{"id":45934,"date":"2023-10-20T15:47:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/will-gofar-turnbull-put-money-where-mouth-is-with-kickstarter-purchase-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:47:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:47:21","slug":"will-gofar-turnbull-put-money-where-mouth-is-with-kickstarter-purchase-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/will-gofar-turnbull-put-money-where-mouth-is-with-kickstarter-purchase-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Will GoFar: Turnbull put money where mouth is with Kickstarter purchase – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
New Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is willing to walk-the-walk in terms of startups, according to GoFar co-founder Ian Davidson.<\/p>\n
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Davidson has firsthand experience of this, after the future-PM contributed to the startup\u2019s Kickstarter campaign<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While much of the Australian startup community is regarding Turnbull\u2019s rise to the top job as a positive move, we\u2019re still waiting to see whether he\u2019ll actually back the sector beyond using words like \u201cagile\u201d and \u201cdisruption\u201d in his first speech.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But Davidson says he\u2019s seen that Turnbull is able to put his money where his mouth is, after he paid a visit to Sydney co-working space Fishburners.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cHe happened to come in when we were doing our Kickstarter campaign,\u201d Davidson says.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe explained the device, and then we asked him if he wanted to buy one and he said \u2018yes I do\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cHe cracked open his wallet and got it done.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What Turnbull purchased is an in-car display and smartphone app that aims to help ensure drivers make safe and smart decision behind the wheel, although he probably won\u2019t be driving himself very much for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n