Australia is poised to be one of the top startup ecosystems across all of Asia Pacific. With a wealthy and educated population that speaks English, the continent has many attractive features that appeal to startups, including the rule of law and access to large regional markets.
In order to explore the opportunity and challenges for entrepreneurs, startups, investors and other ecosystem builders in Australia, the Founder Institute hosted a webinar with Benjamin Chong, seasoned Founder and Investor at Right Click Capital and Sydney Seed Fund. You can watch the whole webinar below:
Sydney and Perth are already established as startup hubs, and Melbourne is up and coming. Brisbane, Adelaide and the Gold Coast are still developing. During this hour long interactive discussion, a wide range of topics relating to startups and investing in Austrailia were covered, including:
- How to build startup ecosystems in Australia?
- How to create strong Australian startups?
- What are the strengths of different cities in Australia?
- What is the opportunity to run an incubator in Australia?
Many of the top startup ecosystem leaders around the world also run Founder Institute chapters, like Benjamin Chong, and many of them started as Local Leaders in the Founder Institute. If you are interested in helping to develop your own startup ecosystem, learn more about the Founder Institute can help with the following two resources.
