James Bromberger – Solution Architect at Amazon Web Services

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Relevant Work Experience 

• 13 years as a Debian GNU/Linux developer
• 20 years as a Systems Administrator, Operations Manager and Architect of a massive web advertising platform
• Cloud Solution Architect.

What James is passionate about

Making technology work effectively, efficiently, and at best cost.

Key areas Andrew can assist with

Technical online architecture for dealing with massive scale systems: web architecture, database schema, security, scalability.

On Friday, June 27th Spacecubed will be hosting its 1st Year Anniversary Party. 

Over the last 12 months Spacecubed has been growing from a 550sqm space with 4 small white ikea tables and about 20 members, to this vibrant community of more than 250 entrepreneurs, freelancers, consultants, corporate, not for profit and Government members.

The Spacecubed Team has been extatic to see WA entrepreneurs and Innovators getting their ideas off the ground and so many great organisations growing over the last year.

Having only been open for a year, the space have had some majors events and meetup: Two Startup Weekends, Open House Perth, Morning Startup, GovHack, SS48, Port 80…

Let’s get together to celebrate this first year with Osric Powell, our very own DJ who will be dropping some of the smoothest beats in town!

Guests will receive drinks and nibbles and things kick off at 6:00pm. RSVP is essential for this event and members are welcome to bring their partner. Please RSVP before June 15 for catering purposes.

It will be a great opportunity to meet with some of the most innovative entrepreneurs in Perth.

Members will also be encouraged to do a 1 minute pitch to everyone about what they are working on and what they need help with.

If you’re not a member, now is the time to join! Sign up for a Community Membership between now and June 28th  and receive 2 days of co-working per week free for the following month! You can find out the full details here.

Look forward to seeing you all on the 28th!

More about the day

Join us as Australia unites to learn! Co-working spaces around Australia will be hosting a full day of free General Assembly online classes. Sign up above and then join us at Spacecubed on the 24th of May.

General Assembly offers students a new model for learning digital skills, one that features emerging content taught by top practitioners with real-world experiences. Come along and experience it for yourself.

You don’t have to attend the whole day, just pick which classes you’d like to sit in on, register and show up!

Check out the full schedule below!

Rapid prototyping is the process of quickly mocking­up early draft versions of a product. A good prototype keeps the complexity out and allows you to receive feedback early on.

11:15 am How to Build a Mobile App

Whether you’re a business person responsible for figuring out your mobile strategy or a developer tasked with implementing it, this class will help you to understand the various options for building a mobile web app or website and how to choose between them. “Website or application?”, “jQuery mobile, jQ touch or Sencha touch?”, “Titanium or PhoneGap?”, “Generated or native?”, “How many devices to support?” are just some of the questions we’ll cover. If you need a mobile strategy, this class will help jump start the process of figuring out how to best add a mobile component to your web presence.

12:30 pm The Lean Startup Applied

You’re probably heard about the benefits that startups are getting from a lean methodology. Replacing long product development cycles with quick, iterative feedback to build better businesses more quickly and cost effectively. But I still find that most entrepreneurs don’t fully understand just how quickly it is possible to prototype and learn about their businesses. In this session we’ll provide detailed, practical tools you can use to “stop building and start learning” for your business.

July 11 & 12, 2103
Spacecubed
45 St Georges Terrace
Perth, 6000
Online registration: http://communitygames.brownpapertickets.com
(spots are limited, so reserve your space now to avoid missing out)

Aimed at non-profits, community groups, educators and anyone else involved in change-making and community building, this two day hands on workshop teaches the nuts and bolts of community game design — that is, games that take place in the physical world, in our parks, streets and neighbourhoods. Community games are part of a growing global movement, and are sometimes called big games, urban games or pervasive games. At the end of the workshop, participants will have developed a game prototype which they can further develop and deploy in consultation with their communities or organisations.

Through the development of this prototype, participants will learn, through direct, hands-on experience:

•    The basics of game design, which can be broadly applied in the creation of video games, online      games, board games etc.
•    Best practices for game creation for education, community engagement and social change
•    Techniques for rapid prototyping, testing and improving your games
•    Strategies for co-creating games with a variety of stakeholders

Casual Host – Spacecubed

We are looking for a new face to join the Spacecubed team as a casual host.

The Host is Spacecubed’s frontline barista for collaboration and innovation! You are the first face people see when they walk in and your skills and presence set the tone. You will have some specific tasks you’re responsible for:

• First and foremost, welcome everyone into our space with a smile and hello
• Being available at the front during the day to answer any questions
• Give tours of the space to visitors and new members
• Being a people person : Enjoy being around people and engage with our member in the space but also online with the Yammer Community
• Keep the space organized and clean
• Manage, oversee and troubleshoot equipment like the Spacecubed printer/copiers, internet etc.
• Move furniture and set up/tidy up the space for events
• Contribute to the Spacecubed vision and values with your own creativity and project.

The ideal candidate would be someone who want to be a member of the Spacecubed Community with solid communication skills and good organisational skills. You also need a strong customer-service orientation, a positive attitude and the muscles (seriously) to lift and move furniture.
The most important part for us is to find someone passionate about what are doing, about entrepreneurship, with a good understanding of the values of our organization
This position offers the right candidate

• An excellent opportunity to be part of something incredible, meet tons of amazing people and apply your skills to positive social change throughout the state.
• Unlimited access to the co-working area to work on your own projects (worth $600 per month) when you’re not working for Spacecubed
• Access to a network of entrepreneurs, freelancers, mentors to help you find new projects, ideas or getting your idea of the ground.
• Work in a wonderful environment and meet with inspiring people everyday.

