Sarah White's List: New Digital Enterprise

Winner of Seedcamp 2010 competition in Europe.

"In five years the best education will come from the web" Bill Gates, August 5, 2010

Fashion design chosen by users - winner of 2010 Seedcamp competition.

Winner of 2010 Seedcamp competition for new tech startups.

"How do you build a business in an unproven market? How do you figure out what customers need when you’re delivering an experience they’ve never seen before? You begin where service and software companies have begun, by conducting fast, cheap experiments that help you understand your customers. You build on what you learn. In short, you prototype."

NEIS can provide you with accredited small business training, business advice and mentoring, as well as ongoing income support for up to 52 weeks.

The Councils are one of the mechanisms through which the Government is engaging with its stakeholders to strengthen innovation systems. The Government and its stakeholders will partner to:
• improve productivity, global competitiveness and market access for Australian industry;
• build a highly skilled and flexible workforce for the 21st century through best practice in employment and training;
• ensure the sustainable development of industry; and
• respond to challenges including climate change and social inclusion.
The Councils provide stakeholders with the opportunity to exchange ideas, consider best practice and identify priorities that enable Australian businesses to keep pace with change and be leaders in innovation. By building supply chain partnerships, the Councils will provide an environment in which stakeholders can identify common goals and build productive relationships of trust and cooperation.

"The Small Business Advisory Services Program aims to maximise the growth potential, prosperity and sustainability of small businesses. It provides enhanced access to information and advice on issues important to sustaining and/or growing small business in response to the current global financial crisis. There are 36 Business Enterprise centres across Australia funded under this program to assist Small Businesses."

"The Hive Melbourne + Brisbane + Sydney is networking for entrepreneurs. We get together to share advice, talk and hang out. Membership is free and easy, and everyone's invited. If you have an idea and want to launch a venture or already have a venture then jump on board today. "

60 Sox is a professional network for digital content producers and enterprises. "Showcasing original creativity across a broad spectrum, this not-for-profit network is designed to help people:
* get exposure for their work
* get constructive feedback from peers and industry experts (see the 2bobmob)
* get industry contacts, commercial experience and work"

"Edgeware is an education and support system for ethical entrepreneurs and managers. We think that business is fun, and believe that socially responsible entrepreneurship can change the world. We offer practical, highly flexible courses and workshops with successful entrepreneurs and business people, supported by specialist trainers.

Our focus is on education (face-to-face and virtual learning), incubation (business support, coaching, networking) and interaction (the personal journey, membership of an ongoing and supportive community of peers and mentors)."

"Australia’s economy is powered by innovation – but our formal education system is not yet fully geared to deliver the innovators we need. The nation’s innovators and entrepreneurs often achieve success in spite of their education, rather than because of it, says Dr Ruth Bridgstock of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) at Queensland University of Technology. Dr Bridgstock is carrying out leading-edge research into the capabilities Australia’s future graduates will require to meet the needs of a 21st century innovation economy, based on detailed study of successful Aussie innovators."

A careful observer can see early indications of a movement to fundamentally change the way new businesses are created and financed, and entrepreneurship is practiced. This movement leverages the power of
collective action that has so transformed software development (through the open source movement) and social interaction (through social networking) in the last few years. This different approach to building new businesses has the potential to:
• improve the reward/risk ratio of new ventures;
• open up new financing options for early stage ventures;
• lead to a greater pool of qualified entrepreneurs; &
• increase entrepreneurship in cultures where substantial social penalties are attached to “failure”.

"Are you a young person between the ages of 15 to 25 years? Do you have a great idea for an online space to connect & encourage young people to get involved in the local community? The Online Community Youth Spaces is a new project that aims to tap into the power of technology to connect young people."

"Through the Social Innovation Grants, the Telstra Foundation invests in big ideas that use information and communication technologies to engage and connect Australia's children and young people (0-24 years) to their communities. We especially support those projects that focus on kids who are facing social or geographic isolation in the areas of education, health and wellbeing."

"Australian and New Zealand Cultural Ministers have adopted a national pilot initiative and released an Indigenous Contemporary Music Action Plan to encourage all levels of government to assist the Indigenous Contemporary Music sector to achieve its full potential."

"The Contemporary Music Touring Program accepts applications from performers, managers, agents, music organisations and music networks on behalf of professionals working in the Australian music industry. Funding assistance is primarily available to enable professional and emerging artists to tour live music performance."

"The AIMIA internship program was originally an initiative of the AIMIA Mobile Industry Group. After consultation with academic institutions, students and potential host companies based in Australia, a successful pilot scheme was run in early 2007 involving AIMIA Members The University of Technology Sydney and Hyro."

This report presents the results of the fifth edition of the Australian Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index, a collaborative industry research project carried out during June 2009.