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Monday April 15
iAccelerate Centre Tour & Information Session
North Wollongong / iAccelerate Centre / 10.30-11.30AM
Tour the iAccelerate Centre, Australia's most active accelerator and incubator, providing a permanent home for 280+ startup companies and learn more about the iAccelerate offering.
Learn How to Find your Courage and Overcome Criticism in Under an Hour with Caroline Marcus and Ky Chow
Sydney CBD / Haymarket HQ / 6.00-8.00PM
Learn about how Caroline overcame obstacles to forge a career path in television
Proto: Take Your Idea Further
Darlington / Wentworth Building / 3.00PM
In this 3 hour workshop, you’ll use Design Sprint techniques to conduct rapid ideation, develop low fidelity solution concepts, learn about MVP tests and practise communicating your early-stage ideas.
TUESDAY APR 16
Dataiku Sydney Meetup: NLP, Deep Learning & Image Recognition
Sydney CBD / General Assembly / 6.00-8.00PM
For this first meet-up in Sydney, you will be walked through two data science talks with a special focus on NLP, Deep Learning and image Recognition.
Fireside chat with Nick Hungerford, Founder of UK Wealthtech Nutmeg
Sydney Startup Hub / Stone & Chalk / 1.00-2.00PM
Join Nick Hungerford, founder of Nutmeg and a former Barclays banker and Stanford University MBA who saw the early opportunities in wealthtech.
INCUBATE Demo Day - Class 13
Sydney CBD / Lower Town Hall / 5.30-9.00PM
Explore the 8 startups from INCUBATE's latest accelerator program. You'll hear about their world-class innovations, the latest discoveries and the journeys embarked upon by the top entrepreneurs from The University of Sydney.
When customer service is not just a 'nice to have'!
Sydney CBD / Freelancer / 6.00-8.30PM
Join Paul Baptist, the Vice President of Salesforce Service Cloud APAC, shares his passion for helping startups and small businesses provide their customers faster, more personalised customer service, and increase their ability to support their customers through lean service teams.
How to Map Out an Effective Customer Journey
Sydney CBD / WeWork / 6.00-8.00PM
Tom Spencer, Cofounder of Cooperate, will share with you the best way to map out a useful Customer Journey and ensure you stick to it.
How to Manage Finances for Startups
Pyrmont / Academy of Entrepreneurs / 6.00-8.00PM
Wayne Wanders - The Wealth Navigator, Virtual CFO, Speaker, Mentor, Coach and Author of 'Avoid the Poverty Trap' - will run a workshop to help you grow your business profitably faster.
WEDNESDAY APR 17
Unleash your Inner Founder: Overcoming barriers that prevent entrepreneurship
Sydney CBD / Tank Stream Labs @ Bridge St / 5.30-8.30PM
Q&A with Anthony Millet, Partner, Antler (Anthony is the former CEO of BrickX).
Launch Plus Incubator Program: Product/Service Development
North Sydney / ACU North Sydney Campus / 4.00-6.00PM
In this workshop entrepreneur and entrepreneurship academic, Dr Hormoz Ahmadi, will share how R and D and marketing management can simultaneously support the commercialisation of a start-up’s first product or service.
Startmate Demo Day, Sydney
Waterloo / COMMUNE / 6.30-9.30PM
Since January, Startmate has been supercharging 10 amazing companies working on groundbreaking technology from airborne disease tracking to vascular monitoring.
Lean Startup Sydney Meetup
Sydney CBD / Pivotal Labs / 5.30-8.30PM
A monthly meetup to hear & discuss "How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses"
Speaker Series: Working, thinking and thriving creatively
Sydney Startup Hub / The Studio / 12.30-1.30PM
In this talk, psychologist Dr Chris Stevens will change your mind about what creativity is and give you pointers to a more productive creative future.
Future of Transport / #DisruptorsInTech Sydney
Sydney CBD / Deloitte Australia / 5.45-8.00PM
Join this panel discussion style meetup to discuss the Future of Transport.
GET INSPIRED!
Ultimo / UTS Startups Events Space / 6.00-8.00PM
GET INSPIRED! - will be an informal discussion with 5 amazing entrepreneurs, who will share their experiences, challenges and tips for success.
THURSDAY APR 18
Launch Plus Incubator Program: Product/service development - Strathfield
Strathfield / ACU Strathfield Campus / 4.00-6.00PM
In this workshop entrepreneur and entrepreneurship academic, Dr Hormoz Ahmadi, will share how R and D and marketing management can simultaneously support the commercialisation of a start-up’s first product or service. The session will be interactive and allow plenty of opportunity for discussion.
Thursday Gathering Cafe Nights
Macquarie Park / Venture Cafe / 3.00-8.00PM
Thursday Gatherings are held each Thursday from 3 to 8 pm, as the flagship program of Venture Cafe Foundation, a non-profit organisation, and part of the Venture Cafe Global Institute and the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC). Hosted by Macquarie University - we build and support the innovation community in order to accelerate innovation and to foster growth.
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