Helping students build digital skills.

● Empowering students in regional areas to work
with businesses in metropolitan centers.
● Allowing students from any discipline to build
their digital skill set.
● Enabling closer connections between
Universities and local businesses.

What is the Upstart Academy?

Experiential learning.

Practical projects.

In a remote/ online setting.

The workplace is evolving.
University Work

We’re here to help with the
transition.
University Work

1.Opening doors for regional
students.
2.Allowing students from any
discipline to build their digital skills.

Practical
Online
Courses

Apply for
projects.

Video Call.

Supported
learning.

Online
Community

Aimed at
delivering
business
outcomes.

Peer lead
feedback.

Digital
credential.

Digital
Portfolio.

Our curriculum.
Live Now:
● SEO
● Google Adwords
● Facebook Marketing
● Business
Development
● Content Marketing
2018 Release:
● Instagram Marketing
● Twitter Marketing
● User Experience
Design
● Wordpress
Development
● Data analytics

Meet
Ameya.

Ameya’s
Project.

User
Persona
Creation.

Competitor
Research.

Keyword
Targeting.

Ad Design.

Landing
Page
Creation.

And now....

3. Enabling closer ties with
Universities and local businesses.

Small Businesses/ Startups
● Understand the importance of
digital skills for their business
success.
● Usually lack resources/
knowledge to implement
effectively.
● Looking for a cost-effective
solution that doesn’t require
too much of their time.
● Interested in building
connections with potential
future staff.

Universities
● Have access to thought leaders
from a wide variety of
disciplines.
● Are experts in constructing
learning experiences in both
physical and online
environments.
● Can provide access to a
database of motivated young
staff.
● Want to continue to provide
positive employment outcomes
for their students.

The Learning Hub.
● Project based learning platform
for small businesses/ startups.
● Allowing businesses to
improve their internal
knowledge, whilst delivering
real-work.
● Will act as lead generator for
our projects, whilst explaining
the importance of the work.
● Can be white-labeled for
specific Universities.

Working Together.
● Our platform is 100% free for
students to use. We only
charge for issuing digital
certificates, which is optional.
● We aim to host 120 projects
during semester 1 of 2018,
which equates to approximately
600 places for students.
● Our business learning hub will
be live in February 2018 and
access is free for businesses
with a valid ABN.

martin@upstartacademy.co