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Notes from MentorCamp 2013

  • Oct 22, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

My favourite sports writer, Don Banks of Sports Illustrated, likes to open his columns with the words: “Musings, observations and the occasional insight from” such and such. Well, here are my musings, observations and occasional insights from the

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Murphy Re-emerges with Atlantic Motor

  • Oct 22, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

Having previously proposed developing pneumatic motors for lawn mowers, Braden Murphy is applying this technology to a range of products for the oil and gas industry.

Last year, Murphy was taking his Masters in Engineering at Dalhousie

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NS Game Developers’ Body Formed

  • Oct 21, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

A new association has formed in Nova Scotia to advance the interests of the burgeoning video game industry.

The Nova Scotia Game Developers Association formally announced its launch earlier this month, promising to promote and advance the

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Tapping the Massive Chinese Market

  • Oct 18, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

When Greg Phipps, an investment manager with Innovacorp, walked into the offices of the Beijing Development Authority last month, he was struck by the scale model of the Chinese Capital’s industrial park for tech companies, E-town.

The park is

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MentorCamp to be Held Monday

  • Oct 17, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

The third annual MentorCamp Atlantic will take place at the Delta Halifax next week, linking up eight leading startups with a host of mentors from Atlantic Canada and around the world.

The event is the brainchild of British investor Permjot

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Outlook for Angel Investing in Region

  • Oct 16, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

When the Atlantic Angels hold their first meeting on Oct. 22, it will represent a huge opportunity to usher new blood into the investment community.

That much we know.

But as I spoke to a few entrepreneurs last week, it became apparent that

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Amarok Sees 1st Bike in 18 Months

  • Oct 15, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

Within 18 months, Michael Uhlarik believes the upmarket electric motorcycles he’s designed will be ripping around some of the major bike tracks in the U.S.

If he ever doubted this vision, the CEO Amarok Electric Motorcycles of found validation

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Pond-Deshpande Centre’s 1st Cohort

  • Oct 15, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

The Pond-Deshpande Centre at the University of New Brunswick late last week announced the first cohort of entrepreneurs it is supporting with mentorship, funding and other services.  

The Pond-Deshpande Centre’s mission is to accelerate the

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Thankful for My Book Contract

  • Oct 14, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

I want to celebrate Thanksgiving by letting everyone know that I've concluded a contract to publish The Jew Who Defeated Hitler with Prometheus Books of Albany, N.Y.

I’m thrilled to be working with Steve Mitchell and his team at Prometheus. They

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Spring Loaded Wins BioPort Event

  • Oct 11, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

Spring Loaded Technology of Halifax on Thursday won the third annual BioInnovation Challenge, capturing the $35,000 first prize and gaining further validation of its innovative knee  brace technology.

The top prize at the pitching competition at

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St. John’s Preps for Startup Weekend

  • Oct 11, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

The energetic startup community in St. John’s, N.L., will stage its first Startup Weekend next month, and has already sold out more than half the spots available for the 54-hour technology-business competition.

Jason Janes, a co-founder of

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Refuel Extends Diesel Filters Network

  • Oct 10, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

Refuel Systems, a Dartmouth fuel filtering outfit, is looking to increase the deployment of its filtering devices that are now on active service across the U.S. and Canada.

The group builds devices that “polish” fuel, which means they solve a

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