Innovacorp Annapolis Valley and South Shore regional manager Paul Richards facilitates a workshop on business start-up tools at the NSCC Kingstec ‘Mashup Weekend’ event.
The event, one of three sessions happening at NSCC campuses, involved three working groups developing some diverse business ideas.
Kingstec event facilitator Mike Caplan said one group worked on a project involving silk-screening T-shirts and other products, aiming to raise awareness of firefighting.
Another worked on what Caplan referred to as a project modeled after 10,000 Villages with the goal of supporting local community organizations.
The third worked on a creative community space initiative that would see people of different ages and backgrounds collaborating on building new, technologically innovative items.
The three groups presented their business projects to the judges on Nov. 23.
The other events took place in Bridgewater and Yarmouth. Mashup chief executive officer Andrew Button planned to visit all three venues over the course of the weekend.
In his role, with Innovacorp, Richards helps enable knowledge-based companies to accelerate growth and helps foster a dynamic, high-growth entrepreneurial culture in the Valley and South Shore region. As part of its mandate, Innovacorp provides early stage venture capital for new business start-ups.
