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We’re absolutely thrilled to share that we’ve been ranked #1 among “Australia’s Most Recommended Events/Festivals” in the 2024 Startup Muster survey! 🙌 And a massive shoutout to the other events / festivals listed - we see you, we support you, and we're all #1 because of our collective efforts. As we lead into 2025 and our team's efforts are on the fast & furious upward tick of planning, this result is the exact fuel we need to continue our over-delivery! (you just wait! ;) 🎟️ Get tickets to our 2025 Festival here: https://bit.ly/4hy24LM Since 2013, Startup Muster has been championing the Australian startup ecosystem, spotlighting its progress, challenges, and opportunities to drive meaningful change. This incredible work continues thanks to partners like Commonwealth Bank, Vanta, Stone & Chalk, CSIRO, ACS Labs, UNSW, QUT (Queensland University of Technology), Main Sequence Ventures, and more. A huge thank you to Startup Muster and everyone who participated in the survey - your support means the world to us. Learn more about Startup Muster here: https://lnkd.in/gJS5sTQN

We can’t believe it’s been two weeks since we hosted you in beautiful #southaustralia and have loved seeing your recaps unfold online. To make sure the memories are captured in the archives for years to come, we’re thrilled to share our event day photos with you, lovingly captured by Benjamin Liew & Solomon Scopazzi. There’s also a special film album in the mix, brought to life by Logan & the team at Flashback captured by you! View Gallery Here: https://lnkd.in/gDwSpPTR And remember, you had a moment in your day today to complete our event survey, powered by Square Holes, we would be so very appreciative as it plays a your input is invaluable in guiding our future. Share Feedback Here: https://lnkd.in/gpTZJ_vk As always, a deep Thankyou to SA Government Department of State Development Adelaide Economic Development Agency City of Onkaparinga and our other festival partners for making this possible

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The ToFu whip through is my favourite post conference ritual to start measuring business ROI for every event and conference. Doing so helps you get familiar with performance, how and where people engage as well as which conferences and events to continue investing in for business outcomes. Outside of Southstart being the most human way to connect with the ecosystem, there are real business outcomes. Key highlights • 108 new followers 🔥 • 37 msgs 🔥 • 48 new subs 🤯 • 46 attendees accessing our conference playbook 🙌 • a few cheeky meetings booked 🚀 I’d love to know what others add to their rituals?

Jason Hardie just returned from Adelaide's SouthStart Festival energised and inspired! In our latest Newsletter, he shares highlights from the Digital Village × Dream Stream Labs presentation where we demonstrated the power of AI in market validation and product prototyping. The festival beautifully balanced innovation with purpose - exactly the intersection where meaningful transformation happens! #SouthStart #DigitalVillage #PurposeDrivenTech

Are We Happy? We discussed this last week at _SOUTHSTART.... What do you think?

What an incredible three days of _SOUTHSTART 🙌 The energy was undeniable! Packed rooms and spaces filled with visionary entrepreneurs, investors and changemakers – all eager to refine, reimagine, and revolutionise their operations. It’s clear that the number attendees and volunteers who come together every year speaks volumes about the impact and joy of this community. As a long-time sponsor and foundation partner over the past three years, the Department of State Development is proud to be involved in a festival that continues to push the boundaries and cement South Australia’s place on the global innovation stage.

…..and that’s a wrap. Speak soon. From, us ❤️

We had the great pleasure of basking in the rays in the idyllic McLaren Vale at Serafino Winery for _SOUTHSTART’s MAIN DAY. The day began with a fantastic opening address on business, technology, and Australian innovation by the wise Ed Husic MP and a challenge to all us attendees to mobilise, create and invest in the change they want to see for tomorrow. We asked a few of our ThincLab Founders in attendance what were their highlights of SOUTHSTART? ❇️“Meeting awesome people creating cool new things” - Rachel Pearce, Allied AU  ❇️“SOUTHSTART created a great opportunity for us to learn from experienced founders and changemakers” - Angus Williamson, spotfake.ai  ❇️“People, people, people! It was great to be around and seeing a strong South Australian representation supporting and building innovation” - Alex Cross, Advanced Composite Design Corporation / ThincLab Waite Featured below is the result of a titanium effort to get all the ThincLab crew together (over 30 in attendance). A big thank you to the incredible group organising SouthStart DANIELLE SEYMOUR, Craig Swann, Amy Marshall, Base Yates and Team Human for putting on such a fantastic event and creating opportunities for our Founders and team to connect, learn and thrive. ThincLab are proud to be an Enabling Partner.

We are proud to welcome Flashback to _SOUTHSTART 2025! Over 3 days, at 10+ locations, 50+ sessions & 100+ speakers, _SOUTHSTART will be full of incredible moments and we want to see them through the eyes of YOU. If you spot a Flashback team member, make sure you grab a Flashback Camera and start snapping! See you soon 😀 https://www.southstart.co/