Startup Development business units launch at UNE, 2022 #futureNENW

Using the internationally acclaimed 100 Steps2Startup Program developed by entrepreneur Professor Sean Wise, students in any University of New England degree can now enrol in a unit designed to enable startup businesses.

Starting and operating a successful business takes more than just a great idea.  Entrepreneurs need a unique set of management, strategic and financial skills to succeed in business. UNE and UNE SMART Region Incubator is the place to learn those skills.

BUS199 Startup Development is hands on, no-nonsense and practical.  Students will use the tools for building a startup and test out their ideas.  

This unit is relevant to anyone who wants to solve problems and develop solutions into a potential enterprise.

“The best way to learn about business is to solve a problem and take an idea and test it,” said Dr Lou Conway, UNE SRI Director.

“The intensive school for BUS199 is held here at NOVA, UNE’s own business incubator where there are founders bringing to market solutions for agriculture, health, the environment, creative and cultural industries.”

“Getting to hear how founders are going about designing their businesses and reaching customers means this is also a great way to build connections and networks.”

Taking a startup development program in your degree can put you in the forefront of your next career move. Managing Director  of Nutrien Ag Solutions, Rob Clayton recently said that agriculture ‘needed enthusiastic people with a startup mentality  and willingness to fail fast, learn from those failures and grab new opportunities’.

BUS199 is coordinated by David Buckley who is a successful entrepreneur and holds an MBA (Technology) (UNSW).  David hopes students will realise their best business dreams through these inspired units of study.