Amazing students, 90 Minutes, Products That Made Real Money No judges. No pitches. Just proof that you can sell something you made. On Thursday, we ran something different. The $1 Sprint Hackathon — co-hosted with Civic Hackers — challenged students to do something most startup programs never ask them to do: stop planning and start selling. The rules were simple: you had 90 minutes. Build something. Sell it to a stranger. Get paid. 13 students showed up. 3 products generated

100+ participants. 29+ teams. 48 hours. 6 teams now in a pre-accelerator. And this is just the beginning. When the VisagioX team and Venture UWA first started planning this hackathon, the expectation was modest. "I think it would be good if we got 30-40 people to show up." What actually happened exceeded every expectation. Over 100 builders packed into the room for what turned out to be one of the biggest hackathons Perth has ever seen. What Happened On April 11–12, Visagio a

110 students selected. 1,500+ on the waitlist. One week. Real solutions. Over the past week, something remarkable happened. Students from India and Australia, separated by thousands of kilometres, came together to collaborate, challenge perspectives, and build solutions grounded in real-world problems. Hack for Impact: The Global Innovation Challenge brought together the next generation of innovators for a five-day online hackathon presented by The University of Western Austr

AI skills, job creation, and why human qualities matter more than ever. The World Economic Forum recently published their latest 3 Work Trends newsletter — and if you're a student thinking about your career, it's worth paying attention to. Here are the three key insights, and what they mean for you. 1. AI skills are faster to learn than you think There's a perception that learning AI is a massive undertaking — something that requires years of study or a computer science degr

$100,000+ in funding available for initiatives supporting founder mental health and wellbeing in WA. Building a startup is hard. The uncertainty, the pressure, the long hours — it takes a toll. And for too long, founder wellbeing has been an afterthought in the innovation ecosystem. Meshpoints is changing that. At their upcoming Town Hall, Meshpoints will be launching Challenge #2: Resilience & Wellbeing — a funding initiative focused on supporting the mental health and well

If you're working on sustainable construction, low-impact materials, or circular economy solutions — this is one to watch. GreenTech Hub WA is gearing up for their next Innovation Challenge, and they're inviting Expressions of Interest for an Ecosystem Workshop to help shape it. The focus this time: The Material Shift — low-impact construction materials. What's an Ecosystem Workshop? Before launching an Innovation Challenge, GreenTech Hub brings together industry, government

Where Ambition Meets Opportunity. Meet JobMagna - your new AI-powered job-matching solution that connects you with employers effortlessly. Set up your profile and get matched to casual, part-time, full-time and internship roles in a range of industries. How It Works: Sign up with your personal/student email account Set up your professional profile, including skills, weekly availability etc. This profile will serve as your live resume at all times so you will want to spend so

Got a startup idea? Here's your chance to test it in front of a supportive crowd. One of the biggest hurdles for early-stage founders isn't building the product — it's talking about it. Whether you're preparing for investors, refining your value proposition, or just trying to explain what you're building without rambling for ten minutes, pitching is a skill. And like any skill, it gets better with practice. That's where Morning Startup Perth comes in. On Wednesday, 25 March