HTML and CSS are the fundamental building blocks of the web. Whether you're a beginner who wants to get started in web development, a designer looking to hand-code their concepts, or a marketer who wants a little more control over their CMS, you'll need to know HTML and CSS to get the job done.
This session, designed for the beginner programmer, will assume no previous coding knowledge. We'll go over key coding terminology and principles, introduce languages like HTML and CSS—what their functions are, how they work together—and use that new knowledge to write our own code and develop our own simple site.
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The 'AMA' in the Founder AMA event stands for "ask me anything". It is a one-hour Q&A session, giving the audience opportunities to ask the guest Founder questions that could help build their understanding of the startup world.
This sets an informal environment for the audience and speaker to connect and share their know-how; ultimately, building a strong network of supportive individuals that will shape the future of Melbourne's startup community.
Join us for a thoughtful and fun evening with Techstars and hangout with Andrew Hyde, Christina Christian and Lalitha Wemel from the Startup Programs side of things. Our cozy session will feature:
Techstars is a global ecosystem that empowers entrepreneurs to bring new technologies to market wherever they choose to live. With dozens of mentorship-driven accelerator programs and thousands of startup programs worldwide, Techstars exists to support the world’s most promising entrepreneurs throughout their lifelong journey, from inspiration to IPO. Techstars provides access to over 5,000 founders, mentors investors, and corporate partners, allowing entrepreneurs to accelerate the pace of innovation and do more faster.
Human-Centred Design (HCD) is an approach to problem solving that places the needs and motivations of people at its core.
Through HCD we deeply explore and build empathy for our customers, involve them in designing and testing new solutions tailored to their needs, and continuously solicit their feedback.
In this workshop, you’ll be introduced to HCD and at a high level how to practically apply the design process to a ‘customer experience’ challenge.
Through practical group work, you’ll:
• Start developing a high-level understanding of human-centred design principles and how they're applied in practice.
• Learn tools and mindsets to build empathy, gain insights, define focus, and prototype ideas that will meet customers' needs.
• Build awareness of varying motivations that drive human behaviour and emotions and how this impacts on experience and practice.
• Discover how to create delightful customer experiences and meaningful solutions.
This is a 2,5-hour workshop. All you need is an open, positive and curious mindset—everything else will be provided for :-)
Ruz Chishty is an international entrepreneur/investor with strong professional networks in over 60 countries. Having lived in 7 countries, he is an expert on business development, crowd funding and sales. He has worked for some largest technology companies around the world generating over $25M in new revenues, Ruz now devotes all his time on developing the UK eco-system and is a mentor on a number of the leading programs in the UK. Currently, the London Director for the Founder Institute (the world’s largest start-up accelerator), he is also on the advisory board for Start-up Stock Exchange and works with international partnerships in the Silicon Valley, Latin America and Asia. Ruz is regularly invited by the UK Department for International trade and TechCity UK to speak on international expansion, and act as a judge on pitch panels and a mentor to a selection of companies. Ruz holds a Law degree and Masters in Business Computing from London. He graduated from IE (Spain) with a MBA and spent time at University of Washington in Seattle.
Ruz will discuss the rules of scaling the dynamics of markets/countries, the critical nature of trends and timing and how approaches should vary in different countries/markets. He’ll also share the perspective from the UK and discuss where the opportunities are for Aussie companies in the UK and how he would approach expanding internationally.
Wednesday November 30th The Cluster is opening its doors to their private penthouse Lounge. The Lounge is Melbourne's first entrepreneurial penthouse space located on the top floor of 31 Queen Street overlooking the city skyline and the Yarra. This is the ideal spot for our members to hold business meetings, network or full-scale corporate events. Free coffee’s and guided tours throughout the co-working space will be available. This is the perfect chance for you to get an inside look at what the Cluster has to offer. Please sign up to one of our 2 guided tour times:
Learn about the mechanics gamification to attract, retain, engage and monetize customers & employees and how to apply it for competitive advantage.
Boundaries have blurred and in the 21st century all work is all play. People want to be engaged with a clear purpose, be creative and collaborative when solving problems and above all things have epic wins! Playing games is no longer what teenage boys do to overcome their growing pains. In fact, 60% of gamers are 18+ females who avidly share their experiences across communities of friends, real and virtual.
This masterclass will provide you with an overview about gamification and its mechanics and how to apply to enhance your business’ competitive advantage, better engage employees, increase web traffic and build differentiation. Learn how startups and established blue-chips were able to harness the power of games to build more profitable business models.
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Matt Lee is an intellectual property (IP) subject matter expert who works in the Start-up and Small Business Engagement team at IP Australia, the Australian Government agency that regulates IP. As a small business owner himself, Matt is a strong supporter of entrepreneurship across Australia. Passionate about helping the business community avoid common IP pitfalls, he frequently travels the country helping businesses understand intellectual property, equipping them with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions on whether to protect their brand, invention or product appearance with IP.
Melbourne Silicon Beach is the second largest tech startup community in Melbourne. Their monthly Drinks & Pitch Night held on the first Thursday night has become a regular feature in the city's startup calendar. What began as a casual networking drinks meetup has now grown to nearly 7,000 members and features a very popular livestreamed 90-second pitch segment where most aspiring startup founders do their first ever public pitch. You are welcome to come and network and pitch your startup or idea.
Register at http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Silicon-Beach/events/231767802/
Working with Slurpee, Isobar developed 5 principles in marketing to the social consumer.
These learnings are indicative of the behaviour shift from desktop to mobile and how brands are innovating in the way they are communicating with millennials.
In this masterclass, Dentsu Aegies will be partnering with Mobile Marketing Meet-up to present topics around Mobile Trends for the Millennial Customer and their work with Slurpee.
Join us for a presentation on where Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality technologies are at and how they can be harnessed to engage consumers and drive business result for brands. You’ll also have a chance to demo the products first hand as well as questions to our industry specialists.
Future Assembly is Australia's fastest growing emergent technology festival. It's an action packed 2-day event that provides attendees with a snapshot of what the world will look in the near and far future by showcasing and discussing the latest advancements in technology.
Purchase tickets at https://futureassembly.io and use the coupon code STARTUPWEEK for 20% off :)
