{"id":66330,"date":"2020-10-08T13:51:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T16:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.ca\/books\/unicorn-in-the-woods-how-east-coast-geeks-and-dreamers-are-changing-the-game\/"},"modified":"2022-11-09T23:08:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T23:08:50","slug":"unicorn-in-the-woods-how-east-coast-geeks-and-dreamers-are-changing-the-game","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.ca\/fr\/livres\/unicorn-in-the-woods-how-east-coast-geeks-and-dreamers-are-changing-the-game","title":{"rendered":"Unicorn in the Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As tech investors the world over search for elusive unicorns (start-ups valued at over $1 billion), acclaimed business journalist Gordon Pitts asks whether there can be a place for high-tech innovation and unicorn-like value creation outside of major urban centres, whether in Atlantic Canada, rust-belt New York, or Northern Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>Journeying back to the origins of Radian6 and Q1 Labs ? two New Brunswick companies that sold for a combined $1 billion ? in the basements and offices of a group of geeks and dreamers, Pitts tells a story of two remarkable companies and the legacies that continue to this day. 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