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Melanie Little- Bringing local businesses to the forefront
Fresh new start-up, vlife by Quantum Link, opened their “doors” in December 2019. This social enterprise connects the community with local businesses through their online platform, vlifeapp.ca. Today…
DNS Member Summa Financial Services Shares Year-End Tips!
The end of the year is around the corner and many small businesses in Halifax are scrambling to get their books in order. Fintech and payroll expert, Troy Lutz, CTO of Halifax-based Summa Financial S…
How to Recruit a Recruiter
From the moment Craig Coady met Nick Misener, he immediately identified his potential as a recruiter - even if it was long before Nick identified it within himself. “As soon as I met Nick, I saw that…
Celebrating 30 Years!
After an incredibly successful year, we have released our 2018-2019 year in review. This special edition magazine also celebrates 30 years of Digital Nova Scotia by profiling 30 of our members. We en…
Getting to know Dawn & David at Sierra Systems, an NTT DATA Company
We sat down with Dawn and David from Sierra Systems, an NTT DATA Company to learn a little more about them and how they got started in the tech sector. One of the most amazing things about our indust…
MonstroCity Smashes Onto Tabletops
Fight the evil genius, Dr. Spotnik, with your monster squad in this epic city destroying game
SEO is Like a Garden
This week, Michael MacMillan, of SEO Brunch , hosted our October #Info4Impact with over 20 of our members. Michael is an independent SEO consultant who has been working in SEO roles since 2009 and hi…
Master Merchant Systems rebrands to Maplewave!
After nearly 30 years, the name Master Merchant Systems fades into retail history. On February 22nd, 2018, MMS revealed their new name: Maplewave. Congratulations to DNS Member on their new brand! Ma…
Member Feature: Jenelle Sobey
Jenelle Sobey is the Managing Partner at Code + Mortar (formerly Norex ) and a local leader in Social Innovation. We recently had the opportunity to sit down and get to know her a little better... Je…
Female Leaders and Diversity Champions celebrated at Digital Nova Scotia’s Digital Diversity Awards
HALIFAX, May 30, 2017 – Digital Nova Scotia (DNS) announced the winners of its second annual Digital Diversity Awards this evening in partnership with the Centre for Women in Business’ Spring Finale.…
Member Blog: The Impact of Navigating New Sales Channels
It is hard to know where to start. The last few months have flown by in a bit of a whirlwind. But it really all started a year ago when I enrolled in Digital Nova Scotia’s - Navigating New Sales Chan…
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