Does your business need a financial boost to remain thriving or to turn ideas into new income streams?

Both the Queensland and Federal governments are offering unprecedented funding, business support and tax incentives to help businesses grow and commercialise new ideas. Angel groups and investors are in Queensland looking for the next opportunity.

This practical Money Magnet workshop will explain what sources of funding are available, what appeals to different types of investors, and how to boost your power to secure investment.

Specifically, you’ll learn:

• The common attributes that public and private investors look for in a new opportunity

• What you need to have in place before approaching potential backers

• How grants are commonly assessed

• Techniques to differentiate and articulate value

• Funding options and pathways

• What makes a pitch or proposal more likely to succeed

A successful Queensland business owner will also join us to share their real-world experience securing funding to grow their business.

Guest Speakers

Colin Ryan

Colin has over 17 years’ experience in both public accounting and commercial roles. He has extensive experience in consulting and corporate advisory services, including deals support (buy-side & sell-side) and assisting with the formation of corporate group tax strategies.

In a challenging business environment, Colin’s expertise in spotting growth and acquisition opportunities and tax efficiencies for emerging corporates and institutions is highly valued by his clients. He also has a proven track record of assisting clients extract maximum value from their trading structures under exit or divestment strategies.

Colin also provides advice on technical matters to other accounting & legal firms.

Renee Chilton

Renee Chilton is the Regional Manager for AusIndustry in North Queensland. Renee works with businesses to help them to understand the funding and advisory assistance available to them as they grow their business.

Renee has worked for a range of government agencies over 17 years, with roles in economic development, program assessment and business engagement.

Renee has a Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Psychology and a Postgraduate Diploma of Economics from James Cook University.

Workshop Facilitator

Dr Lewis Atkinson from Impact Innovation Group

Dr Lewis Atkinson is a unique innovation and design-thinking professional and international Strategic Management facilitator. He has 30 years’ experience in knowledge production and transfers through both commercial and public-good innovation pathways to market.

Lewe started his boundary-spanning career in FMCG operations, planning and research with Unifoods Australia. In 1993 he became Research and Information Services Manager for Australian Meat Technology Pty Ltd, a CSIRO technology start-up and management consulting company. He joined a team that started a new industry-owned innovation and marketing services company – Meat and Livestock Australia Ltd – where he has held several senior executive positions over the past 16 years.

Lewe’s solid technical and financial grounding, combined with a strong creative side, enables him to see patterns, pathways, and solutions that others often miss. He works with clients all over Australia facilitating and consulting in Strategic Planning & Management, Innovation, Cross-boundary Collaboration and Research Leadership Development.

Innovate Queensland workshop feedback

More than 5000 people have attended Innovate Queensland’s Skills Development workshops and webinars, giving them an overall satisfaction rating above 94%.

"The facilitator was very knowledgeable and engaged well. The group discussions about funding/grants was helpful as well as the BMC, FAB analysis"

“There is wonderful support from Advance Queensland and Impact Innovation. It makes such a huge difference to us as a business. Thanks for the great session today! See you all soon and have a great day - fantastic connecting with other founders too!”

This workshop is an integral business development workshop created to teach the tools, skills and considerations required to develop ideas into outcomes. To see Innovate Queensland's other service offerings please visit our webpage.

The Innovate Queensland Program is delivered by Impact Innovation Group Pty Ltd under contract to the Queensland Government and supports the Government's Advance Queensland initiative.

COVID-19 information

To ensure this event is the safest it can be for you and others, we are asking you to play an active role by:

• Maintaining social distancing of 1.5m from others.

• Practice high-level hand-hygiene by washing your hands thoroughly and often, and using the sanitiser stations available.

• Stay home if you are feeling unwell or showing symptoms of COVID-19 such as a cough, fever, sore throat, fatigue or shortness of breath.

• Stay home if in the 14 days prior to the event, you have been in contact with someone with a confirmed case or who has been overseas or to a COVID-19 hotspot.

• Do not register or attend if in the 14 days prior to the event, you will have been overseas or to a COVID-19 hotspot.

• Seek assistance from a venue or Innovate Queensland staff member if you become unwell during the event.

For further safety information, we recommend visiting the Queensland Government's COVID-19 website before attending this event: https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19