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Peter Moreira reviews the findings in the latest Atlantic Canada Startup Report
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Posted 18 July 2024 | Accelerators, Entrepreneurs, Incubators, Start-ups

Peter Moreira reviews the findings in the latest Atlantic Canada Startup Report

https://media.transistor.fm/8b344d9f/3499e7b5.mp3 This week on the Insights podcast, Don and David speak with Peter Moreira about the 2023 Atlantic Canada Startup Data Report.  Peter’s firm, Entrevestor, publishes this report each year covering more than 800 tech-based locally-owned...

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Damon Goodwin and Jeff White on how to improve innovation in New Brunswick
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Posted 23 May 2024 | Incubators, Start-ups

Damon Goodwin and Jeff White on how to improve innovation in New Brunswick

https://media.transistor.fm/d211b7fa/71c7cb13.mp3 Damon Goodwin and Jeff White are tired of New Brunswick being the least research-intensive province in Canada. Damon, the CEO of Research NB, and Jeff, the CEO of the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, join Don and David on this week’s Insights...

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Michelle Simms, CEO of Genesis, Discusses the Tech Boom in Newfoundland
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Posted 21 December 2023 | Accelerators, Incubators, Start-ups

Michelle Simms, CEO of Genesis, Discusses the Tech Boom in Newfoundland

https://media.transistor.fm/3fe071af/abbd00f3.mp3 There is something going on in Newfoundland and Labrador.  The province’s tech sector is booming.  Real GDP from the IT sector has more than doubled since 2018, IT employment is up 46%.  The number of tech firms is up more than 20 percent...

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Posted 15 March 2023 | Investment Capital, Start-ups

Podcast: Rhiannon Davies on Why Women-Led Companies are a Better Investment

https://media.transistor.fm/9227d369/4753429a.mp3 Only 2.8 percent of the world’s venture capital is given to women entrepreneurs, yet women-led startups outperform their male counterparts. Sandpiper Ventures is a women-led venture fund (which in itself is a rarity) that invests in...

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Posted 7 October 2021 | Economic Development, Start-ups

Melanie Nadeau On The Rise Of The Blue Economy

The ocean sector in Canada is large and growing, currently representing $30-billion in GDP and employing more than 300,000 Canadians. This week, Don Mills and David Campbell look at this increasingly important sector of our economy, especially for Atlanti

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Posted 23 September 2021 | Economic Development, Start-ups

Rory Francis Talks About How Bioscience Will Become A Billion-Dollar Sector In P.E.I.

What started 15 years ago as an idea to build a new industry around a few key assets has grown into an impressive biosciences cluster with 60 firms, 2,200 employees, and more than $300 million worth of exports in 2020. The PEI BioAlliance has been at the

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