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I'm Louise Brown.
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I'm the CEO and one of four
founders of HydGene Renewables.
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And I went through the
2020 ON Accelerate Program
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ON has impacted my research and professional journey
in a massive way.
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I was an academic at Macquarie University
for quite some time.
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I am now full time in HydGene Renewables
having spun out
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and taken the core team of researchers with us.
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You could start to see that
what we were doing could change the world
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if we could commercialise it, scale it up
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and get the right investment
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The best parts of on are the people.
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It's that network of experts in one place
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that are not just there for the Accelerate program,
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but they're there long term
and they're still there for us today.
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It's the experts on IP and how to translate that.
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It's the experts on PR
and marketing, commerce, finance, governance.
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That's what this program brings
and that was the best part of it.
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The ON program is a first of its kind.
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It is the flagship program in deep tech in Australia.
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It doesn't ask for anything in return.
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It just gives.
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And I wish it was around, you know, 20 years ago
when I started my academic career,
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because I always wondered, how do you talk to industry?
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There was a gap,
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Just lean in and give it a go.
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the ON program gives you that opportunity
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to see if it is the right fit for what you want.
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It is just that environment where you can
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thrive and learn and grow and do amazing things.