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The Family Knife – Carving out your Marketing Potential
"If you replace the handle of a knife one generation, and the blade in another generation, is it still the same knife?" This historical paradox about change inspired the company name for the husband…
GBS Technologies: Keeping You Connected
Let’s go back to the beginning. It’s the early 2000s; wireless communications and cellphones are on the rise. It’s an exciting time. GBS Tech was then known as a dealer for Clearnet, a telecom compan…
Highlighting Last Years 2020 Winners: Mi'kmaw Economics Benefit Office (MEBO)
Mi’kmaw Economics Benefit Office (MEBO) has, time and time again, advocated and fought for diversity in the workplace and the development of inclusive hiring practices for Indigenous persons across N…
Enginuity: If It Needs Engineering, It Needs Enginuity
Meet Atlantic Canada’s Engine for Innovation and Premier Creative Design Engineering Firm - Enginuity . Problem solvers - that’s the simple way to explain the team at Enginuity. The longer explanatio…
Sandbox: A Pint-Sized Powerhouse
Born out of need, driven by real-world customer demands and innovation, Sandbox understands that every client has an individual approach to business that makes them uniquely competitive. The Sandbox…
More In Store: More to Marketing
Does your company have an Inbound Marketing Strategy? Inbound Marketing is a term created by HubSpot Founder Brian Halligan back in 2005 and is all about attracting customers by creating valuable con…
Outshine: Proves and Improves the Impact of Marketing
Outshine channels its obsession with data and analytics to help clients achieve their digital marketing goals. For many, advertising is measured in loose and intangible terms—a campaign might have a…
Removing Barriers - Access Changes Everything Inc.
When barriers from digital materials and media are removed, access changes everything for the person, society and the world. “I want to help make the digital world barrier-free so that everyone can a…
MNP: Investing in Canada’s East Coast
Although founded out west over 60 years ago, MNP Technology Solutions has found a new home, here, in Atlantic Canada and Nova Scotia. Established by a small group of entrepreneurs, the company has gr…
MOBIA: Embracing, Evolving and Disrupting the Telecommunications Industry
“We are passionate about what we do, and we are committed to providing value to our customers. I think that is us in a nutshell.” - Mike Reeves, President, MOBIA From their customers to their teams,…
Highlighting Last Year's 2020 Winners: Akram Al-Otumi
Akram Al-Otumi seamlessly switches between leading and executing – dreaming big about what could be in our tech community and then making it happen. An active contributor to Nova Scotia’s thriving te…
Motryx: Setting The Bar for Transporting Blood Samples
Did you know that every time your doctor takes a blood sample, your lab results and diagnosis can be affected by the journey your sample takes to the laboratory? This affects nearly 3 million patient…
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