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Program Spotlight: The agri-food industry uses video to tell the whole story
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
In response to COVID-19, NSBI introduced the Digital Marketing Asset Development Program, which helps Nova Scotia companies create high-quality marketing videos.

QRA Corp: An ‘accidental entrepreneur’ changes the game
Monday, May 17, 2021
QRA Corp has carved out a unique space in the market for natural-language processing software that uses machine reasoning.

Agri-food with Andy: #ThinkExport with Cape Breton oatcakes
Friday, March 12, 2021
We're celebrating agri-food in Nova Scotia with Andy Hay, The East Coast Kitchen, and he's making Cape Breton Oatcakes!

Video marketing is critical for your business, and NSBI can help
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Video marketing plays a critical role in today’s business environment - develop the right video and get it in front of the right audiences.

10 Women Entrepreneurs Doing Business in Boston
Friday, January 22, 2021
Meet 10 incredible women who are doing business in Boston.

Supporting supplier diversity is just good business
Friday, October 30, 2020
Supplier diversity allows companies to pitch their business to some of the largest organizations in North America and Europe.

Ven-Rez looks to grow through e-commerce with help from SBDP
Friday, January 31, 2020
You may not be surprised to learn the Toronto Public Library system is the busiest urban public library system in the world. In 2018, there were more than 17.5 million visits to its 100 branches. What you may not know is most of the library’s shelving was manufactured here in Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

Top Nova Scotia reads of 2019
Thursday, January 16, 2020
2019 was a busy year in Nova Scotia. We celebrated new trade deals, launched programs, recognized Nova Scotia businesses making waves, and shared their stories. Here are the top reads of 2019:

Igniting entrepreneurship across Nova Scotia
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Let’s say you need help growing your business, or you have an idea for starting one. Where do you start? You know there are support organizations that can help – but which one? With so many options, it can seem overwhelming at first – especially if you live in a rural area where offices might be geographically spread out. This is where Ignite Labs comes in.

Compass Distillers Launches “Thank You” Boston Tree Gin
Monday, November 25, 2019
This year, the Nova Scotia tradition of sending a tree to Boston has been infused with a new idea — an exclusive gin distilled from the tree itself.