Morning Startup - Perth

Why should a scrappy startup care about organisational design?
Because humans are messy — expensive, unpredictable, sometimes brilliant, and always your biggest risk when you’re trying to scale. Throwing more people at the chaos isn’t a strategy; it’s a bonfire.
In this no-fluff session, Erin Clark (Stories Unseen, Mather Farm, The Exchange Collective) rips up the old playbook and shows you how to design for chaos, not control — and why that’s critical if you actually want to survive success. She’ll bring real-world lessons from the trenches of her own startups, where messy meets mission, and culture eats org charts for breakfast.
Forget bloated hierarchies and corporate “best practice” — this is about setting up your people, culture, and operations to deliver under real-world pressure.
You’ll hear what happens when founders nail it — and when they don’t — and walk away knowing what to ask before you hire, fire, or awkwardly reshuffle the deck chairs.
Spoiler: it might be all fun and games with a “Chief of Vibes” — but traction and a healthy burn rate are way cooler.

Agenda:

• 7:30 am: Shameless plugs and announcements. Introduce yourself or announce your startup to the Perth startup community!
• 7:45 am: The Org Chart Is Dead: Build a startup that survives its own success
• 8:30 am: Networking & delicious breakfast treats
• 9:00 am: Finish

About Erin
Erin Clark designs organisations built to grow, not slow down.
With an MBA and experience across startups, scale-ups, and corporates in the Asia Pacific, Erin brings practical design and a healthy disrespect for bureaucracy to building structures that scale. A founder and trusted advisor, she’s part strategist, part catalyst, and never afraid to call out what’s getting in the way.
At the collision point of people, process, tech, and information, Erin turns big ambitions into organisations that stay scrappy, scale smart, and stick to why they started. She helps startups hold their edge and pushes corporates to move faster — building businesses made for momentum, not management layers.

Event Description:
In the fast-paced world of technology startups, Australian entrepreneurs face unique challenges that can derail their success if not addressed early. While partnering with local app developers and coders may seem like a straightforward choice, the reality of navigating Australia's lightly regulated tech industry often reveals unexpected pitfalls.

Join us for an insightful session where we unpack the three most common risks startups encounter when working with local tech partners and, most importantly, how to protect your business. From financial setbacks to reputation management, learn practical strategies to safeguard your interests and ensure your startup thrives in this competitive landscape.

Don't leave your success to chance—equip yourself with the knowledge to build smarter, safer, and stronger partnerships.

Agenda:

• 7:30 am: Shameless plugs and announcements. Introduce yourself or announce your startup to the Perth startup community!
• 7:45 am: The hidden risks in Australia's startup tech scene
• 8:30 am: Networking & delicious breakfast treats
• 9:00 am: Finish

About Maggie
Maggie Ciobanu is the founder of Yoochooz, an innovative app designed to combat cyberbullying by encouraging young users to pause and reflect before sending messages online. A mother of three, Maggie was driven to action by the rising tide of harmful online behavior affecting children. Combining her entrepreneurial spirit with her personal experiences as a parent, she created a solution that empowers kids to make kinder choices in the digital space.

Maggie’s journey from concerned parent to tech innovator has been fueled by her unwavering commitment to online safety for young people. Yoochooz is now making an impact in schools and communities, demonstrating that simple, thoughtful tools can inspire positive change in the fight against cyberbullying.

Calling all startup founders!

On the first Wednesday of each month, let's get together for a tasty beverage or two, celebrate and/or commiserate the month that was, and share plans and ideas for the month yet to be!

You might even meet your future Co-founder, Lead Programmer, or Chief Ninja of Ideation and Crypto Research.

As Elon Musk could have once said, "All my success is due to drinking with other startup founders as often as possible".

This is a very casual, monthly, after-work event, in addition to our fortnightly Morning Startup meetups at Spacecubed. So if you're not a morning person, this is for you!

There will be no speakers or formalities. Just a bunch of startups, in a pub, having fun, and learning from each other.

Pizza will be provided courtesy of our amazing Morning Startup sponsors (see below), but make sure you save up ahead of time to cover the cost of your own exotic cocktails and Perth-priced-drinks.

To find us, ask the bar staff for the Founder Sundowner table and they'll point you in the right direction.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Get around our amazing sponsors!

Calling all startup founders!

On the first Wednesday of each month, let's get together for a tasty beverage or two, celebrate and/or commiserate the month that was, and share plans and ideas for the month yet to be!

You might even meet your future Co-founder, Lead Programmer, or Chief Ninja of Ideation and Crypto Research.

As Elon Musk could have once said, "All my success is due to drinking with other startup founders as often as possible".

This is a very casual, monthly, after-work event, in addition to our fortnightly Morning Startup meetups at Spacecubed. So if you're not a morning person, this is for you!

There will be no speakers or formalities. Just a bunch of startups, in a pub, having fun, and learning from each other.

Pizza will be provided courtesy of our amazing Morning Startup sponsors (see below), but make sure you save up ahead of time to cover the cost of your own exotic cocktails and Perth-priced-drinks.

To find us, ask the bar staff for the Founder Sundowner table and they'll point you in the right direction.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Get around our amazing sponsors!