The first round of speakers and topics are announced, with around a month to go til Founders in the Forest, in the picturesque Bundaleer Forest, near Jamestown and Clare in South Australia.
Speakers will cover AI tools, Big crazy business ideas, Choose your own adventure, Growing your side hustle as a full time employee, How to grow your business beyond you into a team by serving your clients well, Managing your identities and finding the confidence to put yourself out there, Personal and business branding, Pitching and client success, and Get stuff done!
Reach out to speakers before the event, follow on socials, and get to know what they are about:
- Milly Albers, Founder MILCO design and Remco Albers, Founder MILCO.media Photographer & Videographer | Co-Founder MILCO.design Marketing & (web)Design
- Ray Borda, Managing Director at Macro Group Australia, Chair Food South Australia
- Jeremy Carn, Regional Manager, Northern SA, AusIndustry Division | Business Outreach and Insights Branch | Business Outreach Section
- Cassie Day, Managing Director of The Carers Place, NDIS Registered Provider, Business Partnership Specialist, Event Facilitator & Speaker and Award-Winning Entrepreneur
- Ben Flink, Head of Innovation & New Ventures; Army Officer; Scientist; Scenario Planning; Founder
- Scott Perry, Founder ACE Speaking & Pitching; Co-Founder TL Plumbing & Building; Inventor & Investor; MC, Pitch & Public Speaking Coach & Mentor; Product Development Manager; Speaker & Trainer; Entrepreneurship Facilitator
- Wendy Perry, Facilitator, Sea to Valley Startups; Entrepreneurship Facilitator Switch Start Scale; MD @ Workforce BluePrint
- Helen Smith, Catalyst Foundation
- Dante St James, Entrepreneurship Facilitator, Business Station, Darwin
and more to be announced soon!
If you are a Sea to Valley Startups client please apply promo code S2VS, and if you are a Switch Start Scale client use code SSS for 100% discount.
Accommodation options include camping onsite, The Park Jamestown, and around Jamestown, Spalding, Crystal Brook, Laura and Clare.
Cockburn House is an option at $90 additional per room per night - if you are looking for accommodation please email Dante St James via dante@businessstation.com.au.
As guests, you’ll get your own key and the accommodation has shared bathrooms, kitchen and living area, but private bedrooms.
And you must register for the evening event.
Regional Innovation Reverse Pitch Night & Networking
You are invited to the Regional Innovation Reverse Pitch Night & Networking at Maple and Pine in the beautiful Bundaleer Forest, on Monday evening from 4.30 - 6.30 pm.
Discover the places where you can startup, stand out and stay, meeting entrepreneurs, founders and innovators, and hearing pitches from regional businesses, local government and regional development leaders.
Pitches will be around 3 minutes, with or without slides, sharing all the fantastic things that are happening in the region and beyond.
MC'd by Scott Perry, Facilitator, Sea to Valley Startups, speakers will include:
- Stephen Rufus, CEO, District Council of Peterborough
- Wendy Perry, Facilitator, Sea to Valley Startups; Entrepreneurship Facilitator Switch Start Scale; MD @ Workforce BluePrint
- Dante St James, Entrepreneurship Facilitator, Business Station, Darwin
- Mel Kitschke, Maple and Pine, Bundaleer Forest
- Jeremy Carn, Regional Manager, Northern SA, AusIndustry Division | Business Outreach and Insights Branch | Business Outreach Section
- Lisa Brock, Employment Facilitator , Local Jobs Program, Mid North SA
The audience includes people with business ideas, as well as people from metro and regional startups, scaleups, small businesses and the broader business, industry and regional ecosystem.
Anyone can register for free tickets here and please feel free to post and share the link, thank you.