5. START IS COMMITTED TO ASSISTING
AUSTRALIAN BASED SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION.
Independent (Philanthropic & Commercially focussed not linked or funded by Uni’s or Government)
Self-funded (investors, funds, commissioned research)
Culture of collaboration (open innovation, teamwork, respect, and ethics)
Flexible and agile (we can work with any group who has the same focus/values)
Committed to support young professionals in an innovation environment
(skills to benefit wider innovation community)
Focused on early-stage of commercialisation pipeline (aim: feed more into the pipeline
= more commercialisation successes)
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6. THE INNOVATION PIPELINE
START is assisting businesses through the Innovation ‘Pipeline’
Investment Investment
Proposal Ready
Exit Exit
$50k $200k - $2M Point $2 - 10M Point $10M +
- Prototype
Venture assessment - Feasibility Study
- Proof-of-concept Development
Commercialisation
Start Innovation Centre’s primary involvement Start’s involvement
phases out during the
Development stage
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7. YARRABILBA
The Vision
“To set a world benchmark in sustainable urban development”.
! 1st Carbon Neutral Town/City
! Live, Learn, Work Play
! 50,000+ Residents
! 26,000 new local jobs
! $8-10 Billion project
! An education system themed on conservation
! Worlds 1st Environmental Business Cluster
! Digital connected community - fibre to home/business/education
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9. The Peer Produced Airplane
• In the past, Boeing wrote detailed
specifications for each part and
asked suppliers to build to a plan.
• Today, suppliers co-design
airplanes from scratch and deliver
complete sub-assemblies to
Boeing’s factory, where a single
plane can be snapped together like
Lego blocks, in as little as 3 days.
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10. Case Study: Peak3
Improving Diesel Engines with Gas
• Duel fuel Technology
• Initial focus - Fuel Efficiency
• Realignment - ‘Emission Control’
• Start’s Role
• Collaboration (Peer to Peer)
• Technology Validation - R&D
• Business Development (contacts!)
• CEO placement?
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11. Green to Gold Mavericks
Grey Haired Revolutionists
! Phil Little and his band of merry men!
! Pioneers of off grid living
- Energy Water Waste and Transport
- Solar House Revolving Roof & Electric Car
- Agent of change for 50+ years
! Government moving at glacial pace!
! Mentoring goes both ways
- Visit: www.solardecathlon.org
- Watch: Who Killed The Electric Car
- Visit: www.thestoryofstuff.com
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12. This Quote...got me thinking?
“When I was a boy a family motor
car cost three times the value of an
ordinary suburban home, now a
suburban home costs three times
as much as a motor car.
Now that shows the progress that
industrialisation has brought to the
production of motor vehicles. In the
building trade, on the other hand,
there has been very little progress …
since Noah built the ark!”
Dick Dusseldorp
1959 Newspaper Interview
Founder of Lend Lease
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13. New Urban Living
...Everything that can be digital will be digital
Desktop Construction (DTC) is coming!
! Press ‘PRINT’ - Output Your New Home
- Digital files converted - ‘offsite’ robotic
assembly line manufacturing processes
! New Eco-Structural iGrid Panels
! Green Roof - your own veggie patch!
! Chosen Medium is Recycled Concrete
! Carbon Eating Coatings – (Titanium Dioxide)
! Faster, More Affordable, Sustainable!
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14. LOHAS - Lifestyles Of Health & Sustainability
LOHAS consumers...get it!
! Google LOHAS – 2,700,000 ref.
! Mobium (Aust) Research Group
! Will pay 20% premium - sustainable products
! $22 billion Australian market by 2010
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15. LOHAS - Lifestyles Of Health & Sustainability
LOHAS consumers...get it!
! Google LOHAS – 2,700,000 ref.
! Mobium (Aust) Research Group
! Will pay 20% premium - sustainable products
! $22 billion Australian market by 2010
Wrap Up
! Cleantech Innovation - Leading The Revolution
! Start - Early Days; we’re moving in the right direction
! Collaboration - About Working Together
! TAKE HOME POINT - Think Different
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