{"id":40126,"date":"2023-10-20T15:06:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/how-this-perth-founder-met-richard-branson-and-was-recognised-among-some-of-the-worlds-most-exciting-startups-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:06:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:06:28","slug":"how-this-perth-founder-met-richard-branson-and-was-recognised-among-some-of-the-worlds-most-exciting-startups-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/how-this-perth-founder-met-richard-branson-and-was-recognised-among-some-of-the-worlds-most-exciting-startups-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"How this Perth founder met Richard Branson and was recognised among some of the world’s most exciting startups – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A small Perth tech company that is developing induction software has been recognised among some of the world\u2019s most exciting up-and-coming startups in the global Extreme Tech Challenge.<\/p>\n

The judging panel, anchored by Virgin founder Richard Branson, assessed more than 1000 applicants around the world and this month awarded San Francisco\u2019s Vantage Robotics the top prize.<\/p>\n

While Online Induction didn\u2019t reach this feat, it was the only Australian company to make the top 25.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just amazing to be part of that MaiTai culture<\/a> and even just be around the other types of startup and tech companies that are a part of it,\u201d Online Induction founder and director Jeremy Nunn tells StartupSmart<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made amazing connections that we simply can\u2019t get out of Perth\u2014ones that we can really build on into the future.”<\/p>\n

Extreme Tech Challenge\u2019s judging panel featured several industry heavyweights, including C3 IoT founder Tom Siebel, the chief technology officer for the Hillary for America campaign Steph Hannon and the chief executive of Consumer Electronics Association (CES) Gary Shapiro.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s three billionaires involved in the group, not to mention the rest of the investor community out of Silicon Valley,\u201d says Nunn.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor them to include us in the top 25 really speaks to where we\u2019re heading.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nunn adds he that he gained unprecedented exposure at events like CES Unveiled in New York and through Extreme Tech Challenge\u2019s network of supporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great way to get that connection to a lot of those names that you simply can\u2019t get in front of [otherwise],\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest thing we walked away with was somebody over in Silicon Valley, a veteran of the industry, joining our company as an advisor going forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, I can\u2019t really say his name.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nunn says Online Induction was able to impress the judges with its traction and growth since launching in 2010.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really took off from 2013 onwards,\u201d says Nunn.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur system manages over 75,000 companies and over half a million users.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very much around selling software, not selling people, as we grow as a company. We\u2019re not necessarily growing as a team because we\u2019re primarily selling software.<\/p>\n

\u201cA big part of our company is about scaling in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

But amid all the excitement, Nunn says he didn’t get as much time as he would have liked to pick up some advice from Branson.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was incredible, he\u2019s very charismatic, very much the personality that you see the press and are familiar with,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was on a very tight schedule but the opportunity I had I used it to just really compliment him on his achievements because he was already familiar with what we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

But one\u00a0of the best lessons Nunn picked up from the whole experience was to always “stand out from the pack with something that\u2019s disruptive and has traction”.<\/p>\n

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