From bits to atoms – the consequences for startups (a Swedish perspective!)

The Internet and digital tools have changed the way entrepreneurs set up their businesses and new business models have emerged.

When Linux out-competed Microsoft it was a community-based product (peer-production) being superior to a product of a big technology company. Can this be done in other industries?

Can it be done in physical product markets? This talk will go through a few different aspects of the digital economy and what atoms can learn from bits.

Our INTERNATIONAL guest speaker...Peter Svensson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterosvensson/), VINNOVA - https://www.vinnova.se/en/

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Peter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterosvensson/)is a policy entrepreneur and innovation expert. He has co-developed the Open Innovation Program at the Swedish Innovation Agency (Vinnova (https://www.vinnova.se/en/)). Prior to that he managed Forum for Innovation Management, an exclusive innovation policy network in Stockholm within a private foundation.

Peter has also worked for an early-stage venture capital firm, and managed one of Sweden’s most successful business incubators.

Peter holds a Ph.D. in innovation studies from Linköping University (https://liu.se/en). He has been visiting researcher at Stanford and MIT. His research interests are the sources of innovation, innovation processes and how digital technologies transform industries.

Our 'Speaker Sponsor'

Sydney School of Entrepreneurship (SSE)

The SSE - Sydney School of Entrepreneurship (http://sse.edu.au)- is an unprecedented new partnership between all 11 NSW universities and TAFE NSW (http://www.nsi.tafensw.edu.au/campus/StLeonards/Default.aspx). SSE is about creating a diverse community of next generation of Australian entrepreneurs, generating jobs and businesses of the future.

SSE brings together students across disciplines, sectors, locations and backgrounds and provides access to practical training, support and mentoring for students looking to establish and operate innovative businesses across NSW.

Again...

WHEN: WEDNESDAY 8th November
TIME: 4pm - 6pm-ish
WHERE: ACU (http://www.acu.edu.au/collaborateplus), Level 18, 8-20 Napier St, North Sydney 2060

AGENDA of the evening:

• 4:00pm: Please arrive on time to meet other entrepreneurs / startups and check out the venue & have a snack!

• 4:20pm ish: Speaker along with Q&A

• 5:30pm ish: Chat with the speaker and other entrepreneurs

• 6:00pm ish: Close of the event

This is a free event. Please take time to thank someone from ACU (http://www.acu.edu.au/collaborateplus) who are sponsoring this event, and the Sydney School of Entrepreneurship (SSE) (http://sse.edu.au/) who are supporting the event.

We want to keep building the community of startups and innovation ecosystem people on the North Shore.

If you have a friend who is working on a startup, you may like to send them the link to this event. You never know what spark might be created as a result!

THE VENUE

The Australian Catholic University (ACU) (http://www.acu.edu.au/collaborateplus) holds a leadership position in education research and innovation.

They offer a number of education opportunities around innovation and entrepreneurship, and in 2017 launched ACU Collaborate Plus (http://www.acu.edu.au/collaborateplus), ACU’s multidisciplinary innovation space for startups and small-medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

The North Sydney space provides a flexible, creative and inclusive area for students, staff, alumni, startups and SMEs who are working on an innovative startup, project or business idea. And is currently available at no fee! The project is supported by NSW Department of Industry’s Boosting Business Innovation grants.

See you there!