The Atlantic Canadian Farm For Baby Unicorns

By Acadia Broadcasting Corporation Feb 24, 2022 | 12:00 AM

Kathryn Lockhart, the CEO of the startup accelerator Propel, says start-up incubators and accelerators are playing a vital role in nurturing the tech sector across Atlantic Canada, supporting, in some way, around 90 per cent of all recent successful tech startups across the region. Lockhart shares her vision of an Atlantic Canada that is home to dozens of ‘baby unicorns’, startups with a valuation of at least $50-million.

This podcast combines the experiences of an economist, David Campbell and a social scientist, Don Mills, to explore the challenges and opportunities facing Atlantic Canada, to promote data-driven decision making among policymakers and to encourage a wider dialogue and debate leading to greater prosperity for the region. Expect to hear interviews with the top influencers, business leaders and decision-makers across Atlantic Canada to inform, educate and expand the conversations on the key issues facing the region.

N.S. senior's minister still says long-term care deal fair 4 weeks into strike

The province's senior's minister has no plans to go back to the table with the union that represents long term care workers who are in week four of strike action. Three thousand union members remain on the picket lines from 30 nursing homes, with two...

Caitlin Snow 4h ago