Perth StartUp Weekend { VIDEO }

Last weekend I was privileged to be a judge at Perth’s StartUp Weekend – a 54-hour frenzy of creativity and business building, all taking place down at Spacecubed in the city.

The video above is a 4 min overview of the weekend, and shows the top 3 teams and interviews with the winners, Bikebus. All 3 were great ideas, well executed and validated. Personally, I could not split BikeBus and PressSnaps – ideas that I think will and should take on.

Perth’s StartUp community is going places – I came away newly energised by what people can do when they attack a problem in a condensed, committed manner.

About the author

20+ years in Perth’s business, tech, media and startup sectors, from founder through to exit, as CEO, mentor, advisor / investor, and in federal and state government. Originally an economics teacher from the UK, working in Singapore before arriving in Perth in 1997 to do an MBA at UWA. Graduating as top student in 1999, Charlie co-founded aussiehome.com, running it for 10+ years before selling to REIWA, to run reiwa.com. In 2013, moved to Business News, became CEO, then worked on the Australian government’s Accelerating Commercialisation program. In 2021, helped set up and launch The Property Tribune, and was awarded the Pearcey WA Entrepreneur of the Year (at the 30th Incite Awards). In 2022, he became Director Innovation, running the 'New Industries Fund' at the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation (JTSI).

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