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Progress Looks at Staffing Startups
In the latest edition of Progress magazine, I take a look at the challenges facing startups when trying to attract talented people.
One thing that surprised me as I researched the story was that it is easier in some respects to staff a brand new
Halifax Hair Wins 2 Acadia Events
Tiffany James broke into a broad grin when her company Halifax Hair Extensions won the Pitch101 event at Acadia University on Friday. But she wasn’t through: an hour or two later, she also won the university’s Wes Nicol competition for business
HootSuite Article in USA Today
I was really lucky recently to interview Ryan Holmes, the CEO of HootSuite, for an article in USA Today. The story ran late last week.
The Vancouver social media management company this summer raised $165 million in VC funding, the largest raise
Profile: Nicole LeBlanc’s Multi-Tasking
While Nicole LeBlanc’s main job is finance director at the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, the accountant does not limit herself to counting beans.
LeBlanc’s other duties range from providing financial and business advice to the region’s
FoodTender Expanding After Launch36
For the past few years, Andre Pellerin and Andre LeBlanc have watched their friends in the restaurant industry get squeezed by rising food costs. This year, they started a business to help out restaurant owners.
The two Moncton food services
Nautel To Buy Sonar Company C-Tech
Nautel Ltd., the Hackett’s Cove, N.S., maker of radio and television transmitters, agreed Wednesday to buy the business and assets of Marport C-tech Ltd., a Cornwall, Ont.-based maker of engineered sonar solutions.
The buyer said in a statement
Accelerator To Help Social Entrepreneurs
In this time of rising social concerns, social entrepreneurs – those who want to found a business that meets a social, economic or environmental need and turns a profit – are growing in number. To help them, New Brunswick’s Pond-Deshpande Centre
Helping Men Find Fashion Online
To put it mildly, Atlantic Canada has never been known as a hotbed of men’s fashion. But that’s not stopping Thomas Rankin and Tomek Niewiarowski from developing a tech company that will help men to effortlessly improve their wardrobe.
The two
Welcoming in New Entrepreneurs
As the startups formed in the past few years begin to mature, it’s reassuring to know there are still events, competitions and other institutions that are bringing new companies into existence.
The Launch36 DemoDay in Saint John last week
Profile: Mark Kennedy and Celtx
It seemed counterintuitive to start his own Internet venture when the dotcom business he’d been working for collapsed in the crash of 2000, but Mark Kennedy has always followed his passions.
The St. John’s entrepreneur had already co-founded a
Sequence to Analyze Genetic Data
Tyler Wish and Chris Gardner, two members of the bustling St. John’s startup community, are teaming up to form Sequence Bioinformatics, a new company dedicated to analyzing genetic data for the prevention of diseases.
The pair of entrepreneurs
Launch36 To Expand to Newfoundland
Launch36, the regional tech accelerator, plans to branch out to Newfoundland and Labrador in 2014 as part of its goal to build at least one billion-dollar ICT company in Atlantic Canada.
The accelerator operated by PropelICT graduated its third
