It’s not an easy job to find some good startup projects in our daily life. The AlphaCup startup competition 2019 has started to accept applications. So what’s the latest startup ideas for 2019? Which projects have good market prospects and profits? Let’s listen to some advice from professors at universities of Western Australian.

Introducing the mentor

  • Danelle Cross has over 18 years of experience in strategic marketing, communications and project management.
  • After finishing her study of marketing and public relations at Curtin, Danelle worked at News Limited in Perth and Sydney, Heinz Australasia in Melbourne and mark & spencer in London.
  • She returned to Perth in 2008 to start her career at Curtin University.
  • Danelle is currently the executive manager at Executive Education of Curtin Business School.
  • Danelle is a researcher of leadership in Western Australia and was honored to participate in the 2018 MIT innovation and entrepreneurship training camp in Brisbane, Australia.

Interview With Danelle

What’s your views to Alpha Innovation Contest?

Danelle：

Curtin University is very proud to support the Alpha Innovation Contest and we have done so in 2018 and we will continue to do so in 2019.

What’s Curtin’s advantage regarding entrepreneurship? Does Curtin have any positive program or motivative activities to encourage entrepreneurship?

Danelle：

Curtin University is exactly education and MBA proud supporter of entrepreneurial thinking and innovation contest.

Curtin University is renowned for its dedication to innovation and entrepreneurship and We have a number of award programs for both undergraduates and postgraduates, as well as those who needs exact education space. That focuses on developing the skills of education, entrepreneurship and innovation. The skills around entrepreneurship around creative thinking around an entrepreneurial mine site paramount the success of future graduates.

Curtin University run a very successful Ignition program and We found that program for 9 years now. The program is a five-and-half-day program in which we take anybody with a scalable high growth idea to commercial pitch within five and half days. It is highly renowned by locally hearing Australia but also internationally. Every year we have over 60 delegates come to that program and we have many global successful stories that was come out of Curtin Ignition Program.

Curtin University greatly values the skills around entrepreneurship and innovation and it’s very supportive of young graduates that pursuing his dream feeling like paramount the success of future graduates.

Do you want to speak something to Curtin students that are going to participate the contest?

Danelle：

I know that there are some Curtin University students who are preparing for the Alpha Innovation Contest, and we wish them every success and very supportive of their participation in this fabulous program.