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Riccardo Natoli: I think for the first time I feel like what it must be like to go back to kindergarten. 

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I had to really learn knowledge that I hadn’t really had the chance to learn previously, and new skills sets and meet new people. 

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So, for me it’s really like going back to school and I’m loving the process.

[Images move through to show Dr Anthea Roberts talking to the camera, the audience listening to a speaker, participants at a table, Anthea talking to the camera, and various ON signs]

Dr Anthea Roberts: There is nothing like this in a university context to start to give you these ideas about how you actually would take ideas from the university into market.

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Joanne Jacobs: So this week we’re at ON Accelerate Immersion and all the teams are really getting into the groove of what it takes to actually build a start up and create something that has longevity, sustainability, investability.

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Dr Ben Leita: You’ve got the idea, now you’ve got to create the company out of it. 

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So, you’ve come in, you’ve got an intense week of learning all these tools, how we piece this jigsaw puzzle together to make a company a reality.

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Dr Anthea Roberts: The most enjoyable part of Immersion week so far is that I’m an innovation junkie so I just love hearing all of the speakers talk about the innovations there is and actually get to enjoy them while being part of a company that’s taken part in this sort of approach.

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Dr Ben Leita: To come here as an expert and help give my skills, my experience to the teams, you see just every day they grow in confidence, they grow in their understanding, they grow the company into something that could be a reality one day.

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Joanne Jacobs: Over the 14 weeks, they have to prioritise what matters to their business. 

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They need to think about what’s going to be their investment pathway and how they’re going to take their ideas to the world.

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