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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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