Hosts Startup Weekend

  • Mar 24, 2014
  • Carol Moreira

Aspiring young Canadian entrepreneurs are invited to apply for an upcoming Startup Weekend hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa from June 13–15, 2014.

The Embassy will fund travel, accommodation and meals for participation in the Startup Weekend

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Saul Singer Hails NB’s Startup Success

  • Mar 21, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

A leading authority on the Israeli startup behemoth told New Brunswickers last night to recognize the strides they’d made in developing their own startup community and to look for collaboration opportunities around the world.

Saul Singer, the

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Profile: Paul Smith’s Perfect Timing

  • Mar 21, 2014
  • Carol Moreira

After retiring as a high school computer science teacher, Paul Smith wasn’t expecting to become an entrepreneurial software developer and Olympic timer, but that is the post-retirement life of the founder of CurlTime, who initially developed his

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Press Release: ModestTree’s Contract

  • Mar 21, 2014

ModestTree, a Halifax startup whose software allows users to develop their own 3D training programs, issued the following press release on Thursday:

CANADIAN MILITARY NOW USING MODEST 3D TO BUILD 3D TRAINING

(Halifax, ON) March 20, 2014–

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N.S. Launches 4 Sandbox Projects

  • Mar 20, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

The Nova Scotia government announced Wednesday that it would fund four “sandboxes” – places where students and others can get together, swap business ideas and collaborate on forming startups – at groups of post-secondary institutions.

All four

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Atlantic Venture Forum Set for June

  • Mar 20, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

The second annual Atlantic Venture Forum, taking place in Halifax on June 17 and 18, will emphasize the development of relationships between Atlantic Canada and the northeastern United States.

Critical Path Group, the Calgary operation that

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Innovation Week Coming to St. John’s

  • Mar 19, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

The first Innovation Week in Newfoundland and Labrador will kick off on May 5 in St. John’s and will highlight the rapid advancement of the startup community in the province.

Startup NL, which has recently been incorporated as a not-for-profit

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