Breakthru

By Nauman Farooqi, Special to Globe and Mail | link to original article THE CHALLENGE The advent of the knowledge-based economy has created immense opportunities for innovative entrepreneurial ventures. An important ingredient for success is timely access to financial resources, and venture capital ...

Smart Skin to travel to Toronto to pitch on CBC’s Dragons’ Den After an evening filled with excitement, ChemGreen Innovation of Sackville, NB took the grand prize of $125,000 in equity investments and professional services at a gala event held in Fredericton on March 25th. Promising a new polyme...

FREDERICTON—Six budding New Brunswick entrepreneurs are getting ready to take flight as they enter into the final round of Breakthru, New Brunswick’s Business Plan Competition, for over $250 thousand in prizes.  Created by the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation in 2007, Breakthru is the la...

FREDERICTON – Despite constant reports about business troubles, the spirit of entrepreneurship is alive and growing in New Brunswick with 60 entries to the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation's 2009 Breakthru Business Plan Competition. Representing 130 New Brunswickers, the 60 teams double...