Business community celebrates & supports women in sport  The Sunshine Coast Business Women’s Network in collaboration with Silicon Coast are hosting a breakfast on 10th October highlighting women in sport to better understand how to better support this industry and also realise the business opportunity in this space. Min Swan, President of the Sunshine Coast Business Women’s Network, explained that the recent dominance of the Matildas on the soccer field, and subsequent unprecedented signups across all levels of women’s soccer, sparked the idea for this event. “The overwhelming support and celebration of the Matildas was so encouraging and it got…

  GEC 2023: Transform Your World is a global gathering of over 4,000 entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and community leaders from 200+ countries. It's a beacon of hope in these uncertain times, where entrepreneurs thrive in the face of challenges. Our mission is clear: tackle global challenges, create sustainable solutions, and enhance people's daily lives. Together, we're ready to "Transform Your World" #TeamSunshineCoast at GEC 2023!

Get to know Renee Coman, an Australian Techstars Startup Weekend organizer who has impacted more than 200 startups through community-building activities. Renee is passionate about helping others create sustainable and meaningful value through diversity, empathy, and technological innovation. Currently working as a Mergers & Acquisitions Relationship Manager for Jonas Software, she daily connects with high-growth technology leaders. As a community leader for Australia’s Sunshine Coast Startup Ecosystem, Renee is a Director for Silicon Coast. This local NFP connects local entrepreneurs, businesses, education, government stakeholders, and community members. She leads capacity-building activities to increase founders' social capital, deliver experiential learning events,…

For Startup Weekend this year the organizers wanted to try something new. All around the world there has been a massive shift in focus and the majority are taking a stand towards a more sustainable future. Therefore, this years Startup Weekend will have a focus on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN. In celebration, Silicon Coast will shine a light on a few businesses, based on the Sunshine Coast, that are leading the way towards a more sustainable future. We will be featuring a new businesses weekly until the event kicks off on the 3rd of April.…

Over the past 4 years, Glasshouse Christian College have been dedicating one day a week for their year 10 students to teach them various skill sets through, what they call, The DeLorean Project. The vision for the project is for the kids to develop skills in the four different areas: ways of thinking, ways of working, tools of working and ways of living in the world. This program gives students the opportunity to engage in authentic, student-directed and innovative learning.  Every year The DeLorean Project team put together an end of year presentation night where all students get to present…

A Sunshine Coast first – the Regional Innovation Benchmark shows that local businesses who prioritise innovation increased their sales of new products and services by 20% and higher, according to the 2018-2019 Regional Innovation Benchmark completed by USC Researchers, Dr Retha de Villiers Scheepers and Dr Saskia de Klerk for the Sunshine Coast Regional Innovation Project Team (SCRIPT). “With our start-up community reaching the energetic adolescence stage, it’s time to take stock of the Sunshine Coast's progress - the successes, the struggles and, most importantly, build on the regions solid foundation. This is where SCRIPT and its partners will play…

The Regional Innovation Benchmark Report (2019) is a candid glimpse into the ways in which innovation is approached and executed within the Sunshine Coast’s Regional innovation ecosystem. The benchmark provides a knowledge-sharing opportunity about how to develop innovations within new and existing businesses to boost business performance. The RIB measures the approaches local businesses take to innovate and the value this generates. Download the Report here: Regional Innovation Benchmark Report 2019 For further details see the full research paper (55 pages) here: research.usc.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/usc:29383 You may also be interested in reading our previous research on the Sunshine Coast Innovation Ecosystem here Full…