Speed Mentoring by Startup Melbourne - 23rd February, Melbourne
Speed dating. But for startups.

Come down for Startup Melbourne's inaugural networking event where budding entrepreneurs will have the chance to learn, pitch and collaborate with some of Australia's most accomplished startup minds.

You will get the chance to talk about your business with Venture Capitalists, Virtual CFOs, and General Managers of some of Australia's most well known startups in one intense round of mentoring after another!

Mixed with Peer-to Peer sessions, the aim is to connect people who identify with the grind, hustle and growth of entrepreneurship, while in the process helping each other come to collaborative solutions.

Startup Grind - 26th February, Melbourne
6 - pm @ NAB 'The Atrium'

Danny Gorog and Eytan Lenko are co-founders and directors of Outware Mobile, which specialises in developing mobile software that is intuitive, effective and engaging. Since 2009, Outware Mobile has been turning good ideas into great mobile experiences, producing some of Australia’s most popular apps including Grow by ANZ, AFL Live, Coles Mobile Wallet, SEEK, nib Health Insurance and many more. In 2014, Outware Mobile won a raft of awards, including: AIMIA awards for the Snap Send Solve and Cricket Australia Live apps, the Australian Mobile & App Design Award for best large studio, the Campaign Specialist Agency of the Year Bronze Award and a Melbourne Design Award for the Coles Mobile Wallet app. Outware Mobile was also ranked 8th in Deloitte’s Tech Fast 50, Smart Company’s Smart 50 and BRW’s Fast 100.

Rewind / Fast Forward - Wednesday 25 March, Sydney

9am - 5pm @ Doltone House, Hyde Park, Sydney

Rewind / Fast Forward is an event that celebrates the last twenty years of the commercial web. It is a forum that will discuss past significant trends, and look towards the future of the Web and identify the next round of disruptive challenges and opportunities for your business.

Pause Fest is Australia's largest digital culture festival aimed at supporting and showcasing the best in creative and tech from Australia and all over the world. With over 6,000 people participating in 2014, they are looking at about 10,000 attendees in 2015. Pause Fest attendees will have the opportunity to join a powerful mix of industry professionals, startups and early adopters of digital disciplines. One pass gives you access to an array of events will be held over seven days all over the city of Melbourne ensures that there's an event for everyone.

If you're still not convinced, here are 9 Reasons You Can't Miss Pause Fest 2015:

The theme for Pause Fest 2015 is 'Pure' - simple ideas that will change the world.

All-star speaker line-up that is. Check out the impressive list of over 100 speakers who will be sharing their experiences.

Pause Fest is all about starting the conversations we should be talking about. Pause Fest is joining forces with TAC to bring you Pause the Road Toll, a one-day ideas hackathon open to fresh talent including entrepreneurs, creative thinkers and technologists alike. "One day, one brief, one chance to come up with a potentially life saving idea".

The festival lasts for seven days, which provides everyone with the opportunity to attend an event. Weekday events are mostly in the evening, and there are whole-day workshops on the weekend. Check out the schedule to see them all.

Get yourself to Deakin Edge one evening to enjoy one or more of the host of events taking place there.

'Project Focus' will give you insight into the innovative minds behind the world's most exciting projects. Featuring: My Fitness Pal, Guardian Australia, Etsy, Braintree Dev, Push Collective, Interbrand, Random Hacks of Kindness, among many others.

'People Focus' will be a discussion covering topics such as The Future of Digital Design, Creativity with a Conscience, How to Build Your Business Empire. Learn from the best at this evening event on Saturday 14th February.

F is for Fun. Dotted throughout the festival are some Pause Parties featuring music from Melbourne's best electronic performers at Tech_bar.

Pause Fest 2015 Opening Party, Thursday 12th February

Four DJs, including Pause Fest founder George Hedon himself, will be playing to celebrate the start of Pause Fest.

Project Pixel Squared, Friday 13th February

The city's best VJs and DJs join to create an audio-visual performance you shouldn't miss.

Pause Sunset Party, Saturday 14th February

Pause Fest is joining with the CEO of Droga5 Agency to throw a Sunset party straight after the conference. What better way to end the day?

Make sure you get to the Startup Expo will be held at the Atrium in Fed Square all day Sunday the 15th, to find out why Forbes is saying "Global Tech Companies Make Melbourne Their Australian Home".

How do you make an impact with your story or pitch?

Attend Cube Stage Day 2: Startups & Stories event on Sunday 15th February at Deakin Edge to find out.

From startups to scientists... Learn how to tell stories that engage and disrupt. Learn from the best, with speakers from my Fitness Pal, Clemenger BBDO, Envato, Coin Jar, Elance-ODesk, REA Group, and more...

Or Check out This American life, and join awarding winning duo Brian Reed and Miki Meek to learn about great stories and how to pitch them on Saturday 14th February.

This festival is all about exploring what is the latest technology and how it is being used to create new solutions and experiences. This year, Pause Fest will be powered by iBeacon - a small wireless device that sends and receives signals using a form of Bluetooth is triggered when you're phone is in proximity of a beacon signal. It picks up on the unique ID of your phone and decides to take action, such as transmitting a notification or content to your phone.

Find out more information about the many other events here.

What are you waiting for? The festival starts today. As a Startup Melbourne reader, you can grab your tickets at a 10% discount here.

Or you can simply type in this promo code - StartupGrindxPause