Showcase Entrepreneurs' Programme

No-one knows how to design a boat better than Alan Steber. And who better to help Alan find the expertise for Stebercraft's foray into the untapped potential of hybrid-power. A proud regional manufacturer with his eye on global markets. 

They say in business, a unicorn is a privately held company valued at a Billion Dollars. Retail-tech start-up founders Brad Moran and Nick Paech are still a little away from that milestone with their company CitrusAd International. But this dynamic duo is edging closer to the big guys of the online world - Google, Facebook and Amazon.  And the world's obsession with online shopping has made 2020 a pretty mind-blowing year for CitrusAd. 

Pondering whether the time is right to pivot your business to digital? Many Australian businesses are continuing to ride the Covid-19 wave, but could this be the perfect opportunity to embrace digital transformation?  In this Showcase episode, listen to two experts from the Entrepreneurs' Programme, Tony Shannon and Rob Olver, who share their insights into how even the smallest change can create a huge impact for your customers. 

How do you begin to strengthen a business impacted by bushfires and Covid-19? Wellness entrepreneurs Kay Saarinen and Jo Lane from the NSW South Coast, are finding positives, as they put their best face forward in recovery. 

Medalfield's CEO Dan Hannigan is determined to change perceptions about the waste industry and find sustainable solutions to our throw-away world. 

Dan reached out to the Entrepreneurs' Programme to find his scientific soulmates at James Cook Uni in Townsville, and together, they're now working to prove microwave technology can break down plastics.

Natural Evolution is much more than its green banana flour. 

Through the Entrepreneur's Programme, second-generation banana-grower Rob Watkins has turned tonnes of unwanted green bananas into the world's coolest superfoods. 

It's been a 10-year journey, but Rob always had faith in his ability to innovate. 

You won't find anyone more obsessed with the wonders of algae than Professor Rocky de Nys. 

He spends his days working against the backdrop of the Great Barrier Reef, turning macro and micro algae into powerful agri-products.

The Entrepreneurs' Programme has been an important part of Rocky's journey in his work with Pacific Bio. 

Australian Vinegar CEO Ian Henderson is one of those guys who is always innovating, and it’s the “geek within” that drives him to push the boundaries, and find clever ways to use the food products others don’t want.  

Through the Entrepreneurs Programme, Australian Vinegar is taking its products to the world.

Hatch BioSystems CEO Claire Leach sees nothing strange about having 30-thousand flies and maggots hanging out in her Melbourne work space.

HatchBio is breeding black soldier fly larvae to make protein-rich livestock feed and organic fertiliser. 

With help from the Entrepreneurs' Programme, this unique Aussie company understands the bio-power of maggots in diverting thousands of tonnes of food waste from landfill every year.

Showcasing Australian businesses, through the Entrepreneurs' Programme.

Licella is a technology superstar, via its Catalytic Hydrothermal Reactor (otherwise called Cat-HTR),  which takes tonnes of plastic waste, and through a process akin to a commercial-sized pressure-cooker, reduces it to its component parts.

Through the program, Licella received expert advice and a $1 million grant to commercialise their innovative technology.