We are very excited about the turn out tonight!  We have 6 teams currently working through all of the ideas to pick the killer app they they will build this weekend!  See photos from tonight here 

by Guest Blogger Liam O'Duibhir, Director of SoccerFit (www.soccerfit.com.au)

Hey Liam,

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by Guest Blogger Liam O'Duibhir, Director of SoccerFit (www.soccerfit.com.au)

It's great to be associated with Startup Camp Canberra II (SUCC II). It's such a high energy, stimulating, fun, brilliant weekend. For many it will give them their first taste of entreprenurial endeavour which may blossom into a life-time of innovation and business sucess.

So what should your goals be for Startup Camp? Well the short answer is that, realistically, no-one can tell you how to get the most out of it, and this is doubly so, given that you are blessed (or should that be cursed) with an entrpreneurial streak, and therefore pre-disposed to ignoring convention and established wisdoms anyway. That said, however, there may be benefit in providing some points to consider ahead of time...to get your psyche right, so to speak :-

Apparently the prospect of missing SUCCII was just too much for our mate Bart Jellema, founder of Start Up Camp Australia.  We are pleased to have Bart as a co-facilitator for our event with Liam O'Duibhir.  

Here's a bit more about Bart:

Bart Jellema is a born computer wizard: at age 6 he started with computer programming on a Commodore 64. At the age of 14 he developed and implemented a complete CRM system for a large company, and ever since he's been developing new software applications and websites. Bart was always determined to become an innovative entrepreneur and focused his career as technologist, developer, IT manager and leader to develop essential skills and experience to become a leading entrepreneur.

In 2007 Bart founded his first company together with his girlfriend Kim: Tjoos (pronounced ‘choose'). The website Tjoos.com started as price comparison engine, but then specialised in online discount coupons. The site grew by 400 percent year on year to well over 1 million unique visitors in February 2010; offering over 500,000 coupons from more than 180,000 merchants. In March 2010 Tjoos.com was acquired by US based Internet Brands (NASDAQ: INET).

Bart is also the founder of Startup Australia, which organises startup boot camps to inspire and support more people to start their own tech venture.