Do you have an awesome idea for a new product or service and need to know best next step?🧠
Perhaps you have a startup business and want to know how to growth hack it to take it to the next level? 🚀
Maybe you working in a business and have innovative ideas to change things up for the better? 🎯
The FUTURE FOUNDERS Youth Entrepreneurship Scholarship was created just for you!
The Scholarship program will equip you with the tools and tips needed to build your dream into reality, providing experts to guide you and hands-on experiences.
🌟 We are offering 10 scholarships to City of Busselton locals aged 16-25, and we’re eager to hear from you, regardless of what stage you are at! 🌟
Those selected for full Scholarship program will receive $5000 worth of training plus a $1000 completion bursary to support your startup business costs or other professional development activities.
The full program is over 3 months, with fortnightly workshops and networking events, plus a 1-1 business mentor. The cohort will also receive free co-working access at The SET in Vasse, mentoring, media and PR benefits.
Topics will be finalised based on individual needs, but likely will include:
Design thinking and emotional intelligence
Creative problem solving
Lean business planning and customer validation
Business models and getting started
Financials 101 and building financial resilience
Digital marketing strategies and growing your brand
Funding business growth
Communicating to different audiences and pitching
Visits to local innovative businesses are in planning, including a site visit hosted by program sponsor Plico Energy, to demonstrate innovation and sustainability in the south west region.
If you don’t already have an idea for a business we can give you an environmental focused challenge from our sponsor Plico!
Expression of Interest applications are open until 22 January 2024.
Future Founders is proudly supported by the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation; City of Busselton; South West Angels; South West Development Commission, Rio Tinto and Plico.
As part of the evokeAg conference being held in Perth, a tour to the southwest of WA will provide a unique opportunity to showcase talent to interstate and international investors.This tour will connect Agtech start-ups to investors,in an immersive tour of the beautiful Margaret River wine region.
Depart Perth 9am Sunday 18th February
Tours of innovative and sustainable agtech businesses, including Fremantle Seaweed, Aquafarms’ Capel Marron Farm and Rocky Ridge Brewing Co in Jindong
Opportunity for sightseeing and enjoying the southwest region
A networking dinner with South West Angels 1.8kms out to sea in the Underwater Observatory of the Busselton Jetty, the longest timber jetty in the southern hemisphere.
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Strategic Investment workshop
A stay at the brand new Hilton Garden Inn situated along the picturesque shores of Geographe Bay
Return to Perth 4.30pm Monday 19th February.
*Limited Discounted placesare available for producers and startups! Please contact us at info@innovationcluster.com.au or complete the Expression of Interest here.*
Tour Highlights:
Aquafarms (Capel): Aquafarms Australia farms various types of fish specialising in Marron, a freshwater crayfish endemic to Southwest Australia. Aquafarmsis a solar powered facility including state of the art hatchery and supplies over 90 farmers across Western Australia to produce over 60 tonnes of ultra premium marron to food businesses domestically and internationally. They also manufacture their high quality marron and fish feed, and have almost completed construction of an international and national tourism and education destination. With demand of marron outweighing supply and sustainable farming practices in place for this groundbreaking, complex operation
there are plenty of exciting opportunities ahead.
Rocky Ridge Brewing Co (Jindong): Rocky Ridge’s aim is simple, to make good beer, using the best local produce, farmed in the best way, with the least environmental impact. Rocky Ridge is Australia’s first Certified Sustainable & Carbon Neutral Brewery and WA’s largest
beer exporter into the south east Asian market. Committed to Net Zero emissions from brewing process by 2025, their brewing facility is 100% off grid, and features a CO2 recapture plant, solar and new battery system, hybrid vehicles, responsible packaging, a biodigester, waste water recycling, and first-to-market carbon neutral 100% traceable malt.
Fremantle Seaweed: The seaweed solution to climate change. Harnessing the pristine waters of Western Australia, Fremantle Seaweed is cultivating local seaweed varieties for a trial farm south of Gage Roads. The goal is to produce high quality seaweed for food, fertilizer, animal feed and cosmetics whilst
simultaneously protecting the environment through carbon sequestration, balancing ocean acidity and providing a habitat for all types of marine life.
Innovation Cluster specialises in connecting start-ups, investors, corporates, industry, tertiary institutions and government to accelerate individual and collective business
success, and drive economic development
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Our address is:
Innovation Cluster
1/25 Burler Drive
Vasse Western Australia 6280
Australia
