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Startup Networking Sydney: Founders, Investors & Talent Mixer
Fri, Jun 19, 8:00 AMJoin founders, investors and tech talent at this curated **startup networking event in Sydney.** Meet ambitious builders, exchange ideas and discover new opportunities in a dynamic community environment. RSVP: [Use this link](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/startup-networking-sydney-founders-investors-talent-mixer-tickets-1987630775154?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true) Please note that RSVP is managed via Eventbrite to control attendee lists — don’t ignore it to avoid issues with on-site payment. **💡 Why This Event Is Different** Most networking events end with exchanged LinkedIn profiles. This one focuses on real conversations and real opportunities. We bring together founders, investors, engineers, operators and talent in a curated environment designed to create meaningful connections. Through interactive networking rounds, open conversations and pitch opportunities, participants can share challenges, exchange insights and build relationships that last beyond the event. 🤝 What to Expect * **Interactive Networking** Structured networking rounds where participants briefly introduce themselves, share current challenges and explore collaboration opportunities. * **Talent Corner** Recruiters and hiring managers can briefly share open positions, while engineers and operators can introduce their skills and interests. * **Startup Conversations** Open discussions about fundraising, product development, growth and startup challenges. **👥 Who Should Attend** • Startup founders • Investors and angels • Engineers and builders • Operators and product managers • Recruiters and HR professionals • Sales and business development professionals • Job seekers interested in startups • Newcomers to the Sydney tech ecosystem

Startup Advisors 101: How to Find Advisors and Maximize their Impact
Tue, Jun 9, 12:30 AM***🔔 Update: This event has been postponed to June 9, at the same time.*** *If you had March 24 blocked in your calendar, we’ve got something for you in the meantime 😊 Take a look at this webinar instead: How Aspiring Founders Can Use AI to Test Ideas & Move Faster: [https://fi.co/startupwebinar/24246](https://fi.co/startupwebinar/24246)* \-\-\- Below are the original event details, now rescheduled for June 8 ***Startup Advisors 101: How to Find Advisors and Maximize Their Impact:*** Great startup advisors can be a huge benefit for early-stage founders - helping them access networks, avoid mistakes, supplement missing skills, and even provide emotional support. But finding great advisors can be challenging, and their benefits are typically tied to how well you can leverage their limited time. On this interactive online event, we'll break down a practical, founder-friendly process for finding, vetting, and activating great startup advisors from our experience facilitating tens of thousands of advisor relationships since 2009. **❯❯ RSVP now at 👉 [https://fi.co/startupwebinar/23124](https://fi.co/startupwebinar/23124) to get your link and join us live!** **❯ What You'll Learn:** * How to identify the right advisors. * The chemistry + contribution test: how to evaluate fit before making anything official. * How to structure advisor interactions so they produce outputs. * When and how to use the [FAST Agreement](http://fi.co/fast) to standardize responsibilities + equity and avoid drawn-out negotiations. * Common failure modes (advisor vanity, “free consulting,” misaligned incentives) and how to prevent them. **❯ Featured Speaker:** * **[Jonathan Greechan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathangreechan/) -** **Co-Founder & CEO of the [Founder Institute](http://fi.co/) -** Jonathan Greechan is the Co-Founder & CEO of the Founder Institute, the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator. Since 2009, he has grown and scaled the organization to chapters in over 200 cities and over 100 countries, producing over 8100 portfolio companies with nearly $2B in venture funding. In his long career in tech and marketing, Jonathan has advised thousands of startups on marketing, growth, and product strategy and has spoken at startup conferences on four continents. **❯ Who Should Attend?** * Founders at the idea, pre-seed, or early traction stage who want help but don’t want drama. * First-time founders building their first advisory board. * Operators and technical founders who need domain, distribution, or fundraising support. * Mentors/advisors who want a clearer framework for being helpful (and getting properly compensated). **❯ The FAST Agreement (Founder-Advisor Standard Template)** The FAST Agreement is used by tens of thousands of entrepreneurs and advisors per year to establish productive working relationships, trading advice and support for a standardized amount of equity. See the free agreement at [FI.co/FAST](http://fi.co/FAST). **❯❯ Don’t miss this live, interactive online event packed with valuable insights! RSVP now at 👉 [https://fi.co/startupwebinar/23124](https://fi.co/startupwebinar/23124) to get your link and join us live!**

