The Innovator Skills Initiative (ISI) grant program is helping tech startups hire post secondary students across BC. Companies get funds to grow their teams, while students get hands-on work experience…
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Thinking about applying for an ISI Grant? Or has your ISI Grant been approved? Get all the answers to your burning questions and more (than you probably ever wanted to…
Getting your first job after university can be a challenge! We sat down with business student, Samantha Potter, and Craig Marsden at Traction on Demand, to learn how the ISI…
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The Innovator Skills Initiative (ISI) grant program is helping startups hire university students across BC. Startups get funds to grow their teams, while students get hands-on work experience and entrepreneurial…
Read moreabout:Ophthalight tests new technologies with highly skilled students
The first year of the Innovate BC ISI Grant program has been a great success! Over the last 10 months, we’ve awarded 172 grants ($860,000) to BC tech companies. And… as…
When you’re in the initial stages of building your tech startup, hiring a new person can pose as a risk. The ISI grant program is helping to offset this risk…
Read moreabout:Get a grant, gain a (permanent) employee: Interview with FI.SPAN
BC post-secondary students: take a selfie, tell us your dream tech job, and enter our summer contest for a chance to win. The prize? A $500 gift card to use…
Read moreabout:BC student summer selfie contest: tell us your dream tech job to win
The ISI Grant Program is helping tech companies hire students from a range of programs and faculties who attend public and private post-secondary schools in BC. With the help of…
Read moreabout:Precision NanoSystems Inc. uses ISI Grant to hire a PhD Student
How can a growing startup test their product effectively in a global market? We caught up with CEO Ted Mui and ISI student grant recipient, George, to find out how…
Read moreabout:Gaming goes global with help of ISI grant student
The Innovator Skills Initiative (ISI) grant program is helping startups hire students across BC! How does it work? Startups get funds to grow their teams, while students get some hands-on work…
Read moreabout:Hire a student, grow your startup: Interview with Nexus Media