Dear Friend

Welcome to the October 2009 edition of the Innovation Centre Sunshine Coast’s new look e-newsletter.

The Innovation Centre is now home to 30 businesses – mainly in ICT, Clean Technology and Creative Industry sectors and we have just welcomed full service marketing agency, dtb! Advertising.

Innovation Centre businesses continue to go from strength to strength, to find out their latest news and stories of success please read on.

Best regards

Colin Graham
Chief Executive

52 business owners and managers from across the region got a strong dose of online strategy courtesy of the Innovation Centre's second annual Digital Futures seminar in early September. 6 USC students granted award places to attend Digital Futur.. More Information

Sixty Second Parent celebrated its first year in business with the official launch of their second book in the Triumphant Child series ‘Caring for your Newborn: How to enjoy the first 60 days as a new mom’ at the Innovation Centre on Tuesday 22 Septe.. More Information

Entrepreneur and owner of Innovation Centre based Fumunda Marine, James Turner, is making waves with an innovative acoustic alarm designed to alert cetaceans (Dolphins, Porpoises and Whales) to the presence of commercial fishing nets, which reduces a.. More Information

Kreshendo Communications have been engaged by Maroochy Baptist Centre to manage the marketing communications for the annual "Sunshine Coast Christmas Lights". Now in its 6th year, this family-community event will attract 20,000 visitors to the N.. More Information

Sector: Creative Established: 1991 Markets: Across Australia with national and international marketing solutions Web: www.dtb.com.au (http://www.dtb.com.au) A creative force on the Sunshine Coast since 1991, dtb! Advertising has just becom.. More Information

Over 20 Public Relations students from USC’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences descended upon the Innovation Centre to learn more about opportunities right on their doorstep. During their visit, the students were introduced to initiatives of .. More Information

Recent University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) graduate, Narissa Wilson has become the General Manager of Schoolzine, an IT and design business based at the Innovation Centre. Narissa was promoted to the position in May, only one month after offi.. More Information

During the second semester of 2009, two USC Bachelor of Business (Financial Planning) students, Adam Kemp and Ashleigh Lang, have been completing their BUS331 Business Internship course with Natalie Martin, Financial Planner with Enact Wealth Solutio.. More Information

In a move to boost job creation in the region, Sunshine Coast Regional Council has committed to a multimillion dollar injection into crucial infrastructure for Sippy Downs Town Centre. Council announced it will invest $13 million to fast-track t.. More Information

Nigel Hall, Innovation Centre Business Incubator Manager, joined forces with a wide array of high profile speakers, including Chris Russell from ABC TV’s ‘The New Inventors’, Beechworth Bakeries founder Tom O’Toole and USC Innovation, Creativity and .. More Information

Local business investors at the latest SunCoast Business Angels meeting on the 9th October were treated to a presentation by Dr Tom McKaskill, a leading expert on exit strategies and author of “Invest to Exit- A pragmatic strategy for Angel and Ventu.. More Information