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Are you in tourism? Sitting on an idea?
RISE is a two day event that will give up to 30 individuals the opportunity to pitch their ‘brilliant idea’ for tourism innovation in regional Australia. In only three minutes, each budding entrepreneur can present their tourism idea. Participants made up of high...
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Edwina from BirthBeat on Sky News
Edwina Sharrock, one of our Tamworth Founders shares her online success story on Sky News.
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Vote for Smart Shepherd!
One of the first Founders to come into the UNE SMART Region Incubator has been nominated for an award in the AgFunderInnovation Awards.
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Mentor Call Out!
The ideal mentor has an entrepreneurial background and/or specialised industry experience. Being a mentor is a non-solicitation role and doesn't expect compensation from the startup team(s) they’re supporting. Mentors volunteer their time and talents to help our...
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2017 – The Year In Numbers
We'd like to say thank you for getting involved and share with you how far we've come since launching in March 2017 - we think the numbers speak for themselves!
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It’s a wrap!
It's always fantastic to get our cohort together. Many had travelled from Tamworth and were meeting for the very first time. After three hours of hard work, each founder presented their freshly honed pitch to a group of judges, including special guest Dr John Howard...
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Sharing Innovation Success
We were delighted to welcome the Hon. Michael McCormack to the UNE SRI and fill him in on what we've achieved in the first nine months since opening our doors.
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In Conversation with Anna
Third generation local producer Sam White, went in conversation with Anna Speer, the CEO of AuctionsPlus this week over lunch, when the SRI teamed up with over fifty local producers from Ebor Beef to hear Anna’s amazing story.
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SMART Conversations, Entrepreneurial Journeys
This month we ventured out into the region to hear from some exciting entrepreneurs innovating in Uralla.
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Founders Fireside Chat in Uralla
Each month the UNE SRI founders gather together with our Expert in Residence Gary Morgan. This month, we heading out into the region and met up at the New England Brewing Co in Uralla. Lucky for us, Anna Speer CEO AuctionsPlus joined in and shared her story.
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Smart ideas hatched at regional incubator
“There’s a wonderful spirit of entrepreneurialism within the incubator and our business is now within an hour’s drive of our target market, which is invaluable for getting feedback and conducting trials.” Dave Rubie SmartShepherd
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Q&A with SRI Business Development Manager
Here, Business Development Manager Liz Egan talks about how the SRI supports new businesses, the nature of some of the starts-ups on its books, and the major achievements of the initiative to date.
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Innovating Horticulture in the Region
Exciting future in Horticulture innovation for New England North West
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Dutch Founders share their story
UNE SRI – Part of the pipeline for international AgTech founders.
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Inspiration from a leading light
“We were privileged to have someone of Dr Shi’s experience and knowledge visit us and share some of his insights,” Dr Conway said.
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Agmentation in the news
ABC's Landline program had a New England flavour last week, and our very own inaugural Agmentation got a special look in. Agmentation is a concentrated hackathon-style event to put laser-like focus on what might be preventing the region’s farmers from...
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Startup Showcase Tamworth
We were excited to showcase some of our SMART Region Incubator founders! Hearing our founder stories, how their startup idea blossomed and their growth goals for the future. This special evening event was great to find out about the amazing ideas, products and...
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The SMART Conversation Series: Dave Rubie, Smart Shepherd “Designing and Making Your Product”
Startups begin with an idea or a product. Founders are the entrepreneurs that move from idea to founding a business. At the UNE SMART Region Incubator we support our regional startups by providing the space and resources that they need to succeed in taking their idea...
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SproutX & the accelerator program – Founders Session – Armidale
Founders joined us in Armidale to hear from Sam Trethewey. Sam Trethewey is the General Manager of SproutX and Agri InnoVation at Findex; an entrepreneur with extensive experience across agricultural production in Australia and overseas. One of Sam’s current roles is...
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Agmentation
UNE SMART Region Incubator, together with Cisco Technical held their inaugural Agmentation on Saturday 22nd July at the UNE SMART Farm. Agmentation 2017 is the beginning of future multi—day hackathons which will take a similar deep-dive on solutions to the challenges...
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Ideation Workshop for Startups – Tamworth
How do you find a startup idea with legs? In this 4-hour intensive workshop, attendees went through core concepts to all successful startup ideas. Alan talked the group through ways to create something innovative that stands out in the commerical landscape, ideally by...
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