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Announcing 10 startups for 2019 Accelerator program

10 promising startups will receive in-depth training and financial support as part of this year’s SPARK Deakin Accelerator program.

SPARK’s 2019 pre-Accelerator Intensive

Meet SPARK’s tribe of 18 teams leading with purpose, excellence, and compassion.

Do you have a business idea?

Get a head start and apply for the SPARK Deakin 2019 Accelerator Program which includes up to $60,000 in perks.

Are Australians too laid back?

Founders in Australia move at a different pace to those in the US.

Melbourne’s hackers, hustlers and hipsters: Lessons from the Venture Crawl

Key take-aways from touring Melbourne’s top entrepreneurship and innovation hubs, changing the landscape of the startup ecosystem on a Venture Crawl with SPARK Deakin.

Why working at a startup will do wonders for your career and character

Working at a startup exposes you to an array of opportunities (or challenges) that help you learn how to solve problems, make effective decisions and own your actions. It’s hard to hide behind middle management because there isn’t any. You try things, you fail, you try again.

A Night to Remember

It doesn’t always happen but sometimes there is an event that really sticks with you. You leave the room feeling stronger, smarter and ready to take action. The SPARK Deakin Female Founders night was one of those events.

Dresden Optics is trash. Buy a pair today.

Heard of Dresden Optics? German inspired, made with love in Australia. The story starts in 2016 when I had my new prescription and was looking for my first pair of glasses. I stumbled across the guys behind Dresden at the Sustainable Living Festival in Melbourne in a hipster portable truck offering glasses within an hour.

5 Tips to Ensure Your Social Innovation is a Success

Scalable business models often engage with their community. Many organisations originate with a wealth of ideas but fail to consider whether their community actually needs them.

This Video Screening Program Is Making Recruitment Much Easier

TeloInterview Founders George and Martin have found a way to make the recruitment process easier through tech. They say that they “don’t want recruiters or employers to feel like it’s another thing they have to learn. It’s all about saving time and making the process easier”.

This Company Makes It Possible To Volunteer Remotely

Vollie, a start-up birthed from the city of Melbourne and one of SPARK Deakin’s Accelerator winners, has recognised these excuses, and has devised a way to make volunteering easier and more aligned to the future of work, particularly for the 16-34 market. At present, there are 130 NFPs registered on the platform, alongside thousands of volunteers in all areas from accounting to digital marketing.

This Spelling Game Helps Arabic Speakers Learn English Based on Their Own Language Patterns

For many children growing up in countries where English is not the first language, learning English isn’t simply a hobby or an extra curricula activity, it’s a matter of survival. Spelloo is a digital spelling game for non-English speakers which aims to both increase a student’s spelling and their vocabulary.