Our Mentors

We are supported by the Queensland Government, City of Gold Coast and over 20 corporate and community partners, sponsors and supporters committed to driving a new digital economy on the Gold Coast.

We would like to acknowledge and thank all of you for your support and generosity.

INVESTMENT & FINANCE

MARKETING

Anastasha Renaud

CEO and Co-founder of Tech Startup at Edit on the Spot

Anastasha Grace is a Confidence and Performance Coach, Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner and Behavioural Specialist. An entrepreneur and business owner for over 15 years, Anastasha holds multiple degrees in business, communication, financial management from Universities in the United States, Australia, and Russia. Establishing her first business at 26 she quickly expanded it a multi-million dollar business, later moving to Australia and launching multiple businesses in wholesale, hospitality and e-commerce.

Jacob Banks

Founder of Service.com.au

Jacob is the Founder of Service.com.au, After working for 5 years in a direct sales role and a short stint at Yellow Pages, Jacob decided to get together with 2 friends and start Service.com.au, a platform that connects Australians to local service providers.

Since its inception, Service.com.au has helped over 500,000 Australians to get various jobs done and prides itself on helping over tens of thousands of service providers find steady and consistent work.

He is well versed when it comes to Sales, Marketing, Start-ups and Marketplaces

Dan Kerr

CEO at Service.com.au

Dan Kerr, an engineer by qualification
– 10+ years involved with sales and marketing (50% of that time in the Building/Trade Industry)
– 6 years as a small business co-founder
– I’m passionate about changes in consumer behaviours in an increasingly digital world
– Have a broad understanding around marketplace dynamics

COMMERCIALISATION

TECH

Debby Lo-Dean

Founder Paradise Gin

Debby has a Bachelor of Business degree, a Diploma in life and business coaching, attended Executive Program at Singularity University in NASA Ames research park in 2016, and recently completed a certificate in, ‘Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies,’ at Harvard University. Her passion is innovation and building our economy through collaboration and connection globally. Debby regularly speaks for industry organisations and mentors school groups that are building startups. Debby sits on the Police Multicultural Community Safety Advisory Committee.

Eibhlis Stuckey

CTO Founder MobileDigital

Eibhlis is the Founder and heads the technical group at MobileDigital. Eibhlis has stand out design and logic skills, and is recognised as a savvy IT engineer. The idea, innovative design, build and implementation of the patented processes that support MobileDigitals’ world leading SNIPER messaging platform, owe their origin to Eibhlis’s unwillingness to accept the status quo in mobile communications in Australia.

Josh Murchie

Cofounder of Little Phil and The Social Impact Group

Josh is the cofounder of Little Phil and the Social Impact Group – a micro philanthropy platform using blockchain technology to increase engagement and transparency, he is a Yunus Centre Fellow and Australian Student Volunteer of the Year. Josh has a unique blend of business and technology skills, with a keen interest in scalable and emerging technology and social enterprise. Josh previously studied a double degree in International Business & Commerce and a Masters in IT.

Law

HR & Recruitment

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