Harry Godber - Maxine Sherrin - David Lillo-Trynes
Events

REIGNITED: Sydney startup festival Spark is back and kicking off in October

- October 3, 2023 2 MIN READ

The annual Spark Festival will return to Sydney from October 30, with Harry Godber and David Lillo-Trynes as co-CEOs of the week-long celebration of startups. The revitalised and revamped Spark Festival will bring startups across NSW together with leading investors, hubs, accelerators, universities and policymakers to showcase the strength and breadth of the state’s technology capability. … Read more »

Events

SPARK REIGNITED: Australia’s largest startup event, Spark Festival, refreshes after director departs

- June 5, 2023 3 MIN READ

The annual Spark Festival, the largest national event for Australia’s startup community, is the latest victim of a reduced funding for the sector, with the director departing and the board looking to refresh the event to present later this year. Festival director Maxine Sherrin left the organisation on Friday after nearly seven years, having successfully… Read more »

Events

Bright Sparks: The Spark Festival Director’s highlights

- October 5, 2022 2 MIN READ

It’s just one week until the opening day of Spark: Australia’s Festival of Innovation, Tech and Ideas. It’s a massive two week program that’ll be popping up all over the place, as well as online. Here’s some highlights courtesy of Festival Director Maxine Sherrin.    Find Your Co-founder Oct 20, 6pm, Sydney Startup Hub Looking… Read more »

Zoe Daniel
Other

Bright Sparks: 5 events to light your spark this week

- October 25, 2021 2 MIN READ

Spark Festival – Australia’s biggest event for founders, business owners and anyone looking to hustle their way out of Covid, hits its third and final week this week. The full program is massive, so to help you out we asked Spark Festival director Maxine Sherrin to pick out 5 things worth putting in the diary for the week ahead.… Read more »

Ronni Kahn
Advice

Bright Sparks: 5 events to light your spark this week

- October 19, 2021 2 MIN READ

  Spark Festival – Australia’s biggest event for founders, business owners and anyone looking to hustle their way out of Covid, kicked off last week. The full program is massive, so to help you out we asked Spark Festival director Maxine Sherrin to pick out 5 things worth putting in the diary for the week ahead. More… Read more »

Accelerator

The one Spark Festival event every aspiring founder needs to see: picking the right accelerator for your startup

- October 19, 2021 2 MIN READ

Australia now has more tech accelerators than a Tesla Gigafactory. But if you’re a founder thinking about joining one, how to you choose the right match in the startup sector’s version of Married At First Site. Even finding out about them takes tons of research before you drill down into the details of what’s on… Read more »