The CXO Report

Through our Sky News partnership, ACS is aligned with some of Australia’s most prominent ICT leaders and tech entrepreneurs. With successful stories of tech entrepreneurship, we hope to spark innovation within Australia so that others will use technology to propel our future economy.

Tech.biz reveals how innovative technologies are reshaping business and industry. In a special series, The CXO Report on Tech.biz, ACS uncovers the strategies for success by our nation's biggest tech entrepreneurs.

In this episode, you will see ACS Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Johnson, interviewing Peta Ellis, CEO of River City Labs.

Learn valuable lessons from Peta’s incredible journey growing Brisbane’s Startup community inside the city’s most prominent Coworking community of Tech Startups, Entrepreneurs and industry mentors.

• The importance of validating your ideas before you launch
• Tips on navigating the VC ecosystem
• Building your support network for long-term success
• Getting local to understand your customer and find the talent you need to succeed

Don't miss this exciting series, with game-changing insights from some of Australia's most successful tech entrepreneurs.

Peta Ellis
Chief Executive Officer of River City Labs

Since 2012 Peta has worked alongside Steve Baxter, the founder of River City Labs to grow Brisbane’s Startup community and establish RCL as Brisbane’s most prominent Coworking community. Peta Ellis is a Communications Professional with 15+ years’ experience in Marketing Communications, Media Relations, Publicity, Social Media Marketing and Public Profile Management.TechStartups , Entrepreneurs and industry mentors. The aim of River City Labs is to be a physical location to anchor the early stage and startup mobile, web and tech community in Brisbane. Known as a super connector in the Startup space, Peta believes that quality connections and valuable mentors make all the difference in the early stages. She works closely with Startup companies and Entrepreneurs in the first stages of development focussing on idea validation, identifying customer markets, integrated marketing strategies, pitching for investment and effective media launch campaigns. Peta founded the Brisbane Sponsored Entrepreneur Program which enables Startups to participate in a 12 week fully funded mentoring program.  The program wraps structure and validation around great teams in need support to get them to the next stage of growth.  Suncorp, BOQ and CUA have supported this initiative in Queensland to date. Through River City Labs, Peta engages with corporate organisations to facilitate meaningful relationships and ongoing support for the Startup and Entrepreneurial community. Bringing the two together enables collaboration beneficial to both parties.