Here are the relevant links for this episode:

• Co-host Lazina Mckenzie of ThresholdImpact Venture Mentoring Service
• Guest Myrna Bittner of RUNWITHIT Synthetics
• Launch Party 7
• Synthetic Silicon Valley earthquake
• Synthetic Platform Missions
• Dual disaster scenario
• RUNWITHIT's year-in-review video
• AWS Sustainable Cities Accelerator
• RWI's Holodeck
• South by Southwest (SXSW)
• Greentown Labs accelerator
• SoCal Cleantech Express
• The Goodwill Project granted RUNWITHIT downtown office space
• Challenging the "Silicon Valley of the North" narrative

More innovation news

• [RE]Waste
• The cannabis industry has a plastic waste problem — but some are finding solutions
• Case study with Spiritleaf
• EDGI platform visualizing "Edmonton's Greatest Innovations"
• Application form for VMS
• ThresholdImpact VMS on Instagram

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, for support of this episode. You'll hear more about Capital City Pilots from Abbie Stein-MacLean in conversation with Taproot co-founder Mack Male.

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Editing by Castria; theme music by Dave Von Bieker; cover art by Vikki Wiercinski.