Deadline to apply is May 27th.

Wages are negotiable depending on experience and profile.

Hours are flexible however you must be available part time over the month of July and occasionally on weekends to help out with events.

We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly support applications from diverse backgrounds and communities.

Submit your resume and a letter as to why you think you would be great at this and what Spacecubed means to you. Email ophelie@spacecubed.org

Thanks to Brodie, the mastermind behind the idea and the name of this great new initiative, every month there is now a $250 budget for members to put forward ideas that make Spacecubed more awesome! Idea’s can be posted onto yammer (in the FUNd group) The ideas with the most likes get purchased. It can be more than one idea but the total budget for FUNd is $250.

Go for it! Ideas can be physical, such as a new awesome toaster – or services, such as back massages….whatever you can think of!

Here are a few idea’s put forward by the great Jake Stride.

• Turntable for members to bring in their old records.
• Retro game console such as a SEGA or N64 to set up in the lounge area.
• Portable table tennis table for after hours tournaments in the Vault.
• Scalextric track for the lounge.

Members, log onto your Yammer account and start brainstorming! “not-yet members”, why not check out our 100in100 promotion and get onboard with the FUNd project & start collaborating!

Round 2 (July – September 2013) 

The Spacecubed Intensify Scholarship has been specifically designed to provide support for entrepreneurs in the early stage of their idea development. Every three months a new group of 5 entrepreneurs is selected to use Spacecubed to rapidly move their idea forward.

Categories

• 1 x Social Entrepreneur
• 1 x Environmental Entrepreneur
• 1 x Creative Entrepreneur
• 2 x Technology Entrepreneurs

Who can apply ?

Intensify Scholarship is for all entrepreneurs in the early stage of the development of their project. Intensify would give you access to :

• An unlimited access to the co-working area in Spacecubed
• Access to mentors and Spacecubed Network
• Access to the 220 members of the Spacecubed Community

Key Criteria

1. Motivation and enthusiasm to be engage in your project but also in the scholarship and the Spacecubed community.
2. You have done something to show you are working on your idea (prototype, sales, website…)
3. You have time available to develop your idea further
4. You are willing to share your challenges with the Spacecubed community to access help

Key Dates for Round Two

Applications Close – June 15th

First Round of Finalists Announced – June 20th

Pitch Event and Awarded : July 1st

If you would like to become a sponsor or a judge of the Intensify Scholarship please contact ophelie@spacecubed.org

To apply for the scholarship simply fill in the form below and send any complementing documents to ophelie@spacecubed.org

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Relevant Work Experience 

• Successfully built start up from idea to >$20M revenues (Bright Generation)
• Former VC: Investment Manager: Stone Ridge Ventures
• Former Commercialisation Advisor: COMET Program
• Current Position: Advisor Venture Capital / Utility Scale Renewables: ARENA

Education Background 

• B.Sc / M.Sc
• Berkeley / MIT Executive Education
• AVCAL Executive Education

What Andrew is passionate about

Creating dynamic high growth companies.

Key areas Andrew can assist with

• Managing Growth
• Accessing Capital
• Negotiating Agreements
• Business Development

What are you working on? 

My Calico is co-founded by Kevin and Jack Owens, A father and son team with experience in the gym industry, marketing and web/app development. Kevin is the hustler.. Jack is the hacker.

What do you want to get from this community?

I want to meet like-minded techies and entrepreneurs and learn better ways to develop cool stuff in Perth!

What can you give to this community?

Work with like-minded techies and entrepreneurs to share the stuff that made it easier, and tougher for us to develop cool stuff in Perth.  And hopefully help others along the journey.

Why did you start your project?

“Calico (CALories In Calories Out) is a digital media solution designed to engage people and help them become fitter. It includes ‘Burn&Earn’ the free app that makes a potential chore more fun with personalised GPS fitness programs and gamification that rewards them for being active with discounts from local and online businesses.

The focus isn’t the long term goal of weight loss or fitness, which can be intimidating or easy to put off. But ‘what do I get now if I go for a walk’?. Which helps build the small steps that leads to healthy long term behaviour change “

What is your passion?

We want to produce a long term community health promotion that is financially self sufficient without support from the public purse, and makes a difference to peoples lives. (No pressure then!)

How do people contact you?

kevin@calico.com.au

Where can people see your work?

You can check us out at www.mycalico.com

Our Facebook Page

Or watch our demo video & Innovation Month interview below

Social Startup 48, or SS48, is a nonprofit organisation that supports the growth of the Social Enterprise sector through weekend events that provide people with the tools and resources necessary to help them in their journey of building a social venture.

The organisation is committed to driving positive change in society the ‘business’ way and aim to be the launchpad for entrepreneurs who will go forth to create significant social impact in both Australia and around the world.

SS48 will hold a 48 hour weekend of development and growth for Perth right here in Spacecubed, that will see a group of 60 people who share similar passions come together to launch social startups. Participants are provided with the network, support, tools and resources they need to take the first steps into social enterprise during the weekend.

Social Startup 48

When: 19-21st of April 2013

Where: Spacecubed: Ground Floor, 45 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000

Time: Friday-Sunday