Lunch Academy

Alex, co-founder of Launch Academy and CEO of Shape Immersive joins the lunch crew to talk about the early glory days of Launch Academy and the future of Augmented and Virtual Reality.

Kolina of Stanley Park Ventures joins Shade and Sam to discuss the issue of (lack of) women in tech, and we catch up on the latest companies in the Stanley Park Ventures pipeline.

Is Vancouver really Silicon Valley North? Shade and Sam go deep into the beginnings of Silicon Valley and compare it to Vancouver's Tech Ecosystem.

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Joined by Vivian Chan, Co-chair of Vancouver Startup Week, Sam and Shade discuss what happened to Wavefront Accelerator, it's impact on the Vancouver Tech Ecosystem, and what will happen going forward.

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Shade honours Princess Leia, Amazon promises 3000 new jobs in Vancouver, and Sam teaches Shade Star Wars Lore.

Leigh Sembaluk of Preception.io joins the Launch Academy crew as they talk about the secret to being a step ahead in professional sports, and Shade feeds Sam his worst nightmare.

Leigh's new book: http://a.co/2yimEY5

James Graham of Victory Square Technologies joins Sam and Shade to discuss Community Management, VC's getting involved with day to day activities, the future of the media industry and we explore some spicy Korean street food.

We discuss the importance of Startups getting involved with mentorship, volunteering, and philantrophy, we share some underrated life-hack apps, and Shade surprises Sam with a new form of chicken wings.

Shade and Sam go through the hardships of explaining the startup industry to your friends and family, we play a game of Startup or Madeup, and Sam brings Shade a staple food from his childhood.