Startup Victoria's Founder Connect program is a series of bi-weekly online networking sessions designed to maximise your minutes by helping you forge valuable connections with your peers from the startup community - all over a lunch hour!

This edition of Founder Connect will be taking place online.

We've designed Founder Connect to allow you to make meaningful connections with others from the Startup Victoria community. Our structured sessions allow you to create more connections, which means an increased likelihood of finding those all-important meaningful connections. Whether you're an angel investor, an experienced entrepreneur or are at the beginning of your founder journey, this event will position you best to build your network, one lunch at a time.

What’s in it for you?

Get Fresh Ideas

When you network you meet new people with fresh ideas that may help you or your company grow. Get various perspectives on challenges, experiences and goals.

Co-Founder/Investor opportunities

Open doors to opportunities for business, career advancement, personal growth, or simply new knowledge. Impress the right people and you may leave this breakfast with a possible investor!

Career Advice

Meet and get advice from founders that have faced the same challenges as you. A wide network of informed, interconnected contacts means broader access to new and valuable information.

Build Confidence

Use this opportunity to practice networking. Think about how many chances you have to network, but simply just didn’t know how. Networking is a necessity when it comes to business. Get better and better at networking with every person you meet!

Get An Answer To Every Question

The benefit of a strong network is unbelievably powerful. Imagine never saying the words “I don’t know” again. Once you've built a decently sized network of intelligent founders, you will have an answer to virtually any question that comes your way.

Schedule

12:00 - 12:05 pm

Log on for a quick briefing

12:05 - 12.55 pm

Rounds of speed networking

BYOL (bring your own Lunch!)

1:00 pm

Event close

As this is an online event, please be reminded of the following:

- Please try to reduce your background noise as much as possible- headphones are a great option.

- This is an interactive event with instructions shared at the start, so please join promptly at 12pm.

- You will be muted upon entry to the event. Please use the chatbox to ask any questions in the briefing. You'll be able to unmute yourself when the rounds of networking begin.

- This is a confidential networking session and so recording is not allowed.

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COVID-19 Restrictions

We will announce the format of our events in line with COVID-19 restrictions 2 weeks before the event is due to take place. Whilst we would love to start to move back to in-person events, we will of course be prioritising safety and compliance with Victorian Government restrictions. Please assume our events will be held virtually unless stated otherwise.

All attendees to Startup Victoria's event must comply to our Startup Victoria Events Code of Conduct.

All Startup Victoria events are 18+.