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Issues Opportunities companies • Weak business models of small companies • Distribution Channel / Partners • International marketing and trying to get into the US market is hard possible addition for the future • Make a list of the opportunities that are pointed out for expanding efforts by the clientele and assign staff to take up the ideas and develop a plan for the future while majority focuses on the current business • Possibility of using IP from product to develop a consulting business • Use Adelaide and SA as a test market because if it sells here it will sell elsewhere. COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE 96
INNOVATION, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE Monday, July 9, 2001 Submitted by Pete Polonsky Interview Team • Pete Polonsky • Dave Gibson • Martha Flores • Catherine Polito Strengths • There are already a wide and varied number of entrepreneurial support initiatives already in place, including: Incubators, Mentoring Groups, Business Centre, 1 st Tuesday, Enterprise Workshops, Say Yes, NEIS, EEDA. • There appears to be a strong, core group of smart, talented people in South Australia who compete very favorably within all of Australia when they get the opportunity to compete. Examples mentioned: Comet (Commercializing Emerging Technologies) program- 20% comes from South Australia. 7 of the recently announced Fast 50 Tech Companies of all of Australia were from South Australia. There 3 Universities ranked in top 15% of Australia. • South Australia has a high degree of Export expertise, which is critical if an enterprise wants to grow to be of any significant size. South Australia exports to 50% more countries than the rest of Australia combined. Examples of companies successfully exporting- Gropep, Vili’s, Mining Companies, and Wineries. • Several core competencies with opportunity for world-class status in Software Engineering; Ag Science- WIITE is largest Ag Research facility in the Southern Hemisphere, Biotech. • It is also very important that there is the recognition that something needs to change. • Electronics industry is strong and growing. • Largest concentration of telecomm R&D in the country is in S.A. Weaknesses or Barriers • There seems to be a disconnect between government and successful Private enterprises. Many in the government agencies state that one of the biggest problems is the lack of access to capital. However, those in successful private enterprises disagree. They say that if they have a strong business plan and a good management team, there is plenty of money available. • The incubators and accelerators are lacking in a set of screening criteria to determine which deals to focus their resources on. There is a need to target high growth potential opportunities. However, many of these government-funded incubators and accelerators have no screening criteria at all. They act more like benevolent landlords. They also need to set milestones for enterprises so that if they do not meet them, they can get rid of them and make room for other new opportunities. • The Government agencies feel like their efforts and initiatives are only reaching about 1/3 rd of their potential audience. There needs to be better communications and follow-up with their targeted audience, which is the private enterprise businesses that are using their services. • In addition, there is a lack of coordination and communication among the state and local organizations that are focused on providing entrepreneurial support services. This is causing overlap and redundancy. COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE 97
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Introduction and Overview Adelaide
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MANUFACTURING Manufacturing Intervi
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BRANDING ADELAIDE July 12 , 2001 Da
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