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His reputation for having the Midas touch may have taken a hit with the sudden implosion of Shoes.com last year, but tech entrepreneur Roger Hardy has not gone silent. In this LinkedIn post, the Coastal Contacts founder offers his take on the state of technology in B.C. and the five areas he thinks present the greatest opportunity for startups and their investors, from new extensions of the sharing economy to cannabis technology.
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