{"id":44366,"date":"2023-10-20T15:35:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/startups-are-not-all-about-the-money-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:35:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:35:27","slug":"startups-are-not-all-about-the-money-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/startups-are-not-all-about-the-money-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Startups are not all about the money – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In today\u2019s material focused world, I\u2019ve lost count of the number of startup articles that are about money.<\/p>\n

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Everything is about the funds they\u2019ve put in the bank and how their business model is going to help them make big valuations.<\/p>\n

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Oh, and as soon as you\u2019ve completed your multibillion-dollar listing, you can start to make the real money.<\/p>\n

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I often wonder, when we think of the great inventions throughout the years, penicillin, the electric light bulb, sliced bread, we don\u2019t automatically think \u2013 wow, they must have made a killing on their IPO. We think: the world is better off because of this invention.<\/p>\n

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When we come to looking at startup heroes, we\u2019re doing it wrong if we\u2019re evaluating them based on their billion dollar valuations.<\/p>\n

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One thing I\u2019ve learned living all across Australia and up and down the California coast is that most people growing up don\u2019t dream of having millions of dollars \u2013 they dream of doing something good, of changing the world to be a better place. Now, thanks to technology, we have the ability to reach more people faster and make more change happen.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been privileged to experience this, seeing some great ideas at the Australian Youth Forum and at the School for Social Entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

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At Hello Sunday Morning we started out with a neat little idea \u2013 encourage people to give up drinking for a few months. But thanks to technology we were able to turn this into a social movement, and make a real positive difference for public health and people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

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The not-for-profit sector needs the help of young entrepreneurs, to dream big ideas that help people, and not for profit\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s why I\u2019m excited to be speaking to a crop of potential future startup leaders at the Macleay Entrepreneurship Forum on Wednesday, July 9 alongside some of Australia\u2019s best young tech founders.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ll not just talk to them about the challenges of managing a non-profit startup, I\u2019ll be asking them to think about how their ideas can help the world \u2013 not about how the world can help them.<\/p>\n

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Jamie Moore is the co-founder of Hello Sunday Morning.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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