Events

For those who are not familiar with the phenomenon of Pitch Club, it offers aspiring entrepreneurs a proven pathway to develop, evaluate and get the assistance they need to capitalise on their ideas.

Building a business can be a lonely undertaking. But entrepreneurs have it tougher than most. Our friends and family often don’t understand the complexities of running a business… or the personal stress that comes with the job. Meet and learn from other business builders. Share a drink. Have a laugh. Gain insights from successful business builders who have ‘been there, done that’ and created successful ventures. Benefit from the experiences of other attendees.

Cre8 Business Leaders Conference partners with local churches to host two days of seminars and resources for creating successful business according to the purpose of one’s faith.

Pyksis and ANZA Technology Network recently partnered to create a program inviting companies considering Chinese export markets to bring their genius ideas to the table. The Global Acceleration Program (GAP) is a new program that aims to accelerate North American and Chinese market access for Victorian companies. Interested? Up to five positions can be filled per cohort, with one going to the USA and one to China.

Digital content organization, MEGA, has announced the winners of their recent Pitch Day competition for smartphone app ideas.

The Eighth Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business invites successful women to have their accomplishments recognised on a global scale. The awards are judged by several leading women entrepreneurs, and winners will be announced at a gala awards dinner in New York City in November.

Held in New Zealand, the LES International Annual Conference invites professionals and entrepreneurs to bring world innovation ideas to the table.

It's not too late to enter the University of Queensland Business School (UQBS) Enterprize 2011 business competition... but, well, let's just say it's getting pretty close. The door on new entries closes TODAY, 22 July. Aspiring entrepreneurs have until midnight to submit their concept plans and to be eligible for the grand prize: $100,000 in seed funding.

It's now possible for organisations, both large and small, to operate from a head-office of... well... one. You might be a solopreneur or a 15 person upstart. You could be a medium enterprise or a manager in a global enterprise. These days, you don't have to share an office with your team. You may never even meet face-to-face.

An upbeat Forrester report about ecommerce in the country is setting the background for the fifth annual Professional eBay & eCommerce Sellers Internet Conference, scheduled for 21-22 July on the Gold Coast. The American researcher, in a report released late last month, predicted the Australian ecommerce market would rise 37% to $36.8 billion by 2013.

Entrepreneurs' Night Out is on in Brisbane for a round of meeting and mingling. Share a drink. Have a laugh. And most importantly, help...

Yep, Pitch Club's last attempt at Pitch Club Hobart in June was stalled thanks to the ash clouds, but it's ready to go again! Whether...

Jordan Green, Founder of Melbourne Angels/ Deputy Chairman of the Australian Association of Angel Investors, and Bob Peterson, start-up investor, mentor and Founder of F3 will make a presentation about the types of OPM (other-peoples-money) typically referred to as 'capital raising' for early stage ventures.

Gabby Leibovich, co-founder of the discount buying sites CatchoftheDay.com.au and Scoopon.com.au, will be our guest entrepreneur at the latest Entrepreneurs' Night Out in Melbourne on Tuesday, 14 June. If you're a Victoria-based business owner with a passion for ideas and success, this night's for you! (We guarantee you won't find a better deal this side of Scoopon.)

The awards are open to all NSW companies that are doing business in the international marketplace. Award categories recognise the range of exports from the State and include small business, manufacturing, information and communications technology, services, and agribusiness.

Pitch Club is back in Sydney on 16 June. So, if you have a great business idea or just want to see what the next step might be, grab your ticket now and get ready to tell us all about it! Also, we are running our Opportunity Evaluation and Pitching Workshop between 10.30am and 12.30pm.

Pitch Club is back in Hobart on 17 June. So, if you have a great business idea or just want to see what the next step might be, grab your ticket now and get ready to tell us all about it! Also, we are running our Opportunity Evaluation and Pitching Workshop in Hobart between 12.30pm and 3.30pm, also on 17 June.

The past 12 months was filled with jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring watershed moments in the exciting but frustratingly fragmented world of online marketing. In 2010, did you let the future slip by or did you embrace the world's largest marketplace? Did your website under-achieve or over-deliver? Do you even have a website?

Australia's most innovative mothers will be getting a break from their demanding workplace and household duties when they are honoured at the 2011 AusMumpreneur Awards, which will be presented at a gala event at Mercure Sydney on Saturday 27 August. Award nominations are being accepted until Friday 17 June.

Are you a really, really small business operating out of New South Wales? Specifically: small enough to fit everyone on your payroll inside of your Subaru Liberty, and still leave the front seats unoccupied? If you answered 'yes', then you are one of some 570,000 micro-businesses in NSW, and MicroBiz Week 2011 is your week.