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Byron Bay tech startup helps first-time home buyers

Byron Bay tech startup helps first-time home buyers

Byron Bay tech startup helps first-time home buyers

Byron Bay based technology startup “realar™” has created an augmented reality app designed to help first time home buyers better visualise and experience off-the-plan homes.

HUSTLE .

HUSTLE .

On Friday 3 November Byron Bay’s premier events agency Popped Creative returns with the first of a four-part series designed to connect, inspire and entertain the local community: HUSTLE.

Silicon Paddock a multi-billion-dollar opportunity

Silicon Paddock a multi-billion-dollar opportunity

We interviewed with Benjamin Chong, partner at venture capital firm Right Click Capital for The Australian about how Byron Bay is part of the regional startup movement known as Silicon Paddock.

Coworker Profile: Popped Creative

Coworker Profile: Popped Creative

Meet Liesel Arden, Abbie Gibson, and Monique Hartman: Directors of Popped Creative -Byron Bay’s newest Events and Creative Service Agency.

What's next after Coworking?

What's next after Coworking?

Coworking is a global phenomena that is growing in maturity as an industry like never before. In most major towns and cities across Australia coworking spaces are opening up in their multiples to service the demands of people starting new businesses. So shat's next after Coworking? Local innovation The Kollective has an answer. 

Why Invest in Regional Innovation

Why Invest in Regional Innovation

Why Invest in Regional Innovation? Byron Bay: The Case for Regional Australia. The #ideasboom is looming and regions need to be part of the innovation agenda. 

Hubness at the "Inno"

Hubness at the "Inno"

Inno - ahem formerly known as the StartInno Hub - has been going through some big changes with new artwork installations by local artists. 

Inaugural Startup Weekend Byron Bay Experience

Inaugural Startup Weekend Byron Bay Experience

Nov 20-22 was #StartupByron, the first Startup Weekend in Byron Bay and the Northern Rivers. The response from both the public and participants was simply, well, breathtaking. 

Here's how we did.

5 reasons you should join Startup Weekend

5 reasons you should join Startup Weekend

Startup Weekend comes to Byron Bay and the Northern Rivers region for the first time this weekend. Here's 5 reasons you should join Startup Weekend Byron Bay. #GSB2015 #GEW2015 #StartupByron

How 54 hours of fun led to a new life.

How 54 hours of fun led to a new life.

This is a true story about the eventual winner of last year's Gold Coast Startup Weekend 2014 who's now set up shop in Byron Bay. As part of Global Entrepreneurs Week, Startup Weekends are happening all across Australia. In particular find our more about the ones local to you,

Entrepreneurship wins in Byron Bay's pitch battle

Entrepreneurship wins in Byron Bay's pitch battle

Craig O'Kane from UKTI Australia and New Zealand writes about his time in Byron Bay and attending July's Startup Academy Byron Bay. UKTI was a proud sponsor of this event and awarded the first prize to the Demo Day winner!

Ambition meets innovation

Ambition meets innovation

We proudly present Choppy, Cofounder of Waveblade Sports Roller and graduate from our previous accelerator batch. Sports entrepreneur fanatic, always entertaining and very energetic.

He shares with us what made him join the program and what he got out of it. 

Hustling is the name of the game

Hustling is the name of the game

We are moving from a corporation to a collaboration, sharing and networking economy. Technology makes it easier now than ever before to work mobile and independent, the possibilities are endless. So why not use it to your advantage?

Coworking Couple Kim & Mark

Coworking Couple Kim & Mark

Meet Kim and Mark Dawson, our studio couple. Married for 4 years. Kim is a SEO & Adwords expert and works for herself. Marc is a programmer at Opmantek, a startup business that publishes Network Management Information Systems. 
Both are currently full-time members of the StartInno coworking studio so we thought would be a great kick-off to the series of our coworking member profile. We asked them both about coworking, startups and what’s scary about #juststarting”

Flow Hive Breaking Records

Flow Hive Breaking Records

A father and son from Byron Bay region have revolutionised an entire industry with their Flow beehive invention. A simple technique to harvest honey straight from the beehive without disrupting the hive.
It is the largest international crowdfunding campaign, raising over 10M US dollars and still counting.

"Rethink" Byron

"Rethink" Byron

"Rethink" Byron as a major regional entrepreneurial community. Byron's newest creative industries hub - the StartInno Studio - is up and firing. Find out how to #juststart