close close
search
Search

Forget Universities and let entrepreneurs lead Australian innovation

Forget universities and let entrepreneurs lead Australian innovation

by Steve Baxter I have judged more than 20 start-up weekend events – if you have not been to one I highly recommend it. Over the course of 54 hours, participants pitch an idea, build a team, road-test the idea with potential customers by getting out of the building and talking to people, change the idea to reflect the reality of things and then pitch it to judges.