Our Next Event
- Who: Simon Crowe from Grill'd
What you can expect:
- A presentation by Simon Crowe from Grill'd.
- Plenty of time to chat to fellow entrepreneurs and others interested in entrepreneurship, exchange ideas, tips etc.
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The Grill’d concept was born when Simon Crowe decided to do something about the lack of a decent, healthy hamburger in the Australian market.
Simon had always wanted to have to his own hamburger business and had witnessed the rise of the premium burger phenomenon while living overseas. The overwhelming success of the first store in Hawthorn led to a quick expansion with three more stores opening in Malvern, St Kilda and Windsor before franchising around the country.
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What to Bring:
- Your entrepreneurial friends of all ages.
- Business cards, lots of ‘em.
- Cash for drinks.
- A smile!
This event is free of charge.
If you have trouble finding the place call Ross on 0425 860 921.
If anyone is interested in sponsoring the event, please contact us!
See you there,
The Hive
http://www.thehive.org.au
Previous Events
The Hive meets Cameron Brown
April 8th 2008.
Cameron Brown spoke at Penny Blue on sustainable business and it was a real insight into how businesses can not only make a difference, but make big profits from going green.
We might think about changing out lightbulbs but potentially changing your business model is something that most of us haven't considered at all.
Cameron Brown is the Chair of the Centre for Sustainability Leadership.
The Hive meets Moonlight Cinema
March 11th 2008.
Our second event went really well, at Madame Brussels on Bourke St. When we migrated out to the back room to hear James Tutton speak the few people left out the front asked "Where did all the people go?" The medieval-style room just squeezed the 68 of us in there, and I think everyone got a lot out of what James had to say about his experiences.
As a philosophy graduate, James Tutton was taking time off in New York after university and looking for commercial ideas to import to Australia when he went to watch an open-air movie in a Manhattan park. Inspired, he and his business partner Paul Chiodo launched Moonlight Cinema in Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens in 1996.
The following year they expanded to Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane. “The Moonlight audience is 18-35, tertiary-educated, a sophisticated urban audience,” says Tutton. Moonlight Cinema eventually sold to ASX-listed group Becker Entertainment in 2004 in a deal said to be worth about $8.3 million.
More recently James is turning his hand to property development with boutique property developer Neometro, who are best-known for the Luxe building on Inkerman Street in St Kilda, which won the Royal Australian Institute of Architects national award for commercial architecture in 2000.
"My focus in business has always been about working with brands."
The Hive meets Hippo Jobs
February 5th 2008.
The very first Hive event for 2008 took place on the 5th February. Awesome way to kick off ’08! The Order of Melbourne, located at 401 Swanston Street, was kind enough to put us up for the night. Cracking location! Nestled in the heart of the CBD we could not have picked a better scene. The Rooftop Terrace was absolutely perfect! Nice work getting up all those stairs folks. And a massive thank-you goes out to all the staff there!
Hats off to all of you who made the effort to join us! And those of you missed out, make sure you’re there in March. Because it was well worth the effort! James Masini the exceptionally talented entrepreneur behind Hippo Jobs was our first special guest of 2008. And he set the standard extremely high. James spoke about the challenges he has faced as one of Melbourne most successful, up and coming entrepreneurs, the highs and lows of running his own business and being the face of Hippo Jobs.
RMIT Entrepreneurship Prospective Students Night
September 4th 2007.
The Hive hosted the 2007 Prospective Students Night (PSN) for the RMIT Bachelor of Business, Entrepreneurship program.
This was the fifth year in a row that a PSN has run and was a great success.
The evening gave prospective students the opportunity to have their questions answered by current entrepreneurship students and lecturers. I'm sure that many of the attendees will be entrepreneurship students themselves next year!
Thank you to everyone involved; your help was truly invaluable!
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The Hive is a networking organisation. Built by a bunch of Melbourne based entrepreneurs, we get together to share advice, talk and hang out. Membership is free and easy, and everyone's invited.
If you work for somebody else, run your own business, study business or have an idea and want to launch a venture then jump on board today.
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