Stories – Startup Victoria

Free personality report generated from your online public profiles in 5 minutes

Curious about what the words you use to communicate reveal about your personality to others in a “digital first” world? Would you like to take part anonymously in groundbreaking research and find out how others interpret your online posts and attribute personalities to you? https://link.reputationaire.com/8s5 The language you use on...

reputationaire 29 Sep '20

To Reimagine - Corporate Innovation Web Series by Startupbootcamp

Accelerators, Culture

Innovation is key to reimagining our future and creating new opportunities in times of unprecedented change. In this new Startupbootcamp series, we want to help and inspire leaders to imagine a new world filled with possibility - To Reimagine. In the first episode Chris Joannou spoke with Josephine Too from Sofos Advisory. Josephine is a...

phoebexellis 01 Sep '20

Why getting psychological support will give you the upper hand

Culture, Founder Stories, Uncategorized

Building a company can be extraordinarily stressful. Entrepreneurs face challenges for which they have had little preparation – constant demands on their attention, a plethora of new responsibilities across multiple roles, highly uncertain outcomes accompanied by little job security. The work of building a new enterprise is emotionally taxing...

The Edge 19 Aug '20

Startup Summit Resources

Culture, Education, Featured, Finance, Founder Stories, Investment

In June 2020, Startup Victoria partnered with the City of Melbourne to the Startup Summit - a day of startup insights and education for early-stage founders and aspiring entrepreneurs. The Startup Summit featured several panel discussions and webinars on startup 101 topics, including; de-coding product-market fit; the different investment...

startupvic 22 Jul '20

Helping founders to navigate the Australian startup support ecosystem | Sailist

Accelerators, Culture

Sailist is a free resource recently launched by Euwyn Goh, to help Australian founders navigate the startup support ecosystem. _ Did you know there are 300+ accessible programs (and counting) for Aussie startups? For the last couple of months, I've noticed how the Australian startup scene has rapidly grown. Now there are dozens-hundreds...

euwyngoh 08 Jul '20

Spark Festival 2020 Call for Expressions of Interest

Culture

Spark Festival is back in 2020, running from October 12 to 23 with an all-new, online Australia-wide format. So wherever you are in the country, we want you to be part of Australia's largest event for startups, innovators and entrepreneurs. This year’s theme: We Are The Agents of Change After the unprecedented bushfires last summer, in early...

sparkfestival 23 Jun '20

Resources in Support of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC)

Culture

Startup Victoria stands in solidarity with Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) oppressed by police brutality and systemic racism. We've compiled a list of resources to educate and inform positive action both in support of Black and Indigenous peoples and in protest of police brutality and racism. Please feel free to share this...

startupvic 12 Jun '20

Unemployed professionals offer free services to help startups

Culture

Raisedhand.me enables startups to find professionals who have been made redundant or lost contracts and are willing to offer pro bono support. It's a completely free service built to help connect businesses in need with skilled help. The site already includes former CFO's, Marketers, Lawyers, Sales Professionals and Developers. Raisedhand.me...

Espresso 30 Apr '20

Finding Cash in a Crisis - Open Government Grants

Culture

At Startup Victoria, we are working to support our local startups to survive during the uncertainty of COVID-19. Like many other founders, you are probably spending more time in your cashflow forecast than ever before. When it comes to runway, advice from community leaders like Adir Shiffman, Executive Chairman at Catapult Sports and GFC...

startupvic 25 Mar '20

Startup Victoria COVID-19 Policy

Culture

At Startup Vic, we take the safety and well-being of our team and community as our highest priority. In response to the recent updates on the risk of COVID-19, we have implemented a Coronavirus Policy. Within the Policy you will find general health and safety information; an update on our operations moving forward and a list of helpful...

startupvic 19 Mar '20