The Founding Brunch Vol. 01
Sun, Jun 7, 12:30 AM**Sydney's first table for fashion, beauty & lifestyle founders, and the creators they love.** One long brunch & the start of something special. Muse & Myrrar Sydney is the in-person home for the people quietly building the next wave of Australian brands and this is where it begins. **Who this is for** \- 👗💄👑 Founders building fashion\, beauty\, lifestyle\, wellness or DTC brands \(early\-stage to scaling\) \- 📱🎬 Emerging creators & influencers in fashion/beauty/lifestyle who want to build real relationships with the brands they admire\. \- 🛍️😍 Trendsetters and beauty lovers keen to discover the hottest new brands before they blow up\. **What to expect** ☕ A relaxed 3-hour brunch at a beautiful cafe in Potts Point where you can network with other founders & discuss both brand-to-brand collab opportunities as well as potential partnerships with the creators. \- 🥐 Order off the menu — pay your own bill \(expect $20–45 for food \+ coffee\) \- 🌸 A small welcome moment\, one shared prompt to break the ice\, then organic conversation **The fine print** \- 🌿 15 seats only\. We curate lightly to keep the room intentional\. \- 📍 Venue is in Potts Point\. 6 min walking distance from Kings Cross Train Station\. \- 🗓 Sunday morning\, 10:30am–1:30pm on the 7th of June\. \- 💸 No ticket fee — just pay for your own brunch on the day\. Cancel by Friday if your plans change so we can offer your seat to the waitlist\. See you at the table. ❤️🔥 Stay connected by joining Muse Circle — our online community where the founders you meet here keep finding each other: collab opportunities, trusted freelancers & suppliers, fortnightly founder podcast spotlights, and the real conversations between events. 👉[ Join the community → circle.musefunnel.com](https://circle.musefunnel.com/) **Powered by Muse Circle & Myrrar with love.**

