Melbourne Accelerator Program 2014 Information Night

Melbourne Accelerator Program

(MAP)

Rohan Workman

March 2014

Vision

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MAP Management andLeadership Structure

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Advisory Board

•Martin Adams

•Leni Mayo

•Paul Holyoake

•Darrell Wade

•Tony Glenning

Directors

•Thas Nirmalathas

•Charlie Day

Manager

•Rohan Workman

Associates

•Alexander Ryan

•Maxine Lee

•Wen Xi

Assistants

•Kostan Ioannou

•Boston Szephora

Context for MAP

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• History

• New opportunities in 2014:

• More Faculties

• Feeder Programs

• Regular Master Classes

• Moon shot: leading entrepreneurial

program worldwide.

• Make MAP your rocket ship!

“If you’re offered a seat on a rocket

ship, don’t ask what seat.

Just get on.”

Sheryl Sandberg quoting Eric Schmidt

Structure

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Public Forums

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Master Class Series

Master Classes provide practical advice for

overcoming the day-to-day challenges of

running a startup.

• Every second Wednesday

• 5.30 – 6.30pm

• Brown Theatre, Electrical

Engineering (Building 193)

• 45 min presentation + 15 min Q&A

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Startup Velocity Series

Three day program for students interested

in getting involved in entrepreneurship:

• Workshops, mentoring, idea validation,

pitching & more.

Mon 14 – Wed 16 April 2014

6.30 – 10.30 pm

Theatre 4, Alan Gilbert Building

REGISTER HERE

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MAP Outreach Events

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Variety of events designed to engage

the broader community & individuals

who may have difficulty attending

UoM-based MAP events.

•Held at key locations around

Melbourne

•Hosted by MAP

•Collaborative

MAP Startup Accelerator

Image courtesy www.treverimarket.com

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MAP12

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MAP13

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MAP14 Startup Accelerator

• $20,000• Co-working space• Structured mentoring• UoM stamp of approval

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But wait, there’s more

• MAP First Customers Network

• Advantages of UoM:

• Alumni networks

• Industry connections

• Government connections

• Tailoring the program for

participants

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• Promote tech entrepreneurship as

career pathway

• Local IT startup community feeder

• Increase number of quality

applicants to MAP

• IT startup company paid, summer

internship program (Dec’13 –

Feb’14)

Objectives

• Commercial and Civic Streams

– 4 companies

– 5 interns selected from 60

applicants

– 2 interns hired for ongoing

roles

– Read more:

http://bit.ly/1jerazs

Highlights

• New 10 week unpaid internship

program

• All 2014 MAP Fellows automatically

qualify

• Participation optional

• Eligible for 1-2 devs, UX, or data

interns

• 1-2 day p/w

• Competitive selection - technical

screening and interview

MAP Tech Internships

• MAP Launch Party/Student Pitch

applications open

July 10 – online

• Application deadline

July 17

• Shortlisted Interviews

July 22

• Interns announced

July 24

• Internships commence July 28

Key Dates

Cool Stuff - Sydney

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Cool Stuff – Silicon Valley

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Cool Stuff – MAP14 TV Show

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Eligibility

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One founding member of startup must be student, staff or alumni within five

years of:

•Melbourne School of Engineering

•Faculty of Business & Economics

•Melbourne Business School

•Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences

•Faculty of Arts

Key Info

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Apply Register

Key Info

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Application Workshop

•Tuesday 8 April 2014

•http://bit.ly/1h0fi0M

Open office hours

•Tuesday 15 April

•20 minutes with us for feedback

•without prejudice to your application

Specialist Events for MAP Fellows

Demo Day

•Melbourne – TBA October

•Sydney – TBA October

Contact

map@eng.unimelb.edu.au

How we select teams

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Team

Technology

Traction

Questions?

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