17 Sunshine Coast teams created real solutions to real problems at GovHack 2018, with 3 teams taking out state awards.
Silicon CoastOctober 24, 2018
Innovation is heating up on the Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast Regional Innovation Program (SCRIPT) releases 2018 Annual Stakeholder Report SCRIPT – a government and community-sponsored initiative to promote innovation - invested in six new Sunshine Coast projects in its first year, creating job opportunities and helping local entrepreneurs turn their ideas into commercial realities. The organisation’s Annual Stakeholder Report 2018, released to coincide with SCRIPT’s first anniversary, highlights the important role it plays in growing innovation, business capacity and employment across the region. Regional Innovation Coordinator Coby Sullivan said SCRIPT had received funding proposals for 12…
Silicon CoastOctober 16, 2018
Media Release | 1 August 2018 Community has entrepreneur’s back, helping make sun smart product a reality Over the last month, entrepreneur Raphael McGowan has lobbied hard to inspire the local community to get behind his sunscreen applicator bakslap, and it has paid off. In just 30 days, the Sunshine Coast community and others have backed bakslap’s Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign with $48,377 to get the applicator into production in time for summer this year. Developed following the tragic loss of Mr McGowan’s 31-year-old sister Tess McGowan-Chan to melanoma in 2012, the bakslap applicator makes it easy for people to apply…
Silicon CoastSeptember 11, 2018
The Innovation Master Class is an applied business development program aimed at owner-managers of small to mid-sized businesses with an ambition to grow! It is open to businesses from all industry sectors across the Sunshine Coast and Noosa council areas. The program outlines a practical five-step approach to develop a strategic direction, generate, evaluate and implement innovative new ideas - and includes a final Showcase session to help participants build their business profile, drive progress, gain input and develop new network connections. To help growing small businesses access this practical support, the program cost is subsidised at $495 plus GST…
Silicon CoastSeptember 10, 2018
Did you miss the opportunity to be involved in the sold out Caloundra Chamber of Commerce Q&A panel with Shark Tank's Steve Baxter? He'll be back! Queensland Chief Entrepreneur Steve Baxter will be back to tour our region on the 27 and 28 August 2018. He will visit a number of schools, entrepreneurial hotspots and tech hubs. There are two public events hosted by the University of the Sunshine Coast and the Sunshine Coast Regional Innovation Program Team (#SCRIPT). Register fast to ensure a place! Geoff Shadforth Memorial Lecture (USC) The 2018 Geoff Shadforth Memorial Lecture keynote will…
Silicon CoastAugust 3, 2018
The Sunshine Coast region has a unique innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem and is fast becoming recognised as the entrepreneurial capital of Australia. For innovative ideas to grow, you need a supportive environment where entrepreneurs are encouraged, ideas are nurtured through industry collaboration and supported by mentoring, and where start-ups thrive. Take a look at the innovation and collaboration happening right now across the Sunshine Coast region ...
Silicon CoastJuly 20, 2018