Plans for this year's Start-Up Camp Canberra are well under way!

This year's event will be held as part of the Australian Science Festival, 'Business Fringe'.  We hope to attract good representation from both of ANU and UC as well as the general tech start-up business community.

Who is this event for?  SUCCII is for serious aspiring technology entrepreneurs and for those who want to network with them.   We provide the venue, food and guidance.  You provide the brilliant idea and the gear you need to build your killer app.   'Bench warmers' and sundry 'observers' are encouraged to scam free food and Wi-Fi elsewhere.

If you can build stuff, you will be like a god at SUCC, however, if you aren't a coder you are still welcome.  This exercise isn't just about building something cool (although that is a significant portion) it is also about complimenting that killer app with a business and marketing strategy that will work.  Yes, this is about making money.  Preferably, lots of it. 

Why give up your weekend?  Well, we all have great ideas, but who was the time to actually sit down with some other smart people and figure out if it can actually work?  SUCC is about creating an environment that allows you to do that.  Oh, and it is lots of fun too.

Of course, you don't have to take my word for it.  Read what some of last year's participants had to say about the event:

"Learning about the end to end process [was the most useful aspect of the event]. This will help me with my own product and business development. Learning about Press releases was very good :)"

"Every single moment was beneficial. Here are some: Guest speakers; advice and feedback from Bart, Cindy and other visiting experts; practising one's ability to know when to compromise, and (on the other hand) when to defend one's suggestion with clear, convincing, concise reasoning; EFFICIENT USE OF TIME -With SUCH a tight deadline, just DOING IT is more productive than DISCUSSING AT LENGTH what you are GOING to do (as Bart said at the very beginning); the opportunity to now pursue our new business and make a million bucks; ...etc".

"Start-Up Camp absolutely blew me away. I cannot believe such an extremely valuable experience was free for participants. I cannot thank you enough. It might end up being the greatest turning point in my life."

"It was an excellent camp, if you hold it next time, I will participate again, and I will do a better job than this time. Thanks again for organizing that for us, which was very nice of you."

"Absolutely amazing. I cannot praise you highly enough. Thank you. I think this is going to change my life."

"Well done and thank you to you. It's so encouraging that this kind of event is happening in Canberra, and the meal-time presentations made this camp better than the last."

Convinced?  Good.  Book your place here.  It is free.