Innovate Moreton Bay: Recent Episodes
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Innovate Moreton Bay is chatting to local founders, thinkers or tinkers who can share knowledge and showcase local stories within the Moreton Bay Region.Innovate Moreton Bay is a program with a tailored approach to connect local efforts, harnessing existing strengths and building regional capability within the Innovation Ecosystem.
In this Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast episode, Steve shoots for the stars with Cran Middlecoat who the founder & aerospace geek for It’s Rocket Science Adventures. Tune in as Cran unpacks his aviation, aerospace & rocket industry knowledge and skills to empower the education industry with regional, rural and indigenous communities nationwide.
In this Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast episode, Steve catches up with Dr Wayne Graham who is the head of campus for USC Caboolture and a senior lecturer in management in the USC business school. They discuss some of the awesome things going at the USC Caboolutre Campus along with the growth opportunities available for the wider business community moving forward.
In this Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast episode, Steve chats to with Melissa Gooderham & Lauren Wust who are from the powerhouse events dream team for MBRIT who delivers some of the region’s largest events.
Tune in as they explore the impacts and challenges facing the events industry because of the pandemic, while finding out about the upcoming events planned for 2020 and the road ahead.
In this Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast episode, Steve catches up with Nicky & Renee from Moreton Bay Region Industry and Tourism “MBRIT”. They unpack what are some of the biggest challenges our tourism industry is facing, the road ahead for recovery and what are some of the innovative things operators are doing to stay resilient through time of crisis moving forward.
In this Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast episode,Steve catches up with Colin Kinner. Colin is a startup ecosystem specialist, startup coach and trainer, company director with over twenty years’ experience working with high-growth technology companies, join in for a chat from a startup’s point of view.
In this Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast episode, we catch up with Dr Sarah Pearson, Innovation Lead and Deputy Director-General of Innovation for the Department of State Development, Tourism & Innovation. We chat about Innovation Ecosystems and some of the key elements involved within, what’s next for Advance Queensland and what has currently been achieved not only in the Moreton Bay but the Queensland as a whole.
In this Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast episode, we catch up with Carol Vale who is the director of Murawin Consulting & Game Enough? We discuss the exciting opportunities available for indigenous businesses in regard to the growing native food and game meats industry along with some the awesome things going on in Indigenous female-led business sector.
In this Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast episode, we have a chat with Caroline Lovett from Credible Source Solutions & the WOW! Awards. Tune in as we discuss the importance of both employee and personal recognition while also exploring the some of the key elements when it comes to writing award applications and networking.
In this Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast episode, we catch up with Jimmy & Doug who are the co-founders of Chilli Coffee. Just weeks after their official launch, most cafés had to close doors due to Lockdown. However, that did not stop this dynamic duo from moving forward while also taking out 1st place for Chilli Beverage at the 2020 Mr Chilli Awards.
In this Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast episode, we catch up with Sean Gordon OAM. We unpack some of the impacts and outcomes of the organisations he is involved with including SchoolAid & Tukkr while tapping into Sean’s extensive knowledge to create opportunities and inspire our next generation.
In this episode of the Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast, we catch up with Joe Hoolahan who is the CEO & Co-founder of JESI. Joe has recently relocated from Townsville to become a Moreton Bay Resident around 12 months ago. We explore his journey regarding startups, business and general ecosystem involvement.
In this Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast episode, we catch up with Michael Smith who has been an active collaborator and engaged contributor within our region.
We chat about Michael’s entrepreneurial journey, the challenges he has faced and how our regional ecosystem has developed along the way.
In this episode of the Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast, we catch up and chat with Melanie Wood who is the founder of Speaking Styles as we unpack her journey to helps others to discovery the keys to engage their audience via storytelling, public speaking and soft skills while building valuable networks in regional areas.
In this episode, we catchup with Dr Retha Scheepers and Dr Noel Tracy from USC regarding some of the research findings that have been identified within the Moreton Bay Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem over the past 18 months.
In this Episode of the Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast Series, we catch up with Mandy Schultz from LuvaBerry for a berry good chat.
We discuss all the strawsome innovative products they have created to minimize seasonal waste, the impacts of not only covid-19 but also recently the contamination crises & what is like to navigate the supply chain with large retailers.
In this episode, our guest is Karen Becker who is Head of Campus for USC Moreton Bay which USC is also an official program partner for Innovate Moreton Bay.
We chat about all things to do with the new USC Moreton Bay Campus, what’s on offer, how to get involved and the impacts that covid-19 has had just weeks after the official opening of the campus.
In this episode, we have a chat with Shaun Reeves & Dianne Brown from SRJ Walker Wayland who assist small and medium enterprises, corporations, partnerships and individuals with audit & assurance, business advice, tax strategies, Self-Managed Superannuation and external CFO services.
