PROGRAM NEWS
Missed out on the Pitch Showcase?
Watch some of our 2019 Startup Pitches! “Great communities build great innovation. The world’s most famous startup hubs grew in unexpected locations, where groups of like minded people powerfully came together. As well as supporting each one of the individual participants and mentors taking part in Startup Gippsland, we are building a strong startup community for Gippsland and for regional Australia.” Dr Elena Kelareva,…
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Startup Gippsland Pitch Showcase opening speech
“In true Gippsland country style where we take people as we find them, this program didn’t look for the cellophane, glossy, soy chai vanilla latte drinking, cosmopolitan, tech savvy 20 year old in a bean bag with a moustache they can barely grow, a man-bun and a smartphone glued to their hand (not that there’s anything wrong with that), they took full-time mum’s, people who…
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Startup Gippsland Pitch Showcase Highlights
Startup Gippsland Pitch Showcase Highlights video “Great communities build great innovation. The world’s most famous startup hubs grew in unexpected locations, where groups of like minded people powerfully came together. As well as supporting each one of the individual participants and mentors taking part in Startup Gippsland, we are building a strong startup community for Gippsland and for regional Australia.” Dr Elena Kelareva, Founder…
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Up close with Startup Gippsland prize winners
Up close with Startup Gippsland 2019 winners Watch the short video reflections from the winners: Laura Eddington, Little Bumble Reusable Food Wraps Best Overall Pitch $5000, sponsored by GippsTech Laura Eddington, founder of Little Bumble Reusable Food Wraps won the major prize of Best Overall, on the exact two year anniversary of founding her business! “Winning gives me an opportunity to spread the message that…
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Startup Gippsland 2019 – prize winners announced
Startup Gippsland 2019 culminates in dynamic pitch night – prize winners announced FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, JUNE 23, 2019 [DOWNLOAD PDF] The newly reborn West Gippsland Arts Centre provided a fittingly brilliant stage for the grand finale event of the 2019 Startup Gippsland program. Over 300 guests came to celebrate and the hear the Startup Gippsland pitches, some travelling hundreds of kilometers and interstate to be…
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Startup Gippsland accelerator program leads Australia
Startup Gippsland accelerator program leads Australia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2019/06/21 The inaugural Startup Gippsland program has been recognised as an outstanding success. This phenomenal business accelerator program is boosting the burgeoning startup community in Gippsland, a thriving regional area in south-east Victoria. Startup Gippsland has generated an incredible level of participant engagement with 96 percent of participants completing the program in full and overwhelmingly positive…
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Startup Gippsland’s Pitch Showcase – Countdown
Join us to celebrate best Gippsland Startups successes at Startup Gippsland Pitch Showcase. Door open from 5.15pm – event starts at 6.15pm BOOK NOW Startup Gippsland is a project by the Bass Coast Shire Council, Baw Baw Shire Council, Latrobe City Council and Wellington Shire Council, funded by LaunchVic and delivered by GippsTech.
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Startup Gippsland’s Pitch Showcase – Judges Announcement
We’re thrilled to showcase the journey and successes of our first Startup Gippsland cohort with you. Our Judges are: Colin Kinner – Founder and CEO, Startup Onramp Jordan Green – Founder and President of Melbourne Angels Trustee of the Angel Resource Institute (USA), Chairman of the Asian Business Angel Forum, Chairman Emeritus and a Fellow of the AAAI Tim Weight – Executive Director, Strategic Engagement…
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Startup Gippsland’s Pitch Showcase – Prizes Announcement
Come and celebrate local startups at Startup Gippsland’s Pitch Showcase on June 22nd! Hear from over 40 local startups about the problems they’re solving, their vision for the future and their learnings from Startup Gippsland’s 12-week program. There’ll be prizes up for grabs for the best pitches including: Our Prizes Sponsors: 🔷Commonwealth Bank – Best Social Impact ($3k cash) 🔶TAFE Gippsland – Most Improved Entrepreneur ($3k cash)…
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Startup Gippsland May Meetup
2nd Startup Gippsland Meetup event at Coffee Collective, Wonthaggi In this meetup we have focused on Founder’s wellbeing and mental health. We’ve had two amazing keynote speakers and facilitators: Anna Osherov, CEO and founder of the Holistic Business Hub and an event-marketing expert who works with business people to create eventologists: people who build their business by running successful events. Anna was recently nominated for…
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Startup Gippsland’s Pitch Showcase – celebrating local startups
Come and celebrate local startups at Startup Gippsland’s Pitch Showcase on June 22nd! Hear from over 40 local startups about the problems they’re solving, their vision for the future and their learnings from Startup Gippsland’s 12-week program. There’ll be prizes up for grabs for the best pitches including: Most innovative idea Best social impact Most improved entrepreneur People’s choice Best Overall Pitch After the pitches, stay to…
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