Startup Builder™ Q&A Live Stream

🚀 Startup Builder™ Live Q&A: Scale Smarter with Advanced Manufacturing

Are you a founder building physical products, hardware, or anything beyond software—and wondering how to scale without getting stuck in complexity, cost, or compliance?

Join us for a live Q&A with aerospace engineer and systems thinker Tim Kelly, Director of the Manufacturing Excellence Forum (MEF). With two decades of international experience contributing to programs like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Boeing 787, and Airbus A350. Tim now helps startups tap into advancing Australia’s sovereign manufacturing capability by leveraging his knowledge to build sustainable high-impact products across industries.

🔔 When to Tune In?

🇦🇺 Australia
🗓️ Friday, October 3
🕘 9:00am AEST | 8:30am ACST | 7:00am AWST

🇺🇸 USA
🗓️ Thursday, October 2
🕓 4:00pm PDT | 7:00pm EDT

💡 What You’ll Learn

Get real-world guidance on:

• The biggest myths founders believe about hardware and manufacturing

• How Manufacturing Excellence Forum, helps connect startups to suppliers, infrastructure, and partners

• Common traps in moving from prototyping to production

• What “sovereign capability” really means—and how founders can engage

• Balancing innovation speed with rigour in physical product development

🙋‍♀️ Bring Your Questions for Tim

Submit them in advance: https://form.typeform.com/to/GYz6LN0q

Whether you're working on drones, climate tech, mobility, or a software-powered physical product—this is your chance to learn how to scale smarter and build products that last. Don’t miss it.