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Welcome to StartUp Realm

40% of today’s jobs won’t exist in the next decade; educators are being challenged to produce more innovative thinkers; government is looking for new industries; and business is looking for the next generation of game changers. Where do we start to address this?

StartUp Realm focuses on skills that sit across content areas including creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration.

StartUp Realm helps to develop those skills crucial for developing innovators, thought leaders and entrepreneurs throughout the economy. However these skills are multifaceted and therefore difficult to teach and measure.

An Online Learning Platform

For anyone interested in improving their thinking skills.

A Collection of Tools

Aimed at encouraging curiosity, engaging individuals in the discovery, creation and development of ideas.

Interactive and Engaging Resources

That connects educators, business, parents and students by providing content, resources and ideas for activities.

StartUp Realm is agnostic of subject matter as it focuses on the 21st Century learning skills that can be used in a school, tertiary and corporate environment.

“Business wonders why education isn’t producing the thoughtful, creative, self-confident people they urgently need... We now have a school curriculum that teaches ten subjects but only limited ways of thinking.”
Sir Ken Robinson, Out of Our Minds (Capstone: 2001)

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Encouraging young innovators.

Teen Start-Up Camp Events

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A Benchmarking Tool
Spend 10 minutes answering our self-assessment benchmarking tool designed around the General Capabilities section of the Australian Curriculum and the 21st Century skills advocated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Fits in with your schedule
The material is designed to fit into your schedule whether in the classroom, around the dinner table or during team meetings.
Tailored Content
Content has been developed to meet the needs of parents, teachers, students and employers. Each lesson provides material to read or watch and suggestions for putting the learning into practice.
Measure Improvement
Our downloadable benchmark report allows you to easily measure your improvement over time.
Articles to Inspire
Our regular articles share tips, inspiration and stories to inspire and motivate.

Events to put your skills into practice.

Experience StartUp Realm Live

Teen Start-Up and StartUp Camp provide opportunities for you to test your new skills in action. With regular online and offline competitions as well as in-house tailored programs for individual schools and workplaces. Start-Up camps are a fun multi-day event where participants are taken through the innovation development process from idea to execution. Participants work together in teams to come up with an idea for a product or service that they believe provides a solution to a problem. The event concludes with teams pitching their concepts to a panel of judges.
  • Access to business mentors
  • Tools and technology to inspire thinking
  • Interactive workshops
  • Presentation skills training
  • Hands-on technology showcase
  • Inspiring industry speakers
  • Feedback from judges
  • Team building skills
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Latest Resources

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What is an Elevator Pitch...

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The 60 second or ‘Elevator Pitch’ is a common way to gain support or get people interested in your idea. The...

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How to Validate Your Idea

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You may think your idea is ‘the next big thing’, however it is wise to test and validate the idea...

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Does your idea have value...

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The people behind StartUp Realm.

Meet some of our dedicated team

Anna PinoCo-Founder
Anna started her career working as a Psychologist and has found a strong link between these skills and helping people understand and negotiate their way through business development and growth.
Candice EdyeCo-Founder
With an Honours degree in Psychology, qualifications in Business Administration, Management, Training and Assessment, Candice has a passion for entrepreneurship and business innovation.

Some of our innovation events.

Recent Event Highlights

Introduction to Media and Communications
Teen Start-Up: Energy, Communication, Health
Teen Start-Up: Future Cities
Aviation Teen Start-Up 2016
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StartUp Camp
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StartUp Camp
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StartUp Camp
Future of Work 2015

Future of Work 2015

Festival of Ambitious Ideas
Future Cities 2016

Future Cities 2016

Festival of Ambitious Ideas
Social Innovations 2016

Social Innovations 2016

Festival of Ambitious Ideas
Video: The Star of Your Next Marketing Campaign
Real-Life Product Marketing

Testimonials from our clients.

What clients say

Parent Comments
- Teen Start-Up -

[ Innovation Camp ]

  • It provides an opportunity for our child to think creatively, build solutions and present ideas in a public forum.
  • It’s a great concept to get kids thinking about "what if/can" instead of "what isn't".
  • Opportunity for my child to stretch her imagination and work with a team.
  • I dropped off an amazing boy and picked up the same amazing boy but one with confidence, enthusiasm and a sparkle in his eye that he tells me came from working with amazing, interesting mentors and other students.
  • My son was encouraged to be an effective team member and take the time to research an area of interest him. Along the way his knowledge was broadened by guest speakers and the enthusiasm of his peers.
  • My daughter loved the program. It was great to see her every night discussing what they got up to and her ideas on solving the problem. At dinner she would tell us all about the day, we even got to listen to her speech.
  • Superb program where the kids learn and develop real life skills and their imagination. Program was very well run and kids thoroughly enjoyed it. Highly recommended.
  • Teen Start-Up is beneficial for young people to attend as it encourages them, and indeed teaches them, to think outside the box. It also gives them more experience in working in a group environment with short time limits, which is what they will face as they leave school and enter into university and workplaces.
  • Brilliant opportunity to learn and develop essential skills that are not taught at schools.
  • Efficiently organised, very friendly and welcoming of all students, and a safe environment. The days are well structured, with a mix of stimulus to keep the children interested and content. Lots of stimulating speakers and mentors to engage the children, as well as the awesome technology showcasing. Seeing a variety of schools represented and a variety of ages was great too, giving children the opportunity to meet and work with new people.
  • That my son would be thinking about solutions to global issues with his peers in a group setting and being able to pitch ideas to experts.
Student Comments
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[ Innovation Camp ]

  • I liked that the mentors were always there to contribute to our pitch and helped us touch up on our slideshow.
  • I liked the technology showcase, the problem solving, the pitching and the entire innovation process.
  • I liked all the tours and demonstrations and the mentors and judges helped my team get a great pitch.
  • I loved all the support the groups were given, it was really great and it set us on the right track. I also like the presentations at the beginning; they were really interesting and insightful. The presentations at the beginning helped us form some interests and some vague ideas of what we wanted to do. All the mentors were great, and really helped me fix some loopholes in my idea. Teen Start-Up was great all round, I'll be there for the next one!
  • I liked everything! Using the surfaces to work and code, the technology showcases, the guest speakers, going to the airport and the longer time frame.
  • I liked how welcoming and nice everyone was.
  • Everything about it! Like working with my friends, using the computers, the chance to win prizes and listening to what people do for jobs. Also I liked the toys.

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