Entrepreneur’s Exchange – Negotiations & Networking

The Entrepreneur’s Exchange is a discussion about the issues facing entrepreneur’s.

Combine the need for sound negotiation skills with the art of building alliances and strong long-term networks.

Open to IC Members, USC Researchers, Staff and Students

Simply walk in 10am in the Boardroom – complimentary coffee & danishes. 1st Thursday of every month.

Our Facilitator

Claire Smith  |    Expert in Residence, Innovation Centre

“My aim is to help Australian innovation companies create cash flow, and successfully reach their goals through my company’s work with the Startup community.“

Claire Smith has been building businesses in Australia and the UK for the last 30 years. She is currently the Managing Director of Forbes Meisner Pty Ltd. Her specialist areas are R&D administration & project planning, troubleshooting, business development & communication.In her spare time, she writes and produces film and TV scripts and chairs a local voluntary organisation. She is a board member of the Animal Ethics Committee at USC and she resides in Nambour. Claire is passionate about innovation and assisting individuals and companies to realise their goals.

 

Event Partners

This project is supported by the Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation and Science through Incubator Support initiative funding as part of the Entrepreneurs’ Programme.

 

 

 

Frequently Asked Question

Who can attend?

This event is for Innovation Centre Members, USC Researchers, Staff and USC Students.

 

Where shall I park?

USC Sunshine Coast is a regulated parking area Monday–Friday, 8am–6pm all year (excluding public holidays). Visitors can pay for casual parking via one of the Ticketless Parking Meters located around campus.

• Enter your vehicle’s registration number and select car OR motorcycle.
•  Choose from two options: 4 hours or less (A$3 car; A$2 motorcycle) OR more than 4 hours (A$5 car; A$3 motorcycle)
•  Pay with coins, Mastercard or Visa. No notes accepted. No change given.
•  Note your receipt code.

 

What are the public transport options?

Sunbus runs regular bus services between various Sunshine Coast locations and the University’s campus at Sippy Downs. Information on Sunbus routes and timetables can be found on the TransLink Journey Planner website. Use the journey planner to find times and services that suit you.

 

Reach an Agreement That Works for You

When do you need strong negotiation skills? In short, every day!
Whether you’re hammering out the details of a multimillion dollar business deal, allocating responsibilities among your project team, or just haggling over where to order takeout, you’re negotiating. And the better you do it, the more likely you’ll be happy with the outcome.

 

AHx Demo Day

Given the growing concern over COVID-19, we have decided to reimagine Demo Day as you might know it.

We are thrilled to invite you to the 2020 Australian Health Accelerator Virtual Demo Day!

 

 

Ten of Queenslands most exciting innovative teams will present their health products and services and showcase what they’ve achieved during the 6 months Health Accelerator Program.

Our ten teams have been working hard to tackle challenges in medtech, health & wellbeing fields. They have taken major steps forward with their startups – testing, listening, pivoting, selling, scaling and getting comfortable with being uncomfortable.

 

 

 

 

An emerging technology presentation delivered every fourth Wednesday of the month.

This month the Sunshine Coast Emerging Tech Meetup are diving into a mix of topics including the Digitisation of Trust, blockchain and the Future of Aviation with our very own member of this meetup Indunil Weerasinghe (known to most of us as Indy), Founder, SkyChain Laboratories. Indy has been in the Aviation industry for over 15 years and has a passion for blockchain so this one should be a very interesting presentation.

Digital trust can be defined as the measure of consumer and employee confidence in an organization’s ability to protect and secure data and the privacy of individuals. The concern with our data and the avalanche of data breaches occurring now are causing the industry to grow at a huge pace. In this meetup we will hear about digital trust, blockchain and how it is becoming a valuable commodity for companies that earn it and how it is starting to change the way management looks at security.

Looking forward to seeing you there for an amazing presentation with Q&A to follow.