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Greetings! 

Happy New Year! We have two new staff members joining us for what is shaping up to be a busy 2013 - Candice Edye and Dejan Andrevski. As Canberra celebrates its 100th birthday, we will be running a number of events as part of our special Centenary program and promoting the entrepreneurial activities of others in Canberra. We will also be launching a new online tool, following our success in securing a Small Business Advisory Services grant.

Next month, we will be launching
Leading Lights. This program, which  is funded by the ACT Office for Ageing, will involve matching entrepreneurial senior mentors  with aspiring entrepreneurs of all ages to share skills and experience. The launch will be held on 28 February 2013.

 

Lighthouse will be holding a networking event on 21 February to discuss 2013 - The Year Ahead and Beyond. At this event we will discuss what's coming up for Lighthouse and what you think should be coming up. Click here to find out more.  

 

Our first Canberra BusinessPoint event for 2013 will be a Master Class explaining the R&D Tax Credit with Anne-Marie Perret. She has been helping clients undertaking research and development to access R&D tax incentives and grant funding since 2001. She advises companies of all sizes from small start ups through to large multinational companies. Anne-Marie's clients include companies in the IT, renewable energy, defence, utilities, biotechnology and property sectors. To lodge or not to lodge!  Click here for more information.

Kind regards,

Anna Pino
CEO   

 

New staff and Canberra Centenary

We are pleased to welcome two new staff members to the Lighthouse team. Candice Edye and Dejan Andrevski.   

 

With more than twenty years professional experience in marketing, public relations and small business management, Candice has helped market start-up businesses, online businesses, not-for-profits, membership organisations, government programs and everything in between.

 

Candice has a strong interest in entrepreneurship and business innovation, growing up in a family business and starting her first business straight out of university. Her experience with marketing entrepreneurs has seen her involved in designing and executing campaigns to launch start-ups, position CEOs as thought-leaders, increase market share for established businesses and raise the profile of the Australian family business sector.

 

Dejan has a long standing passion for entrepreneurship and start-up ventures. He has founded and exited out of several ventures of his own spanning industries such as sports supplements, gift products, and graphic design. He is currently engaged in a venture looking to change the way people consume D.I.Y. products and services. This passion has also seen him dedicate time to many start-up initiatives in Canberra through facilitating workshops and mentoring new venture teams.

 

Dejan's focus is to help start-ups with their product and customer development. He looks forward to hearing from, and working with, enthusiastic entrepreneurs who are looking to take their ideas from concept to commercialisation. 

 

Lighthouse has decided to do its bit to celebrate the Centenary of Canberra.  Together with key players, Lighthouse will develop a program of events highlighting the entrepreneurial and creative nature of this city.  One of  Lighthouse's own key Centenary offerings is the planned launch of a Fashion Hub in partnership with the Canberra Centre. This exciting initiative gives Canberra's fashion designers a space to sell their designs and access to mentoring from some of Australia's leading fashion brands.  Expressions of Interest in participating in this initiative close soon. 

To keep up to date with other proposed Centenary activities click here.



Orientation Session
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Introducing Brilliant Idea
7 February 2013

 

Brilliant Idea is committed to assisting women to achieve financial independence through small business ownership.

 

The purpose of the orientation session is to introduce you to the Brilliant Idea program and Lighthouse and microcredit loan application requirements to help you to determine whether the program and/or loan are appropriate for you and your current circumstances.

 

The session includes a brief overview of microcredit programs and how Brilliant Idea helps to develop or expand a business idea through mentoring, group training programs and peer support.

 

Round 8 applications close 18 February.

 

Click here for more information.

 


New Online tool



Lighthouse was recently awarded a grant under AusIndustry's Small Business Advisory Services program to develop an interactive tool and expand existing services.

 

The tool will not only add to the services already offered but also extend Lighthouse's reach to the surrounding regions.The tool will allow people to communicate with Lighthouse in a way that fits in with the demands of running a business.

 

Lighthouse is hoping to launch this product in March 2013.  

 

 


EVENTS

Introducing Brilliant Idea
7 February 2013
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2013 - The Year Ahead and Beyond
21 February 2013
Click here.

Leading Lights Launch

28 February 2013
Click here.

To lodge or not to lodge! The R&D Tax Credit explained.
Canberra BusinessPoint
Master Class
27 February 2013
Click here.

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