Futurepreneurs Academy

at the City of Unley was a resounding success!

👉 Our Founder Sasha Dragovelic from Futurepreneurs Academy was thrilled to deliver an entrepreneurial workshop to a full room of young people — with our youngest participant just 6 years old.

💥 The energy in the room was incredible. The participants were engaged, inspiring, and asked outstanding questions throughout the session.

✨ A special highlight was hearing from Thea Economos, a participant, who shared her journey.

❗ Thea already has three businesses, is studying at university, has been to Parliament House Canberra, and is doing impressive work with young entrepreneurs across Australia, all before turning 20. We could not be prouder of her achievements.

During the workshop, we explored:

👉 Past participants and their success stories
🌍 Global, national, and local entrepreneurs and their achievements
🔍 The difference between entrepreneurship and business
❤️ The importance of customers in any business
🧩 The entrepreneurial process and Business Model Canvas
🤝 Who should be in your entrepreneurial dream team
🔑 The real secret to networking

📌 Thank you to the parents who made time to support these budding entrepreneurs and help them build skills that will serve them for life.

📌 Thank you also to the teachers in the room for encouraging their students to participate. Enriched education at its best.

💯 A big thank you to the awesome Laura De Bono for the amazing work she does each year coordinating the workshops, activities, and Pitch Night at the City of Unley.

➡️ I cannot wait to see and hear the ideas these young entrepreneurs bring to Pitch Night.

Get your applications in!
Don’t miss this opportunity to transform your ideas 💡 into ventures 💰

Applications are now open for Fish Tank: a program where young people 8–25 years pitch their business ideas to a panel of industry judges for a chance to win funding 💰 and mentorship 🤝

Last year’s first prize winner, Aria Bradley (pictured), reflected that as a young entrepreneur, “programs like Fish Tank are a crucial stepping stone in bringing our ideas to life.”

She revealed that the program “was the first step in making my business feel ‘real.’ By preparing a pitch to investors, I was able to get crystal clear on my idea, and it was such a wonderful feeling to be believed in by people more experienced than me.” 🐟

For full details, or to apply visit our website unley.sa.gov.au/fish-tank

Fish Tank is BACK! Our City’s flagship youth entrepreneurship program has returned, and we’re on the lookout for the next generation of big thinkers and bold creators. 💡🚀

👉 Know a young entrepreneur? Encourage them to apply!

Applications are now open for young people 8–25 years to pitch their business ideas to a panel of industry judges for a chance to win funding and mentorship.

For full details, or to apply visit our website unley.sa.gov.au/fish-tank

Fish Tank, our City’s flagship youth entrepreneurship program is BACK. 💡🚀

James (pictured right), our first prize winner from 2019, shared the impacts that the program has had on him:

“Participating in Fish Tank transformed my confidence - public speaking used to terrify me, and now I back myself to pitch and lead. It also made me feel part of a community of founders”

He regarded that the guidance from the business mentoring that he received “still shapes how I build, validate and act upon ideas today within my new business, Future Finances.”

👉 Know a young entrepreneur? Encourage them to apply!

For full details, or to apply visit our website unley.sa.gov.au/fish-tank

A wonderful mentoring session with City of Unley winners Elodie - 12 and Emmeleia - 11 and our Founder Sasha Dragovelic.

📣 We practiced the and covered some techniques.

📊 We reivewed how to use the Business Model Canvas and how to develop Customer Personas.

🎉💡🎓 These young entrepreneurs have come up with games that are fun, social, educational and reduces screen time.

Our founder Sasha Dragovelic had an awesome mentoring session with winner Zara.

Zara is developing technology that allows environmentally conscious consumers find pre-loved clothing in opp shops, secondhand stores, thus minimising waste.

✅ we reviewed customers vs beneficiaries
✅ discussed pitching preparation techniques
✅ explored prototyping options
✅ explored marketing testing

Shoutout to Laura De Bono and City of Unley for developing young entrepreneurs through the program.