Burt Lum
Host, Bytemarks CaféBurt Lum hosts Bytemarks Café on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. on HPR-1.
Lum is the strategy officer for the Hawaiʻi Broadband Initiative at the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. Before that, he was the executive director of Hawaiʻi Open Data, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing the principles of open data. He has more than 30 years of experience in Hawaiʻi's technology and communications sector.
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With the growing importance of cyber security, we'll find out how one program gets middle school students involved. The program is called Gen Cyber and we'll find out how students can jumpstart their cybersecurity pathway with this 5 day boot camp.
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Today we'll catch up with the new Executive Director of the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship. We'll find out about the current projects underway and the new Residences for Innovative Student Entrepreneurs or RISE.
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Today we'll find out about a novel way to address the production of jet fuel. We'll hear about a process that creates jet fuel from the carbon dioxide in the air, thus creating a net zero contribution to atmospheric CO2.
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Today we'll meet some of the Mana Up makers and learn how they market their local brand to the rest of the world. We'll also learn about Mana Ups statewide virtual tour and the call for applications for cohort 7.
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Today we'll turn our sights onto 2022 to see what might be on the horizon. We'll explore how the nature of work has changed and what we might expect from the evolving pandemic and our challenged economy.
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Today we'll get a 2022 retrospective from public access media through the lens of what stories the community wanted to share through their videos productions.
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We'll hear from a couple of companies that have gone through the XLR8HI preX program. We'll find out what they learn going through the 4 week intensive and how this prepares them for running their business, finding investors, or even preparing for an accelerator.
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Today we'll hear from the Maui Economic Development Board, and find out how they stimulate the economy in Hawaii. We'll get to learn about a range of projects from STEMworks, the aerospace industry, and the Small Business Administration's community navigator program.
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Today on Bytemarks Cafe, we'll catch up with Blue Startups and find out what is in store for the upcoming Demo Day. We'll find out what companies are presenting and what the next steps are once they graduate from cohort 13.
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Today we'll catch up with Elemental Excelerator and learn what they're doing to scale climate and social equity solutions. We'll also find out about the companies in Cohort 10 and their new initiative called Earthshot Ventures.
