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8 September 08, Docklands, Melbourne
Over 40 people attended the BSI ABCC Event which discussed opportunities, pitfalls of entering the South American market. Speakers included the Honorary Consul of Brazil in Victoria Roger Frankel, Candida Costa, Senior Consultant from the BSI South America Gateway, Leith Wale - Regional Director of the Australia-Brazil Chamber of Commerce, Tim Hosking and Edward Munks from Karoon Gas and Bernard Baxter who shared valuable experiences and insight into the Brazilian market.
For more information on the BSI South America Gateway please click here. | |
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18 August 08, Docklands, Melbourne
Over 30 people attended our Gateway to India where a panel of experts including from India presented valuable information on how to and how not to enter the Indian market. Below are a few video snippets from the event. | |
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1 July 2008, Docklands, Melbourne
BSI had Amanda Gome, the founder of www.smartcompany.com.au present to an audience of about 60 people what obstacles she had to overcome to make smartcompany.com.au the great success that it is today. | |
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| | On Wednesday night, 20 Feb 08, the Innovation Building at Digital Harbour was buzzing with entrepreneurs and business owners wanting to find out how they could maximise their returns by accessing different State or Federal Grants available to small to medium businesses in Australia. | |
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| | On Tuesday, 20 March 07 David Gold the Founder of dstore explained what it takes to do business in the world of Technology today. | |
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On Thursday, 22nd Feb 07 Digital Harbour was buzzing with young entrepreneurs who had the chance to gain insight into how to run a successful business from one of the best Master Entrepreneurs: Paul Bassat, CEO and Co-Founder of SEEK.com.au | |
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| | Guests were not only given the opportunity to listen to Martin's very varied and inspirational business journey but interacted, discussed and networked a "real case study" in small groups culminating in a sharing of ideas and views. | |
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| | Over 50 small business leaders and emerging entrepreneurs listened to six expert presentations on 'How to Access Government Grants'. Mr Ivan Kaye, Director BSI shared his knowledge on accessing EMDG Grants, saying that both the State and Federal Governments are lending not just ... support but financial assistance to help business export their products to a global market. 'There really is a lot of money out there - and it's easy!' | |
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| | Topics discussed included how companies can "innovate", tips for companies that are "deep" in an R&D phase for a proposed new product, techniques for "trapping" knowledge and avoiding knowledge "leakage" and finally ended with a very interesting discussion on their thoughts as to whether patenting is a must for attracting and then maintaining investor interest | |
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| | Our panel presented real life experiences and challenges that they encountered when taking their businesses to India, followed by extensive networking over some traditional Indian food. | |
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