2012 eClub events...

> How to Value an Early Stage Start-Up

Hamish Hawthorn is the Chief Executive Officer of ATP Innovations. ATP Innovations delivers commercialisation and business expertise to emerging technology businesses, helping entrepreneurs build successful high-growth companies.
Hamish has been involved in the commercialisation of technology for over 15 years. In late 2008, Hamish co-founded Sydney Angels. Hamish will be sharing with us his knowledge on how to value an early stage start-up.

Also on the Night

We will conduct a Lightning Round where you get an opportunity to pitch your idea to the group . You will have a strict 3 minutes. Tell us about the world changing idea you have, or if you are still working out your one killer concept, be inspired by others and the way they are going to change the world. Register on the night.

WHEN: Wednesday, 22 February 2012 from 5:30 PM-8:30 PM.
WHERE: 105 SMART Building (6)
RSVP: mryan@uow.edu.au

This is a FREE event and ALL are welcome. Please pass onto anyone you think may be interested in attending. 

Previous 2011 Events

>Christmas Networking and Skill Matching Drinks

eClub Christmas drinks are being held in conjunction with ICT Illawarra

Date: Wednesday 23rd November
Time: From 5.30
Where: UniBar, UOW, Main Campus

As a networking enabler we will be setting up a skills matching technique upon arrival.  
Drinks and nibbles will be provided.   This is a FREE EVENT and all are welcome.
Please ensure you register by clicking here. 

>Sharing the Risk to Deliver High Growth

Where: SMART building, Room 105
When:18th October. 5.30 – 8.30pm
Dinner:Antipasto, Pizza, Wine, Beer

SPEAKERS:
Tim Berry, co-founder and Director of Tibra, shares with us the story of their meteoric growth, and their strategy for lowering the businesses exposure to risk.  Tim will also reveal how being involved in a global business from Wollongong provides both challenges and benefits.

Howard Armitage, Executive Director of the Centre for Business and Entrepreneurship and Technology, and Professor of Accounting at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Will be sharing insights into the education process of entrepreneurship in a university environment and some inspiring success from this process.

The e-Club meetings are free events and all are welcome to attend.  
Follow us online:  Facebook UOW eClub and Twitter @UOWeClub, or contact Melissa Ryan on mryan@uow.edu.au for more information.

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> Entrepreneur Workshops for StartPad ideas incubator

StartPad is an ideas incubator that will allow local entrepreneurs to co-locate providing them with tailor-made space, mentorship, peer-to-peer support, access to networks and support to identify and attract funding.  
After Tuesday night's exciting announcement at the UOW Entrepreneur Club meeting and subsequent interest we are supplying further information about the Entrepreneur Workshops being brought to you by the eClub to help you develop your ideas in preparation for applying for a spot in StartPad.
The Workshops will take you through business strategy development, the principles of lean startups, evaluating markets and competitive advantage etc.  We strongly recommend that if you are thinking of applying for a spot in StartPad or need help developing your idea that you attend the Workshops.  They are being run by two seasoned entrepreneurs with impressive corporate backgrounds in business strategy and marketing.  These tailor-made free workshops, are aimed at helping you assess your idea and ensure your pitch to enter StartPad is of a high standard.

Workshop 1:  Wed. August 24th (5:30pm-8:30)
Workshop 2: Wed. September 7th (5:30pm-8:30pm)

> Experiences Shared!

Learn from a Venture Capital Investor: Melissa Widner
Hear about the Stanford Entrepreneur Program: UOW Student Jenna Tregarthen

Free Event - All Welcome! 

Where - SMART Building room 105
When - 14 September / 5:30-8:30pm
Dinner - Pizza Wine Beer

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> What local Entrepreneurs are doing in the valley!

Following on from our 24th May meeting where we conducted a successful round of Lightning Talks, the UOW E-Club hosted an event on the 2nd August, with 3 inspiring speakers who presented to our group of budding entrepreneurs.

Key note speakers were:

• Local Gong guys Anthony Marcar and Stuart Argue who launched their start-up company Grabble 6 months ago.  They spoke about their experience riding the roller coaster of a start-up incubator and subsequent move to Silicon Valley. 
• Serial entrepreneur and local Geoff McQueen,  believes that there has never been a better time to launch a Startup.  Geoff will shared his experiences – from sleeping on the couch in the early days of Techcrunch and pitching to VC’s who invested in Facebook, Google and Yahoo, highlighting the unique advantages that being a startup with roots in Wollongong provides.
• Dr Stuart Johnstone, shared his software and its use in gaming and educational applications. The NeuroSky Mindset and Mindwave portable EEG (i.e. brain electrical activity) devices provide a method of integrating brain activity controls into gaming and educational applications.