Loving Islands’ founder Litia Kirwin takes home Runner’s Up prize at the inaugural Rare Birds Con 2016 start up business pitching competition!
Sydney: Excited and humbled to announce Loving Islands’ founder Litia Kirwin has taken home the Runner’s Up prize at the inaugural Rare Birds Con 2016 start up business pitching competition!
We hope the Rare Birds Con team are enjoying the end of their extremely successful first conference, held in Sydney over the 8th and 9th of June. The start up business pitching competition, saw 9 finalists battle it out for over $20,000 in prize value with 1 winner and 2 runner’s up walking away with a $1,000 cash prize and (more importantly) valuable mentorship from some of Australia’s most seasoned veterans of the startup world! #ifshecanican
“Congratulations to all other entrants for making it this far. We are extremely grateful to the Inspiring Rare Birds team for the opportunity, and are very much looking forward to what comes next!”
Litia Kirwin, Founder, Loving Islands
Total Rare Birds Runner’s up prize included:
- Full office fit-out from JasonL (valued at $10k AUD)
- 1 year Rare Birds Mentoring (valued at $5k AUD)
- Development of a Lean Business Canvas (valued at $3k AUD)
- $1,000 AUD cash prize (each)
- 1hr brand consultation session from Xero
- Essential PR Package from Kitt & Co
Notes and sources:
* For more information on the Rare Birds 2016 conference head here