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1) CanCon Podcast Ep. 67: Is Vancouver Canada's next great tech hub?
The CanCon podcast heads to Vancouver to talk FinTech, Startup Visa, #Tractionconf, and the city's pitch to Seattle tech. Music clip (under fair dealing): "No Culture" by Mother Mother
CanCon Podcast Ep. 67: Is Vancouver Canada's next great tech hub?
1:12:36 | May 16th, 2017
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