00:00Sharing ideas while soaking up the Gold Coast's natural beauty.
00:06These aspiring entrepreneurs are among the next generation of tech superstars.
00:11Ever since COVID there's been a lot of brain drain from the cities.
00:16Everyone's coming here and it's a totally different place now.
00:19Sheila Gough Kenyon's company is creating artificial intelligence tools to build spacecraft.
00:25She decided to base her business on the Gold Coast in 2023.
00:30It's a great place to build a team and it's a great place, I guess, to get the other resources, right, that you need.
00:36With its beautiful beaches and attractions, the Gold Coast is a holiday maker's hot spot.
00:42But now the tech sector is contributing almost as much to the city's economy as tourism does.
00:48It's worth about $1.4 billion to the Gold Coast economy.
00:52About 9,000 people are employed here in the tech sector.
00:57The council has worked to cement the city as a tech hub, funding this co-working space
01:02and a three month long mentoring and investment program.
01:05Where we get to pitch to investors and potential customers, raise some money potentially
01:09if that's the path you want to go down and sort of kick off, start building your business.
01:13These tech innovators have weekly strategy talks while taking in the city's beauty.
01:18It's very easy for someone who is chasing a better lifestyle, nice weather, this, to leave
01:26a place like Melbourne or Sydney.
01:28Work-life balance leading to big ideas.
01:31Rach Mehr Jenner
01:32Oh, no.
01:33Thanks ever, be kind.
01:34Play the best, dlatego thank you've got me to give you a beer today.
01:35Just keep it cool on my VERY privileges.
01:36VenueTHEAN
01:37YOLAN
01:38Yeah, it's feel great to watch the other day.
01:39That's what I want to do today.
01:40Talk to me today…
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