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UIT Startup Immersion is rolling out a new bootcamp initiative geared towards providing continuing education to local individuals & companies. In this episode of @uit Eric discusses why and how we'll be delivering that. Intro music: Lewis and Dekalb Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Eric sits down with Rory Andrews, George Johnston and Rob Meyers to talk about what it's like getting into tech & entrepreneurship and some best practices for finding a work/life balance in that process. Rory also talks about the magical power of doors. Intro music: Lewis and Dekalb Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Let's talk about funding startups and let's focus on all the opportunities available to us here in Cape Breton. There's a lot going on and a lot of options available. We sit down with BidSquid founder David Hachey, Click 2 Order CTO Rob Myers and UIT Startup Immersion Operations Manager Heather Deveaux to find out more. Intro music: Lewis and Dekalb Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Eric sits down with Justin & Jordan, two participants of the 3rd annual UIT Highschool Hackathon, to talk about how their day is going and their experience so far.

We discuss the upcoming 3rd annual UIT Startup Immersion High School Hackathon with form participant Andrew MacDonald and former mentor Rachael MacKeigan. Intro music: Lewis and Dekalb Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Peter Gifford and Charlotte Rydlund come in to talk about the upcoming Propel ICT cohort. They're joined by UIT student Dave Hachey as he'll be applying to the Launch cohort.

Eric talks about what to expect from this podcast as it develops over time. He also talks about some of the challenges in launching the podcast. We'd love your feedback on things and any suggestions for possible content. Intro music: Lewis and Dekalb Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/