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The digital pivot that helped Good Robot Brewing Company keep growing
The digital pivot that helped Good Robot Brewing Company keep growing A Digital Nova Scotia Success Story For many small businesses, the hardest investments aren't the obvious ones. They're the ones…
Stop automating what you haven't proven yet
Expert Series features guest perspectives from leaders across Nova Scotia's tech community, sharing practical insights, lessons learned and real-world expertise through the Digital Nova Scotia platfo…
Board Spotlight: Q&A with Robert Chambers
Welcome to Board Spotlight, a new series introducing the leaders helping shape the future of Nova Scotia's tech sector through Digital Nova Scotia's Board of Directors .
How one Alberta library leader strengthened her cybersecurity skills with LevelSec
How one Alberta library leader strengthened her cybersecurity skills with LevelSec A Digital Nova Scotia Success Story Stephanie Thero didn't come from a traditional technology background. She planne…
Built on relationships: How WBC Designs has evolved over nearly two decades
A background in psychology is not widely considered a business essential, but for Craig Steinberg, Owner and Lead Designer of WBC Designs , it's become one of the company's greatest strengths. Long b…
The startup tackling the home care coordination gap
A Nova Scotian can order dinner, book a flight and hire a contractor from a phone in a few taps. Coordinating care for an aging parent is somehow still the hard part. That contrast is the starting po…
Pouring purpose into business: How Lemonade Communications found sweet success in values-driven marketing
For Emily Sollows and Meghan Doucette, business has always been deeply personal. As the founders of Lemonade Communications , the two neighbours-turned-business-partners build their digital marketing…
The Domino Effect: How a Gamescom trade mission helped Jestr find its breakthrough
Watch: Jestr co-founder Mahdeen Abrar shares how Digital Nova Scotia's Gamescom trade mission became the turning point for the Halifax startup.
Applications open for Atlantic AI Trade Mission to ALL IN 2026
Digital Nova Scotia to lead Atlantic Canadian delegation to Canada's largest artificial intelligence event HALIFAX, NS — June 29, 2026 — Digital Nova Scotia (DNS) is now accepting applications for th…
Nova Scotia has 500,000 hot water tanks. Daniel Roscoe sees half a million small batteries.
When most people picture grid storage, they picture warehouses of lithium-ion battery packs. Daniel Roscoe, CEO of Roswall Development , pictures something a lot more familiar: the white cylinder in…
Atlantic Canadian Fintech companies invited to join mission to Fintech Meetup Europe 2026
Atlantic Canadian Fintech Companies Invited to Join Mission to Fintech Meetup Europe 2026 Atlantic Fintech , in partnership with Venn Innovation , is recruiting Atlantic Canadian fintech companies to…
Canadian Technology Accelerator programs open for applications: Opportunities for Atlantic Canadian tech companies
Canadian Technology Accelerator Programs Open for Applications: Opportunities for Atlantic Canadian Tech Companies Atlantic Canadian tech companies looking to expand into international markets have s…
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