8.45am -Guest arrival, registration, networking and a light breakfast
9.15am WELCOME
Speaker: Olivia McDonnell, MD, SmartCo Media
9.25am KEYNOTE SESSION: FIRESIDE CHAT WITH KIM TEO
Founded in late 2018, former Smart50 Rising Star Mr Yum has pivoted their business through Covid-19’s ups-and-downs, moving from traditional menus to home deliveries, then QR-code table ordering, collecting $100m of VC backing to date. CEO Kim Teo and her co-founders Kerry Osborn, Adrian Osman and Andrei Miulescu are focused on positioning Mr Yum as a vital technological backbone for the sector to become the ‘Shopify’ of restaurants.
Kim will talk about Mr Yum’s pathway to global domination, her journey to 2022 Women Leading Tech Award Entrepreneur of the Year, and what to look for in a co-founder – plus what she’s learned over a challenging last 12 months.
Speaker: Kim Teo, Founder & CEO, Mr Yum
Moderator: Simon Crerar, Editor-in-Chief, SmartCo Media
10.10am PANEL SESSION Powering female founders: how can we level the playing field?
Start-ups are vital to Australia's economic prosperity.
But we’re not fully leveraging our women entrepreneurs: only 22% of Aussie start-ups are founded or co-founded by women, and last year only 2% of total capital raised went to female-only founder teams. Glass ceilings are being smashed, but not fast enough. We'll unpack this with an inspiring panel of successful female founders, discussing their capital raising challenges and sharing the secrets of their successes.
Panelists:
Christine Nguyen, Co-Founder, ReciMe
Jeanette Cheah, Co-Founder & CEO, The Hacker Exchange
