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The glo project  2020 is starting soon - online!
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Businesses interested in the glo project or in mentoring and international student, please register here.


The glo project completed an amazing 2019 program with
16 Startups, over 150 students, 27 Volunteers
Check out our videos from our 2019 events




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The glo​balpreneurs project (glo)
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Businesses + international students
= global connectedness

The glo story
Early in winter of 2018, a diverse group of people were meeting in Melbourne.
This formal meeting was interrupted by a fire alarm that resulted in a few groups huddled out of the rain in a damp stairwell.  
In this uncomfortable and chilly situation, Tim Carroll and a small group  were pondering how international students must feel when moving to a new country to study.  What could we do to improve the social and cultural experience of our international students studying in Victoria? How can we utilise their global citizenship experience for their benefit and the benefit of the amazing Victorian Startup ecosystem?
Tim proposed that in his experience, international students all want to experience being an entrepreneur.
He also knew that Victorian Startup businesses are far more successful  and scale more rapidly if they start thinking globally.
What if these 2 needs could be combined?

The benefits of giving students access to real entrepreneurial experiences while giving startups access to global citizens became clear.
The globalpreneurship program or glo was born. 
glo looked like a little like this  in 2019
Video from final glo project event for 2019  - click to play
What is ​glo?
The glo project is an entrepreneurial learning program to create global connectedness between local Startups and International Students in the areas of product design, branding and cultural fit. It includes an academic component blended with extensive experiential learning.

For international students
glo has been created to:
  • Foster international students’ connectedness with other international and Australian students (make new friends)
  • Connect you with global experts in a range of business fields
  • Accelerate innovative thinking
  • Develop entrepreneurship skills using real experience within a real operating Startup business 
  • Foster leadership and communication abilities
  • Build your skills optimised for the future of employment
For Startups
glo provides great benefits to startups by:
  • An expanded global experienced team during the program
  • Challenge you preconceived ideas of global markets and consumer behaviour
  • Direct and real assessment of your product or service by experienced global citizens
  • Test your value proposition in global markets without leaving home
  • Access to global connections from the students network
  • Accelerate development of global strategies and market connections
Costs to attend
The glo project is a fully funded program for Startups and students accepted into the program,.
There is no cost to attend or participate.
Images  from glo project  2019 program 
Follow us for news of upcoming glo​ project programs. Grow your entrepreneurial skills and global thinking, awareness and connectedness in the vibrant Victorian innovation ecosystem.
glo is funded by Study Melbourne and supported by Start Global Pty. Ltd and Victorian TAFE Association
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Start Global and The Glo Project acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.

​We are committed to gender equity and diversity in our activities and programs.

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