GLOBAL STARTUP WORKSHOP 2001
Melbourne Business School
Melbourne, Australia
March 27 - 30, 2001
Co-hosted by: MIT $100K and Melbourne University
GSW 2001 Highlights
- Reception at the Melbourne Aquarium
- Presentations
- A Success Story. A Bond University business plan competition winner
in 1996, Josephine King founded SkinEssence in 1997 in San Francisco
and grew it into a US$56M business.
- Confessions of a Business Plan Competition Organizer, Roslyn Brandon
- Panel Discussions on running successful Business Plan Competitions (BPCs)
- Recruiting the right participants for the competition
- The Competition Organizing Team
- Building Community
- Case Studies of Innovative, High-Growth Startups
- Giving feedback to teams: the Judging process
- Raising funds for the competition
- Business Plan Competitions as a Tool for Regional Development
- Events ?Kinds of Events, Timing, and Logistics
- Discussion Session: BPCs & Entrepreneurial Activity in Lebanon
Keynote Speakers
Senator the Hon Nick Minchin, Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, Australia
L. Janusz Hooker, Chief Executive Officer, TiNSHED Corporation
Anthony Tjan, Director & Executive Vice President, ZEFER Corp.
Craig Winkler, Founder & CEO, MYOB
Najib Mikati, Minister of Transport and Public Work , Lebanon
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