Accelerating your Startup - RAISE, MARKET... GROW!

ONE NIGHT ONLY! A degustation of startup talent coordinated and MC'd by the amazing:
Rebekah Campbell (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebekahzambesi/)

Rebekah is CEO & Founder of Zambesi (https://www.zambesi.com) and is also known for having co-founded and co-lead Hey You (http://heyyou.com.au/).

****** Her topic: ‘How to raise capital’ ******

Rebekah has 15 yrs experience as an entrepreneur and has started 3 businesses: two sold and ‘Hey You’ with which she is still associated. Rebekah's raised more than $15M in venture capital and grants from almost every type of investor. Her first company launched a joint venture with Warner Music in 2008. Two subsequent technology businesses have attracted investment from high profile Angel investors in Australia, Silicon Valley, New York and Europe as well as large venture funds and the corporate investment arm of Westpac.

She is joined by our AWESOME LINEUP:

• Mark Baartse (https://www.linkedin.com/in/markbaa/), Chief Marketing Officer at Showpo (https://www.showpo.com) on
  ****** ‘Brilliant digital marketing’ ******

Mark (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisiona/) Baartse is Chief Marketing Officer at fashion eCommerce success Showpo (https://www.showpo.com). Mark has used a broad range of digital marketing strategies to help almost double Showpo’s sales in 12 months. The company has over 2.3 million social followers and makes millions in revenue via each of search, Facebook, email, and more. Prior to Showpo, Mark worked for and consulted to a wide range of companies ranging from start-ups to large international corporates including Microsoft, Officeworks, Woolworths, Vodafone, Allianz, and many more.

• Chris Iona (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisiona/), Former VP Engineering at Hipages (https://hipages.com.au/) on
  ****** ‘How to recruit and lead a superstar engineering team’ ****** Chris is Founder of Future Pass (https://www.futurepass.com) and has spent the past 14 years building, leading and scaling. Prior to that, Chris was an Engineering Director at Bigcommerce (https://www.bigcommerce.com.au/), and in that time helped grow the team through fast and strong growth. In 2014, Chris was listed on AIM’s (https://www.aim.com.au) 30–under-30 list for excellence in Management. He regularly presents at CTO Summits and conferences.

• Sarah Atkinson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragmateam/), Principal of Pragmateam (https://pragma.team) on
  ****** ‘Best practice agile product management’ ****** Sarah cofounded Pragmateam (https://pragma.team) to provide Agile transformation, training and delivery services to large organisations, technology start-ups and government agencies. Sarah led Agile Transformation at Commonwealth Bank and her team has has since worked Australian Government’s Digital Transformation Office, Hey You, Expert360, SBS On Demand and Tyro Payments. Sarah is a practitioner and realist at heart. Curiosity, experimentation and pragmatism are at the core of Sarah’s DNA. Passionate about supporting leaders to achieve their strategic goals, Sarah enjoys working with teams on the ground to increase their capability through delivery.

• Robert Coorey (https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertcoorey/), Sales expert and best-selling author on
  ****** ‘Build a world-class sales and marketing funnel’ ****** Robert, MBA is well-known as the “go-to” guy when you need to build world-class sales and marketing funnels. Robert is an expert at lead generation, generating tens of thousands of consultation leads and placing tens of thousands of people into live events, executive briefings and webinars. Robert is a #1 Best-Selling Author, Keynote Speaker and wildly successful marketer. Recently listed by Startup Australia as one of Australia’s Top 50 Entrepreneurs. Robert enjoys regular media appearances, delivers engaging keynote speeches and has been featured on TV and radio for expert commentary on business and marketing.

THE VENUE
Workinc (http://workinc.com.au) - Bay 10 Cafe (https://baytenespresso.com.au) is an awesome heritage space with self-contained work pods, shared offices and an open co-working space for startup and innovation-focused businesses and freelancers in Sydney’s North Shore.

Pls take time to thank someone from Workinc for hosting.