9:00am to 5:00pm Thursday 22 June 2006
Mayfair Room
Grand Hyatt Hotel
123 Collins Street
Melbourne
| 9:00am | Registration |
| 9:30am | Welcome |
| 9:45am | Barry J. Moltz has been running small businesses with a great |
| 10:45am | Morning Tea/Coffee |
| 11:15am | David Southwick David is an Entrepreneur who has enjoyed the success of establishing successful business operations, represented Australian small business overseas at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and had a strong involvement in helping develop Australian Youth. David founded the cosmetics company The Body Collection in 1992 and in February 1999, after six years of successful trading and building the business to an Annual turnover in excess of $6 Million, David sold the Australian rights of The Body Collection to pursue other interests. David is also currently involved in establishing a number of new business ventures including Ice Events, an Event Management and Entertainment business. |
| 12:15pm | Lunch |
| 1:30pm | ‘Think Like an Entrepreneur' DVD |
| 2:00pm | ‘Think Like an Entrepreneur' Panel with: • Kristy Andruszko of PuppyPhat www.puppyphat.com.au Kristy created Puppy Phat as a unique, fun and original pet lifestyle store and she currently has 3 stores and is expanding into franchising. • Jonathon Barouch of www.fastflowers.com.au Jonathon set up Fastflowers when he was 17 and at school. fastflowers.com is now one of the top online flower businesses in Australia and New Zealand. • Carolyn Creswell of Carman's Muesli. www.carmansfinefoods.com.au Carolyn started Carmans when she was 18 and Carmans now wholesales muesli, muesli bars and organic honey Australia wide and exports to Asia and the Pacific. |
| 3:00pm | Afternoon Refreshments and networking |
| 3:30pm | Student in Free Enterprise Presentation |
| 4:00pm | Finals of the Elevator Pitch Competition |
| 5:00pm | Finish |
The day will cost you $A75 and includes lunch and morning and afternoon refreshments. To register click on the Registration Form below, print the Form, fill in the details and post with a cheque or postal order to Kathy Griffiths, c/o RMIT School of Management, Level 16 239 Bourke St., Melbourne Vic 3000. There are only 400 seats available so be early!!
Download the registration form (pdf)
Imagine that you have a great business idea and you need some finance to get the business to start up stage. You have gone into the bank in the city, pressed the elevator button on the ground floor and entered the lift. Just as the elevator doors are about to close one of Melbourne's wealthiest entrepreneurs enters and presses the button for the 80 th floor. You have 3 minutes until the elevator reaches the 80 th floor to convince him or her that your idea is worth their support and money.
Rules:
• You have a maximum of 3 minutes to sell your idea.
• You have no electronic aids.
Criteria:
• Clarity of the concept/product description
• Viability of the opportunity/market potential
• The financial deal
Prizes:
First Prize $A1000
Second Prize $A500
Third Prize $A250
Certificates to all finalists.
Process
• Heats of the Elevator Pitch Competition will be held on Monday 19 th , Tuesday 20 th and Wednesday 21 st . Full details of where and when will be provided to applicants.
• There will be 8 finalists who will make their final ‘pitch' at the Youth Entrepreneurship Day at 3.30 pm.
Eligibility
To be eligible you must either be:
• An undergraduate student at university or TAFE; or
• A school student.
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