With a double degreed in business and law, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand and an Accredited Mindshop Facilitator, Shaun has a vast range of qualifications and knowledge to share.
Dianne’s career is fuelled by her intellectual curiosity and her desire to know how businesses work, what drives the business and its owners and how they can do things better to achieve their business and life goals.
Since 1993, as a part of an ambitious and ever-growing team, SRJ Walker Wayland have grown to employ over 60 people and to provide reliable, insightful assistance to businesses ranging from local microbusinesses to multinationals.
Joining us today is Gary Weis from SBIM who is also a proud program partner of Innovate Moreton Bay. Gary Weis is the Founder and director of SBIM, a digital marketing agency based in Brendale that helps owners find the key to unlock the business of their dreams.
Gary is a lifelong student of sales and marketing having been in the industry for over 30 years now. In that time, he has held sales, marketing, management and business ownership roles in a range of industries including, music, education, hospitality, consulting & professional services.
In this episode we have a chat about his journey in the online marketing industry along with not only some of the recent challenges & trends but also what has emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Our guest today is Megan Avard, who is the Founder & CEO at SurePact.
SurePact is an Enterprise SaaS designed to deliver a solution addressing the significant challenge of cost, time and scope blowouts in contract delivery. It is a risk identification and mitigation solution that helps businesses mitigate the immediate and compounding risk during the delivery of contracts and has produced proven results of significant bottom-line improvements as well as improved project and procurement outcomes.
SurePact software provides strong emphasis on visibility, transparency and accountability via real-time dashboards allowing confident business intelligence decisions.
The SurePact team have recently launched their Grant Management System, setting itself apart from competitors in that it now provides a 360 degree line of sight for organisations to manage all their grant submissions through to the delivery of the outcome with full integration on their entire suite of products.
Our guest today is Peter Kellett, who is the Manager of Innovation, Enterprise & Technology at Grace Lutheran College.
Peter has served nearly 20 years educating our regions youth with a primary focus on Technology. Peter is a National leader in the field of educational robotics for high school students and has taken young people all over the world to compete in robotics competitions. Peter is also a member of the Innovate Moreton Bay Steering Committee and freely gives his time to support innovation in the region.
Joining us today is our guest Michael Holmstrom, the founder and program director of STEM Punks.
Over the past 15 years, Michael has transformed ideas into global businesses and endured the journey of startups through great failures and awesome successes.
His combined passion for education and STEM was the foundation for STEM Punks, which is a global leader in STEM Education. STEM Punks is a passionate team of educators who inspire the next generation of innovators, founders and entrepreneurs.
In this week's episode, Steve chats to Jeremy Streten from SMS Law.
Jeremy Streten is a successful entrepreneur and lawyer applying his passion and experience to help entrepreneurs and SME owners to succeed in their business so that they can live the life that they want to live.
With a 16-year legal background as a business lawyer, with 8 of those years as a business owner, Jeremy has learnt a thing or two about business. Jeremy has appeared on various television shows, podcasts and radio interviews. He also provides regular content for websites across Australia.
In this week's episode, Steve chats to Nette Griggs from Regional Development Australia Moreton Bay.
Nette has had an extensive career in local and state government and the community sectors in diverse parts of Australia and overseas. She has managed a wide variety of services and facilities and has led significant organisational change agendas.
In this week's episode, Steve chats to Howard Nielsen from Nielsen and Company Consulting.
Howard is the founder of family company Nielsen and Company Consulting (NACC) and is the representative from Samford Commons on the Partnership Board at Innovate Moreton Bay. He has been both CEO and board chair of a national network of social enterprises and other community-owned businesses. Basically, Howard helps build sustainable businesses and communities and has facilitated quite a few large scale local and national projects engaging multiple levels of industry, community and government.
Steve Butler recently spent a morning with the Grace Lutheran College robotics students and the Coastal Protection Core team for a collaborative catup-up to help get them inspired for when the represent Australia and compete in the FIRST Global Challange, aka the Robotics Olympics, in Dubai in a couple weeks!
This year's theme is "Ocean" and will focus on some of the greatest challenges our plant faces.
The students from Australia's only team must use their abilities to solve the world's problems and what better way to get them inspired on solving problems in our oceans than to chat with Mat & Eva Davis from Coastal Protection Core!
Steve Butler from Innovate Moreton Bay chats to Jacki Steel from Advance Queensland at the 2019 QODE Festival in Brisbane, Australia.
Wrap-up of the Moreton Bay Region's inaugural FounderFest with Steve Butler & Joy Taylor.
Steve Butler from Innovate Moreton Bay speaks to Peter Kellett from Grace Lutheran Collage about the FIRST Global Challenge.