SydDT #127: The Human Loop – Keeping the Customer at the Core of AI
Thu, Jun 11, 8:00 AMAs AI rapidly accelerates product delivery, it’s easier than ever to ship features that look impressive but fail to solve real customer problems. For SydDT’s 11th birthday celebration, we’re collaborating with our friends from GenAI Lab to bring together a panel of design and product leaders to discuss how to balance the sheer speed of AI with genuine, human-centered design. We’re lucky to have Tarra van Amerongen, Alex Zinoviev, Riley Coleman, and Kristin de la Fuente sharing their observations and insights. They’ll cut through the hype to explore how user research needs to adapt for generative AI models, how to design for trust and transparency, and how the designer’s role is shifting from pixel-pusher to system orchestrator. Come join us for some fun conversations with interesting people in and around the design thinking community. New members are welcome! **SPEAKERS** **[Tarra van Amerongen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarravanamerongen/)** **VP of Product & Design \| Asia\-Pacific\, Thoughtworks** Tarra is an award-winning user experience and digital transformation leader, guiding creative, technical and business teams towards experiences that change the game. She's worked as a practitioner, lecturer, consultant and leader with in-house teams, consultancies and agencies for the past 15 year after pivoting into design from software development. Tarra is focused on taking a human-first approach to the application of AI, and challenges us to provide an informed view of what should remain human-first, what work means in this new paradigm, and how we stretch our craft as good design matters more than ever. **[Alex Zinoviev](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexzinoviev/)** **Head of Product, Neo Intelligence & Founder, GenAI Lab** Alex Zinoviev has spent 15+ years in product, most recently as Head of Product at Neo, an operations management platform for construction. He founded GenAI Lab, a 1,400-member community of product and design practitioners across Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, because he kept seeing the same gap: teams excited about AI but unsure how to adopt it without losing sight of the humans they're building for. GenAI Lab runs workshops grounded in first-hand experimentation. **[Riley Coleman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/riley-coleman-a185754/) (they/them)** **Founder, AI Flywheel** Riley started their career as service designer creating behaviour change programs for marginalised communities in the not-for-profit sector. Before studying a masters in human-centred multimedia and transitioning to user experience design. Riley has spent the last 12 years working in design leadership roles in Australia, Germany, Netherlands and Sweden. Now, as founder of AI Flywheel, Riley teaches human-centric AI training programs to designers and leaders. Drawing from their extensive experience in behaviour change, human-centred design and technology transformation, they’re building a community of practice around effective Human+AI products, services and operations that people can trust. **[Kristin de la Fuente](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristindelafuente/)** **Design Lead – AI Products, SEEK & GenAI Lab Design Partner, GenAI Lab** At SEEK Kristin is pioneering trust architecture for automation and agentic experiences by recognising that trust failures are often psychological failures, not necessarily technical ones. She's designed practical mechanisms that keep customers centred and in control of agentic workflows. Working with teams to integrate Responsible AI principles and Strategic AI plays, Kristin leverages these frameworks to translate principles into concrete design decisions, ensuring they show up meaningfully in user experience. She moves beyond shipping impressive features to ask harder questions: where should AI actually be used? How do we maintain human agency at scale? Her work makes the invisible visible turning complex AI capability into systems people can understand, trust, and actually control. **EVENT SPONSORS** This event is brought to you by [Thoughtworks](https://www.thoughtworks.com) and [Dynamic4](https://dynamic4.com/). We take photos and record our events for documentation and promo purposes. Just let us know if you prefer not to be featured.

LTP 2026 Conversation Continued with Taufiq Khan
Thu, Jun 11, 7:30 AM**LTP 2026 Conversation Continued with Taufiq Khan** After one of the most talked-about sessions at Leading the Product 2026, [Taufiq Khan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/taufiqkhan/) is back for an intimate fireside chat to continue the conversation. Hosted by LTP Events and [The Onset](https://theonset.com.au/), this special evening will go deeper into the ideas, provocations, and practical insights from TK’s standout presentation at LTP 2026 — exploring why continuous synthesis is becoming one of the most important skills in modern product leadership, and how AI can help teams turn chaos into clarity. In a world overloaded with information, shifting priorities, and constant noise, how do product teams focus on what actually matters? Drawing on his experience across industries, TK will unpack how teams can better manage information, improve decision-making, move faster with confidence, and build what he calls a “context machine” — a smarter way to simplify inputs and create clearer outcomes. If you attended LTP 2026, this is your chance for an awesome double-dose of TK and an opportunity to go even deeper into the conversation. And if you missed the conference, you’ll discover why Taufiq as a fresh view on product and AI in general. Following the fireside chat, we’ll open things up for audience Q&A and networking — giving you the chance to connect with fellow product leaders navigating the same opportunities and challenge. **Evening timeline:** 5.30 – 6.15pm: Arrive, grab a drink, and connect 6.15 – 7.00pm: Fireside chat with Taufiq Khan and Q&A 7.00 – 8.00pm: Networking, conversation, and connection We’ll have light food and drinks covered — all we ask is that you bring your curiosity and your questions. [The Onset](https://www.theonset.com.au/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "https://www.theonset.com.au?utm_source=chatgpt.com") is one of Australia’s leading Digital, Product, Technology, Data, and Design recruitment and executive search firms, partnering with some of the country’s most recognised consumer, SaaS, retail, fintech, and technology businesses. They specialise in building high-performing Product and Digital teams across both contingent and executive search, supporting everything from critical leadership hires and CPO successions through to large-scale transformation and growth initiatives across the Australian market. **Reserve your spot today. RSVPs are limited and will close soon.**

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