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Monday, June 4, 2018
Thursday, May 31, 2018
The case for Entrepreneurial Immigrants
Fifty-six percent of top U.S. technology companies were founded by a first- or second-generation immigrant.
We need to encourage high-skilled immigration and visas for science graduates, or we risk these massive employers being founded elsewhere.
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Funding for Incubators in Regional Australia
AIMEE CHANTHADAVONG
The federal government has appointed four ‘innovation facilitators’ across regional Australia to help regional incubators and startups through the Incubator Support program.
- Andrew Outhwaite, chair of StartupWA
- Brad Twynham, startup consultant
- Daniel Smith, former MassChallenge country manager
- Mark Phillips, business mentor
The facilitators are charged with providing advice and helping people develop professional networks in Australia and overseas, and to forge local links with business, industry, universities, research institutions and government.
Jobs and Innovation Minister Michaelia Cash said the program aimed to drive regional development and growth.
“The additional support and advice these expert facilitators provide to incubators and startup hubs will help to foster successful start-ups in our regions,” she said.
Interestingly, however, while the specialists are responsible to focus on assistant incubators and startups in regional Australia, some are based in what many would consider as metro, leaving some sceptical about exactly how the facilitators will be to assist if they’re not on the ground.
David Masefield, co-founder of Startup Toowoomba, said the additional measure should improve the overall quality of startups and entrepreneurs in the regions.
“Overall, what the federal government is doing is a good idea. From my understanding, the quality of applications that were going through the Incubator Support process was not up to scratch,” he said.
“The government recognises that people want to be doing some good out in the regions, but were not hitting the target of what was really required in the applications, so by bringing on board some coordinators to assist the process I think that’s a good thing.
“For me, it becomes a bridge between the people who are going to make the decision in Canberra, who may not have direct contact with the people who are putting in the applications.”
The $23 million Incubator Support program is an initiative of the National Innovation and Science Agenda, and designed to give incubators and accelerators access to matched funding of up to $500,000 to improve their commercial prospects.
Since its launch in September 2016, the Incubator Support program has awarded almost $6.3 million to 15 new and existing Australian incubators. An additional $800,000 has been invested in expert secondments into 30 Australian incubators.
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
JCA 2018 Living Dangerously
Great session last night at JCA’s living Dangerously event.
Phil Nosworthy was talking about the importance of Community and Connection on our journey into the future.
There were great keynotes by 4 awesome humans
Thanks JCA for an awesome event!
Living Dangerously - into the future
Great keynotes by Max Stossel and Mark Baker
We are a work in progress - says Mark Baker.
We survived the holocast - and we are now in the wilderness - creating history of humankind
- performing our rituals and expanding on them - enriching and expanding the narrative for our future generations.
- Sharing the stories of our forefathers
As much of 40pc if daily behaviours are habitual.
Are we repeating things that grow our communities and grow ourselves or making it harder for people to follow ?
How long will the human exist in its current form?
We are not the customer - we are actually the product living in the Matrix. We are being “farmed for our attention” says Max Stossel
We can be anywhere at anytime - touching and feeling and being immersed in Virtual Reality experiences
- with the objective of “being sold to” by those that have the power to influence.
Algorithms are playing chess with our minds to keep us liking and scrolling and swiping!
Facebook remembers everything - Facebook channels you to people that you like
Your views will be cemented by clever arguments making it impossible to empathise with others - you are being taught to hate. There is data to justify everything.
The algorithm hides condemning evidence that’s not on our side with secrets and with lies. In a world of secrets and lies and hidden agendas - the truth matters most when it is not on your side
Living Dangerously with Allanah Zitserman
I am not married - I have a child - I live with an amazing Greek Human - I am still Jewish - just a bit different just a bit dangerous!
I go to the fringe. - snap back to the middle of my comfort zone .... stretch the boundaries - live dangerously - I am on a mission - on a journey - where? It’s still a work in progress.
About Community
Dangerous ideas requires huge amounts of vulnerability.
A community needs to provide the latitude and support for people to pursue their dreams , make those failures and drive those edges further!
Disruption and innovation is key for a community to grow.
The interesting thing for me is that as I pull back from the community - the more the community accepts me - the more that it draws me back.
Sydney is difficult - and can be very confronting and lonely - the power of its people is directly relational to the power of its connected community.
About Allanah Zitserman
Allanah Zitserman born to Russian refugees is a famous playright, film producer and storyteller
Russian Doll was her first . It went on to earn her an Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Recently she has started production on the feature film, Ladies in Black,directed by Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy)
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