Our last squarespace session was a sell out! Given the popularity we are holding a follow up session to further develop your skills. This session will cover how you can integrate your squarespace website with other online platforms, including; - Google Drive - Twitter - MailChimp  This is a workshop style event so remember to bring your laptop. Please note, as this is a workshop event spaces are very LIMITED, and it is ESSENTIAL you reserve your seat. Our last session sold out in a few days, so make sure you reserve your seat here: http://tdy.cl/e/iAYIdN8 Bloom is grateful for the support of St Catherine's College (Foundation Partner) and Squire Patton Boggs.

Really keen to get your startup up and running but now sure how to structure your business? Whether you are wondering whether to be a for-profit or a not-for-profit, or what your legal obligations include, this event will give you the know-how to successfully structure your business.  Blooms legal partner, Squire Patton Boggs, is coming back to the Bloom Lab to deliver the second event in our legal series! Their Corporate Team will be here teaching you the basics of business structuring.  Reserve your seat here: http://tdy.cl/e/fMM2nxI This event is FREE and is held at the Bloom Lab at St Catherines College.  Bloom is grateful for the support of St Catherine's College (Foundation Partner) and Squire Patton Boggs.

The Consulting Society and Bloom have come together to present a special event on life after consulting. The skills learnt as a consultant are similar to the skills entrepreneurs need to be able to think creatively and maximise opportunities. Keynote speaker, Ajay Malhotra, will be talking about his experiences in consulting, and what led him to make the ultimate decision to pursue an entrepenurial path, and how the skills from his time in consulting facilitated a smooth transition into the start-up sector. An entrepreneur at heart, Ajay started his first business at the age of 12. He went on to complete a Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Commerce at UWA. After graduating he took up a management consulting position at Port Jackson Partners in Sydney where he had the opportunity to work on strategy projects both in Australia and Europe. Ajay soon realised his passion was in running his own business and he returned to Perth to the party hire business he started while at university. He has grown this business to include 2 of Perth’s largest party stores stocking over 6000 products and has provided equipment hire to over 15,000 events in Perth. This event is held at the Bloom Lab at St Catherines College. Reserve your seat here: http://tdy.cl/e/57cJXeo Bloom is grateful for the support of its partners St Catherines College (foundation partner) and Squire Patton Boggs.

After the huge popularity of out intro to iOS apps event, we are hosting a follow up session to further develop your skills!   This session will be more in depth. Sam will; – Run through from start to finish the making of a sample iPhone app using Xcode – The basics of MVC development – How Xcode works in practice – deployment to the App Store   This is a practical workshop. It is essential that you bring a Mac with Xcode installed. Bloom is grateful for the support of St Catherine's College (Foundation Partner) and Squire Patton Boggs (Legal Partner).

Bloom has partnered with Squire Patton Boggs to provide our members with the legal skills they need to grow, and also protect their start-ups!  John Poulson and Mitch Reynolds are coming into the Bloom Lab to explain the ins and outs of contracts, including what to be aware of when signing a contract, and how to draft your own. John Poulsen is the Managing Partner of the Perth office, and is a member of Squire Patton Boggs' Global Board. Mitch Reynolds is an Associate in the financial services team advising both national and international clients. Reserve your seat here: http://tdy.cl/e/jW-0Ers  Bloom is grateful for the support of St Catherine's College (Foundation Partner) and Squire Patton Boggs.

Interested in broadening your knowledge and learning the basics of how to use Adobe Photoshop? Not only does having this skill look great on your resume but having design skills is relevant no matter what industry you work in whether it be engineering, science, marketing or running your own business. No prior knowledge in design or Adobe Photoshop is required to attend!  Maddison will be walking through the very basics of photoshop. She is currently a graphic designer at Sciosity, a tech startup company creating virtual reality software for education as well having her own startup, Cheekee Scrub, which makes and sells coffee body scrubs.  Attendees will be required to bring: -Their own laptops with Adobe Photoshop installed, Free trials of Adobe photoshop can be installed here.  This is a FREE event held at the CISCO internet of things at Curtin University, building 216, level 1. Reserve your seat here: http://tdy.cl/e/gJtvC7U  Bloom is thankful for the support of St Catherine's College (Foundation Partner) and Squire Patton Boggs.

iPhones, they're everywhere, allowing 40% of Australians to connect with each other, browse the internet and increase their productivity through a suite of intuitive applications. With such a large market penetration, having the skills to put your business in 40% of Australian's backpockets is an invalauble asset and we at Bloom are delighted to have Sam Ritchie, a software development guru and the organiser of Perth iOS Developers presenting on the topic. Sam will be running an interactive workshop covering the ins and outs of basic iOS design and coding, helping you on your way to getting an iOS app out and into the App Store. We hope to see you at this exciting event so please register for a ticket!

