Lee St. James Joins us on Episode 1. She is a startup founder that works with Haltech, a Halton Region based innovation center. She is the Future Proof Program lead at Haltech and also helps facilitate Digital Main Street which is a local initiative that helps independent businesses refresh and stay relevant online and in digital communities. Digital Main Street is a great project that is helping many businesses, new and old, adapt, and weather the current COVID19 landscape while ensuring they are ready for what the future may hold for their business.

Links for more information about things discussed in this episode: 

• Haltech – https://www.haltech.ca/

• Digital Main Street – https://digitalmainstreet.ca/

• Social Robots – http://socialrobots.ca/

• Laurier LaunchPad – https://students.wlu.ca/work-leadership-and-volunteering/entrepreneurship/launchpad/index.html

• LaunchPad Brantford doubles down on support for local entrepreneurs, launches pitch competition -https://www.wlu.ca/news/news-releases/2020/nov/launchpad-brantford-doubles-down-on-support-for-local-entrepreneurs,-launches-pitch-competition.html