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Regional Development Australia Murraylands and Riverland Inc

Thursday, 10 May 2018 Regional Development Australia Murraylands and Riverland Inc Loxton High School are the only school in South Australia, and only one of seven nationally to be selected to be part of a national innovation and entrepreneur program aimed at showcasing exciting opportunities within agriculture and primary production. The grant funding for the program has come from AgriFutures Australiaand startup business which have joined forces to promote an innovation and entrepreneurial mindset. Startup.business Read more…

By Elisabeth Jackson, ago

PRESS RELEASE: AgriFutures startup.business Pilot Program School Winners

Wednesday, 28 March 2018 PRESS RELEASE: Seven secondary schools awarded a unique entrepreneurial learning program for Year 9 and 10 students thanks to AgriFutures Australia. AgriFutures Australia and startup.business have joined forces to deliver an exciting education program that teaches school kids in rural and regional Australia to solve the problems facing agriculture using innovation and an entrepreneurial mindset. After receiving applications from rural and regional public high schools: QLD WA  NSW  NSW SA VIC Read more…

By Elisabeth Jackson, ago

Stella McCartney Partners in the 2018 PETA Biodesign challenge

The Agricultural industry is rapidly changing with the development of technology. PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) holds a Biodesign competition every year open to university students who envisage future applications of animal friendly biotechnology. This year Stella McCartney will be partnering up with PETA and investment firm Stray Dog Capital to sponsor the first-ever PETA Prize for Animal-Free Woolprize. View more details about the partnership in the Fast Company article here: https://www.fastcompany.com/40538970/stella-mccartney-and-peta-want-students-to-invent-vegan-wool Or visit http://biodesignchallenge.org Read more…

By Elisabeth Jackson, ago

AgriFutures startup.business Pilot Program

Thursday, 22 February 2018 PRESS RELEASE: Applications now open for secondary schools around Australia to apply for a unique entrepreneurial learning program for Year 9 and 10 students. In this exciting collaboration, AgriFutures Australia (formerly Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation) and startup.business have joined forces to deliver an exciting education program called AgriFutures™ startup.business that teaches school kids in rural and regional Australia to solve the problems facing agriculture using innovation and an entrepreneurial Read more…

By Elisabeth Jackson, ago

Introducing exciting new Agrifutures Australia partnership

Food security: Australian agriculture needs next-gen entrepreneurs. AgriFutures Australia and startup.business have joined forces to deliver an exciting education program called AgriFutures™ startup.business that teaches school kids in rural and regional Australia to solve the problems facing agriculture using innovation and an entrepreneurial mindset. Jo Burston, serial entrepreneur and Founder of Inspiring Rare Birds has a new venture, startup.business, that brings entrepreneurial learning in action into the classroom to inspire and equip the next generation Read more…

By Jo Burston, ago

Let’s Head To Memphis To Visit Moziah Bridges

Building A Fashion Empire Moziah Bridges started making bow ties at home in Memphis, Tennessee. He regularly appears on TV shows in America and he has made bow ties for President Barack Obama. Enrol in startup.business today and you’ll receive a copy of the comic book Brilliant BusinessKids, which features Moziah’s complete story, in his own words.

By Jo Burston, ago

Cleaning Up Indonesia One Plastic Bag At A Time

Melati and Isabel Wijsen are the co-founders of Bye Bye Plastic Bags. They live in Bali, Indonesia where plastic bags littering the streets and beaches, are an environmental hazard. They started their social initiative to fix the problem.   … I was 12 when we started and Isabel was 10. As soon as we proposed the idea our community loved it. At our first meeting we had six people around the table – all of our Read more…

By Jo Burston, ago

This Device Is Revolutionising Communication

Brooke Martin lives in Spokane, Washington, in the United States. She designed her first device for pets and has gone on to create ICLovedOnes and ICMedMinder, specifically to help elderly people.  I came up with the idea for ICPooch because our dog Kayla would get really upset whenever we left home. She would run around the house crying and chewing our shoes, destroying the furniture and carpet. We wondered how we could make her feel Read more…

By Jo Burston, ago