{"id":47711,"date":"2023-10-20T15:54:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/gold-coast-incubator-off-to-silicon-valley-with-a-troop-of-start-ups-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:54:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:54:43","slug":"gold-coast-incubator-off-to-silicon-valley-with-a-troop-of-start-ups-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/gold-coast-incubator-off-to-silicon-valley-with-a-troop-of-start-ups-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Coast incubator off to Silicon Valley with a troop of start-ups – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Silicon Lakes, a Gold Coast incubator and co-working space has announced a trip to Silicon Valley with several local start-ups set to launch in the coming months.<\/p>\n

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This is the second trip for Silicon Lakes coordinators Aaron Birkby and Greg Burnett, who visited Silicon Valley<\/a> late last year.<\/p>\n

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Upon returning, Birkby told StartupSmart<\/i> Australia needed to focus on building up a functioning early stage capital ecosystem. <\/i><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe want to break the mould about what an investment looks like, it doesn\u2019t need to be so traditional anymore,\u201d Birkby says. \u201cWe want to put together an angel investor education program, taking some of Australia\u2019s financially successful people and introducing them to start-ups and the start-up space, helping them to understand what it means, what it looks like and what the rewards are.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This trip is focused on international community development and learning. <\/i><\/p>\n

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Burnett told StartupSmart<\/i> the first trip honed their thinking about how to develop a strong ecosystem.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe big message that we brought back was the importance of density. On the Gold Coast everything is very spread out including start-up action. But in the last 12 months we\u2019ve worked really purposefully to bring in all the elements so we can create collision,\u201d Burnett says.<\/p>\n

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Silicon Lakes is now based in the same location as IT forum and robotics and hardware community TechSpace. They\u2019re in negotiations for a space eight times their current size near Bond University.<\/p>\n

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Nine of the 10 available spaces in the tour have been filled. Burnett says they want to connect Gold Coast start-ups to networks in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re catching up to the Sydney and Melbourne in terms of credibility and networks in Silicon Valley. These start-ups may not plan to go to the US right away but now their visions are on that scale,\u201d Burnett says.<\/p>\n

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The two week tour will take place in June and include visits to San Francisco, Silicon Valley and the downtown start-up precinct in Las Vegas. The tour group will attend community events and demo days, as well as meetings with local investors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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