{"id":35975,"date":"2023-10-20T14:41:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/what-these-students-learnt-surviving-the-unsw-startup-games-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:41:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:41:27","slug":"what-these-students-learnt-surviving-the-unsw-startup-games-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/what-these-students-learnt-surviving-the-unsw-startup-games-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"What these students learnt surviving the UNSW Startup Games – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After an intense four weekend startup accelerator program, the cofounders of FoodEasy say they learnt a lot about how to make money from limited resources.<\/p>\n

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Once launched, Foodieasy will deliver ingredients and provide how-to videos to enable busy professionals to cook simple home cooked meals efficiently.<\/p>\n

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Cofounders Henry Law and Erick Supaman told StartupSmart <\/i>it was unlike anything they\u2019d done before.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is completely different to high school in Indonesia,\u201d says Supaman, an international student who has been in Australia for three weeks. \u201cI initially found it tough to sell and present Foodieasy due to the language barrier, but my cofounders have told me that I can\u2019t learn this anywhere else in university.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One of the eye-opening challenges was trying to make a profit with only two hours and $5. After a brief bewildered pause, the team made $38 locating and delivering library books to students around campus.<\/p>\n

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Law says intense challenges helped him realise the power of having a team that is diverse in background as well as skill sets.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur diversity has given us the opportunity to leverage each other\u2019s strengths. Whilst Erick had only just arrived at university, another cofounder Varshaa is in his fifth year,\u201d he says. \u201cOur team comprised of members who had experience in marketing and technology-based companies including Apple and Microsoft.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Despite being a university program, Foodieasy\u2019s target clients were professionals so the team had to get off campus to validate their idea. Law says this process was invaluable.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis validation served as a compass to navigate us through our startup journey, providing us with empirical data and evidence that is necessary for the decision making process.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But the biggest lesson learned by the team over the weekend was the overwhelming importance of narrowing down your idea and sheer hard work.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA startup is a combination of both a good idea and proper execution,\u201d Law says. \u201cStartups have been glamorised in media, but we learnt that in order to succeed you really need to wholeheartedly dedicate yourself to what you\u2019re pursuing. Knowing what to do is equally as important as knowing what not to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Of the 80 students who applied to be part of the program, only 28 were accepted<\/a> into it after completing a series of tasks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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