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Cultivating success : the life of Acadian Seaplants founder Louis Deveau / Jim Meek.

by Meek, Jim, 1950-

Nimbus Publishing, c2021.

338.76398 D489m

Acadian Seaplants Limited (Firm)

Businesspeople -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.

Marine algae industry -- Nova Scotia.

Marine algae industry -- Maritime Provinces.

Nova Scotia -- Biography.

9781771089593 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Life of Acadian Seaplants founder Louis Deveau

209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"'Cultivating Success' is the remarkable story of a remarkable man. Louis Deveau was born in the Acadian village of Salmon River, Digby County, NS, in the early years of the Great Depression. He inherited his father's work ethic and his mother's entrepreneurial flair, soon pioneering the creation of the commercial crab industry -- now the second-largest fishery in Atlantic Canada. That work put him on the front lines of the industry he would transform over a lifetime: the seaweed business. At forty-nine, Louis incorporated Acadian Seaplants Limited (ASL), and doggedly grew the company by capitalizing on research and development innovations. Today, ASL employs hundreds of people in more than a dozen nations, keeps a research staff of about fifty, and exports a wide range of products to over eighty nations worldwide. This comprehensive biography tells the story of a visionary whose determination to build a successful business in Nova Scotia transformed ASL into a world-leading, juggernaut."--Jacket.

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