TerraCycle, Facebook, Twitter business insights at USC

THE CEO of TerraCycle, an US business which has amazingly developed new consumer goods from recycled cigarette butts, has some very unusual insights into business innovation – and he revealed many of them to a Sunshine Coast on Wednesday, along with experts from Twitter and Facebook.

Hearing Tom Szaky speak about business innovation and being able to question him directly was an unusual opportunity for Sunshine Coast business leaders, brought about through the Queensland Small Business Week program. Mr Szaky ialso spoke of new TerraCycle ventures at the breakfast. 

TerraCycle has been described as the ‘Google of garbage’ by the New York Times and ‘the coolest little start-up in America’ by Inc. Magazine.

Further attraction for Sunshine Coast business leaders to the 2014 Queensland Small Business Week breakfast were the presentations by entrepreneur and consultant to Facebook, Nick Bowditch, and also by Twitter executive, Oliver Hilton.

Also presenting at the breakfast, and of great interest to the strong tourism-related business market of the Sunshine Coast, was Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Small Business and the Commonwealth Games, Jann Stuckey.

The Sunshine Coast Queensland Small Business Week breakfast event was staged on September 3  at the Sunshine Coast University at the Innovation Centre auditorium.

Queensland Small Business Week runs from September 1-6.

www.business.qld.gov.au/smallbusinessweek

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