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SMU to Launch MTEI Program

  • Feb 18, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

Sitting in a coffee shop on the St. Mary’s University campus, Dawn Jutla is almost dwarfed by the stack of pamphlets promoting the new program she is launching – the Master’s of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

The MTEI program at the

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NSBI Sinks $1.5M in Health Outcomes

  • Feb 18, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

Strengthening its finances and team, Cape Breton healthcare administration company Health Outcomes Worldwide has landed $1.5 million in follow-on funding from Nova Scotia Business Inc. weeks after it hired Ted Maclean as Chief Executive Officer.

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SMU’s Davison Developing DressEase

  • Feb 15, 2013
  • Daniel Boltinsky

Becky Davison sees a massive market for her line of clothes for people with arthritis, and she is now trying to execute a strategy for selling it to consumers.

The MBA student at Saint Mary’s University is the CEO of DressEase, an adaptive

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Neurodyn Lands $1.5M; May Add $500K

  • Feb 14, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

Neurodyn Inc., the Charlottetown biotech developing early treatments for neurological diseases, has closed a $1.5-million round of funding from a range of U.S. and Canadian investors and could bump the total up to $2 million.

The company will

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Alpha Dog Games Seeks $1 Million

  • Feb 13, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

Now that its first mobile game Wraithborne has been downloaded by 200,000 users, Alpha Dog Games is looking for as much as $1 million to help develop its next game.

The Bedford, N.S., game developer launched Wraithborne for mobile devices

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G2 Research Enters New Segments

  • Feb 12, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

Entering its fourth year of existence, G2 Research is branching out from GPS analytics for law enforcement to new sectors such as fleet management, security for companies using shippers, and high-risk offender monitoring.

The Dartmouth company

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Lowe: Blending Wisdom and Capital

  • Feb 11, 2013
  • Carol Moreira

When Brian Lowe was a young man looking to sell his Nova Scotia environmental services companies, he had two offers on the table.

In the end, he sold to Laidlaw Environmental Services of South Carolina because Laidlaw was able to offer cash and,

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PlanAheADD helping ADHD Patients

  • Feb 11, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

Dylan Mitchell’s creation of PlanAheADD illustrates all that is good in the Atlantic Canadian start-up community. His is the story of someone turning a personal challenge into a business, of a mentor and an angel giving generously to a young

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Halifax Entrepreneurship Expo

  • Feb 08, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

Ten teams of students and entrepreneurs will vie for $10,000 in seed money in Startup Sunday, the highlight of the Halifax Entrepreneurship Expo, which culminates on March 21.

Philip Calvert, the head of Calvert Events and the organizer of this

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Fredericton to Host Startup Week

  • Feb 07, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

A loose confederacy of organizations is organizing East Coast Startup Week in Fredericton in late March to encourage entrepreneurs, and they hope it will become an annual event in a different city each year.

Startup Week 2013 will feature Demo

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Ladies Learning Code in Halifax

  • Feb 06, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

In the continuing effort to encourage women in technological pursuits, the Halifax chapter of Ladies Learning Code will hold its first workshop in the region in April.

Toronto-based Ladies Learning Code is a national not-for-profit organization

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Interview Rocket Lands $250,000-Plus

  • Feb 05, 2013
  • Peter Moreira

Interview Rocket, a Halifax startup that offers interview technology for recruiters and jobseekers, has landed more than $250,000 in funding from the First Angel Network, foreign investors and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

In an

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