Aspiring entrepreneurs listen up: the life-changing festival to end all festivals is heading to Australia. Switch Festival is an innovation tournament unlike anything Australia has ever seen. Co-designed by Silicon’s Valley’s 650 Labs and Cure Brain Cancer Foundation, Switch Festival aims to bring together Australia’s brightest minds over three days to solve big business and societal challenges.
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Day one will see participants hear from great speakers, including Phil Morle from Pollenizer and Dr Angus Hervey from Future Crunch, and will cover a huge range of subjects including:
- How entrepreneurs and corporates can form fruitful partnerships
- How to identify, monetise and leverage your IP to collaborate and create new business models
- How to prepare your business and career for the exponential changes occuring in every industry
On days two and three, participants get to:
- Form blended teams to solve big business and societal challenges
- Receive amazing coaching and mentoring
- Have their solutions judged by world-class innovators and disruptors
If you are a student or entrepreneur this is an amazing opportunity to meet strategic decision makers in some of Australia’s leading companies and to potentially find your next employer, investor or client.
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There are discounted rates for entrepreneurs ($250) and students ($100). Ticket prices include $147 of online training on General Assembly, and a day pass to co-work at the HUB.
Registrations close Sunday 23rd August, so sign up now at SWITCHFEST.ORG to attend this amazing event.
All proceeds go to Cure Brain Cancer Foundation and will help fund much needed research and clinical trials.