Perfect your technique for social media marketing - attend this invaluable presentation by Joos Meyer on how effectively to promote your Startup through social media.  This session will cover: ~ Facebook ~ Instagram ~ Twitter Joos will provide strategies on: ~ Tips and tricks on how to gain followers and subscribers ~ How to engage people and maintain this engagement across platforms  ~ What to avoid doing on social media platforms ~ How to exercise consistency across social media accounts Make your way to the Bloom Lab if you're currently invovled in a Startup, if you may be in the future, or simply if you wish to gain insight into effective social media marketing - a skill set we will all likely require. This is a presentation not to be missed!

Interested in being involved in a start up or have an idea you want to develop but can't do it on your own? Come on down to Bloom Curtin's first Co-Founder night where individuls will share their ideas with hopes of finding a co-founder, a tech guy, more team members or maybe just a friend to share ideas with.  How the night will run:  Bloom will give a quick run down on the importance of having a team and what to look for in potential members / co-founders for your startup, SME or social venture.  Pitchers will then come up and breifly pitch their idea in 2 minutes or less to the audience - we will be timing each person and moving through people as quickly as possible We will then break to informal discussion and drinks between pitchers and attendees - this is the opporunity for people who are interested in your idea or if you are interested in someone elses ideas to ask questions and possibly get involed.  Before the event (if you want to pitch): Please contact us at ben@bloom.org.au so that we can help you breifly prepare for the event - don't worry! Your pitch will be short (2 minutes) and all the details do not have to be worked out before the night! We will also help you decide what details should and should not be shared if there is any intellectual property that should be kept private.  Again, your ideas DOES NOT need to have solid foundations, all that we ask for people pitching is that they are passionate and beilive that there is a need for your idea.  Registrations now open, limited spots available. Bloom would like to thank our generous partners: - St Catherine's College (Foundation Partner) - Squire Patton Boggs (Legal Partner) and Cisco Internet of Everything Innovation Centre for hosting this event.

Being able to effectively and persuasively communicate what your Startup is about is crucial when you are pitching to investors.  Tim Wise is coming to the lab to teach you the art of 'business storytelling'. This session will give you ths skills to;  - Identify your story - Be able to effectively communicate your startups strategy, vision and values - Use this to increase sales and develop your brand. Here is some more about Tim: Tim is a a storytelling consultant, speaker and trainer specialising in business storytelling for effective communication sales and strategy. He was the founder of Listen Clothing, The Tap Doctor (Australia’s largest plumbing franchise) and Wasabi Energy ( a public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange) and valued in excess of $50M. He is the founder of Wisepeak International which was formed in 2003 with the aim of helping his clients integrate wealth and wisdom so they can succeed in their inner and outer worlds. He now works for a number of high profile companies and motivated executives. This is a FREE event held at the Bloom Lab. Bloom is thankful for the support of St Catherine's College (Foundation Partner) and Squire Patton Boggs.

Zhenya Tsvetnenko joins us at the Bloom lab to talk about his journey as an entrepreneur. Zhenya is a big name in the start-up industry; he was the national recipient of the 2010 Ernst and Young, Entrepreneur of the Year Award, as well as the 2011 Western Australian Business News 40 under 40 award. Zhenya pioneered SMS gateway technology, and was Google’s largest global advertising partner in 2007. In 2013, Zhenya co-founded DigitalX, the world’s first publicly traded and listed digital currency company. Now called Digital X Limited, the company focuses on the money transfer sector whilst still utilising Blockchain technology to underpin its software. More recently in 2014, Zhenya founded Mpire Media, a performance based online advertising business which generates revenues of over $11 million annually. Zhenya will talk about his experience as an entrepreneur, including the challenges he faced and his advice for other young entrepreneurs. There will be an opportunity for audience Q&A. This is a FREE Bloom event. Bloom would like to thank our generous partner, St Catherine's College (Foundation Partner).