ABC NEWS Covering Ribit’s Get Connected Speed Dating Event in Canberra
Alkira Reinfrank reports on Data61’s Ribit and Canberra Innovation Network’s speed networking event, which saw 50 students pitch their skills to 25 local startups.
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Fintern Fever #2 @ Stone & Chalk, Sydney (02/06/2016)
The cold finally rocked up to Sydney, just in time for our winter Stone & Chalk speed-dating event “Fintern Fever #2”. So are we glad we went back for a second helping? Absolutely! The students were in their element, whipped into pitching readiness by Sally-Ann Williams, Google Australia’s Engineering Outreach and Community Manager. This is …
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Fintern’s Fever Event Lets You ‘Speed-Date’ A Startup
Choosing which tech startup to join can be tough for would-be interns. How can you tell if you’re a good cultural fit or if the company’s product is even worth your time? Fintern is looking to address this issue with its second Fintern Fever event, which invites Australian university students and startups to “speed date” …
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Students find Fintern Fever
Australian university students will have the chance at speed dating to secure an internship with a high-growth start-up. The Fintern Fever #2 event will take place at Australia’s leading Fintech hub, Stone & Chalk in Sydney on Thursday, 2 June 2016.
Startups create Fintern Fever to find university student interns
University students have taken to digital speed dating to get an internship with a startup. The Fintern Fever, at incubator Stone & Chalk in Sydney tomorrow, uses Data61’s Ribit platform to allow 50 students at universities across Australia to pitch to startups.
Get Connected @ CBRIN, Canberra (23/05/2016)
Fun fact: Did you know that only one in three people who’ve studied in Canberra and go on to start a company, stay in Canberra? More than 500 former ACT students have shifted away over the years to start high profile brands including Sumo Salad, Temple and Webster and Appafy. ‘Get Connected Canberra’ turned out …
Speed-dating-style event to lure Canberra students into local jobs
Canberra students are being given six minutes to pitch their skills to local start-up firms in an initiative to keep talent from leaving the Territory. More than 40 jobseekers will be taking part in a series of speed-dating-style meetings with prospective employers offering casual and part-time jobs and internships relating to their studies.
Get Connected @ Geelong (27/04/2016)
We came. We saw. We liked we saw. “Get Connected” was the perfect opportunity for Team Ribit to scope out the student and entrepreneur scenes in Victoria’s second largest city. Against the backdrop of the hallowed Cats oval, we ran a speed networking session in tandem with ICT Geelong’s “Skilling the Bay” event. Bright sparks …
Get Hooked @ Fishburners, Sydney (19/04/2016)
Ribit’s first speed dating event for 2016 was designed to help students hook in to part time job and internship opportunities at the Fishburners collaborative space. The evening resulted in some impressive event stats, including: 80 talented students delivering first class pitching to startups. 29 Fishburner startups and small businesses looking for their next great …
Data61’s Ribit.net collaborates with ICT Geelong to spur startup growth in regional Australia
As Geelong reels from the sacking of its entire council last week, Data61 has partnered with ICT Geelong to spur the growth of the city’s startup ecosystem by connecting businesses with students at a speed networking event as part of the Entrepreneurship Forum.