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It is easy to look at May Samali's professional achievements and attribute them to talent, luck or a great life plan. But it's years of consistent hard work, effort in the face of fear, failure and honest introspection that's helped her get to where she is today.

They say you won’t recognise your company and product by the end of Startmate’s Accelerator. When my co-founder and I heard first this, we had a little laugh to ourselves...

“It’s very hard for me to imagine a world without doctors, for example,” he told a packed crowd at the Melbourne Convention Centre in June 2023.‍One startup using AI to reimagine the experience is Startmate Company Lyrebird Health, a medical scribing tool that allows doctors to practice medicine, not paperwork. ‍

Hitesh Mehta has a vision to create a better and more equitable healthcare system, and offers valuable insight into the value of persistence when it comes to chasing your dreams.

As a professional creative, Izabela Barakovska was understandably drawn to James Nau’s Student Fellowship talk.

Job searches are hard. Fear and self doubt drives people to believe that they can’t land anything, so they apply for everything.Here’s a secretVery few people actually think about what they want, because they don’t believe it’s achievable. The result is that everyone ends up applying for the same roles in the market. Whilst everyone else competes for the same roles, there is an opportunity to chase a role that actually excites you. Ironically, these may be easier to land.

Entrepreneur Lisa Lie founded Learna in January 2023. The app is a microlearning platform teaching conflict resolution, emotional intelligence and people skills you can master in under 10 minutes.

Jithesh Ramesh has worked at Atlassian, Airwallex and Mastt, to name but a few, and has a wealth of insights to share.

If the thought of naming your price and asking for what you want (and deserve) makes your skin crawl, you’re not alone. In particular, research tells us 32% of women never negotiate their pay at all, due to the fear of being denied, losing their job, believing they are inexperienced or unworthy, or simply not feeling equipped for the conversation.

KiwiFibre creates natural fibre composite materials from Harakeke - a natively grown New Zealand wonder plant, and one of the world’s strongest natural fibres.