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Entrepreneurship students urged to look beyond their degrees
3:26AM | Tuesday, 6 MarchMore than 3,000 Australian university students have enrolled in entrepreneurship classes this year, new research shows, but experts say entrepreneurs cannot succeed without experience.
Tech degrees being shunned by uni students: Report
2:59AM | Wednesday, 29 FebruaryThe number of university students in technology degrees is in long-term decline, according to a new report, with concerns that the shortage will impact web-based start-ups.
Australia’s student start-ups “compare well to Europe”
11:48AM | Thursday, 17 NovemberThe leader of a local student entrepreneurship group has likened Australian student-start-ups to those in Scandinavian countries, claiming there are more similarities than there are differences.
Idea Pitch winners share in $15k prize pool
11:18AM | Wednesday, 16 NovemberStudent Entrepreneurs has unveiled the 2011 winners of its Idea Pitch competition, which saw 20 student start-ups from Victorian universities compete for prizes worth more than $15,000.
Start-up numbers could fall as graduate salaries rebound
11:28AM | Tuesday, 15 NovemberUniversity graduates may become even more inclined to work for a company rather than start their own business, with a new report showing graduate salaries are on the rebound.
Student Entrepreneurs to host Startup Hackathon
7:13PM | Wednesday, 27 JulyUniversity students are being encouraged to attend a 48-hour start-up “hackathon”, hosted by Student Entrepreneurs, to gain insight into the start-up scene and develop their ideas into viable businesses.
Graduates wary of start-ups despite diminishing job prospects
7:46PM | Wednesday, 6 JulyIndustry experts say students are still wary of starting their own businesses despite new figures that reveal job prospects for university graduates have dwindled during the past two years.
PayPal founder to pay budding entrepreneurs to avoid uni
5:08AM | Monday, 30 MayUS venture capitalist Peter Thiel has offered $100,000 to 24 young entrepreneurs providing they stay out of college for two years to further their business ideas.
Top 10 start-up competitions in the world
4:43PM | Sunday, 17 AprilBarring the remote possibility of pouncing upon that rarest of beasts – a government start-up grant – wannabe entrepreneurs have traditionally been reliant on two groups for external funding: investors and banks.
