Introducing the Atlantic Canada Entrepreneurial Services Passport
FREDERICTON– Atlantic Canada’s entrepreneurial hubs, accelerators, and coworking spaces have teamed up to offer their clients an inter-provincial experience.
The Atlantic Canada Entrepreneurial Services Passport is a collection of Atlantic Canada’s entrepreneurial hubs, accelerators, and coworking spaces that have come together with the purpose of cross-promoting events, sharing best practices, opening their doors to members in partnering locations and supporting the common goal of assisting entrepreneurs in the region.
The idea for the passport grew from a partnership between entrepreneurial service providers ConnexionWorks in Saint John and Planet Hatch in Fredericton as an effort to improve resources for startups across Atlantic Canada.
“This is ideally only the first of many initiatives that are being put in place across Atlantic Canada,” said Lisa Kinney, entrepreneurial services coordinator at Planet Hatch in a release.
Passport members are those who have either signed a membership agreement, hold a tenant seat, or are currently participating in a business acceleration program with a partnering location. A membership with any one of the passport’s organizations provides free or discounted pricing across the participating locations.
“As coworking spaces and entrepreneurial service providers on the East coast collaborate and align their programming and spaces, the benefits for Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs will become stronger and more valuable,” said Doug Jenkins co-founder of ConnexionWorks in Saint John. ”We are always looking for new and innovative opportunities to grow our ecosystem.”
Service providers part of the passport program include:
- Business Portals, St. John’s, NL
- CO3 Space, Bridgewater, NS
- Common Ground, St. John’s, NL
- ConnexionWorks, Saint John, NB
- The HUB South Shore, Mahone Bay, NS
- LaunchPad, Charlottetown, PEI
- New Dawn Centre for Social Innovation, Sydney, NS
- North Queens, Caledonia, NS
- Planet Hatch, Fredericton, NB
- Sackville Commons Co-op, Sackville, NB
- Social Enterprise Hub, Saint John, NB
- Startup Zone, Charlottetown, PEI
- The Ville Cooperative, Marysville, NB