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FWD›SCALE

Ready to go from local to global?

FWD›SCALE is your launchpad to exponential growth.

Gain actionable strategies, connect with experienced mentors, and define success on your terms at FWD›SCALE. This stream provides the tools to scale your business to new heights.

Whether you’re scaling for financial growth, tackling social challenges, or achieving personal freedom, this stream is designed to meet you where you are and elevate you to where you want to be.

What to Expect:

  • Storytelling: Be inspired by real-world journeys from humble beginnings to worldwide success.
  • Learning: Join our tender-ready “how-to” workshops and gain actionable tools to make scaling achievable and sustainable.
  • Immersion: Define what success means to YOU in an interactive session that aligns your goals with your unique vision.
  • Action: Participate in our hands-on “Live Scale Your Business” event and walk away with strategies ready to implement.

Network with fellow trailblazers, connect with mentors, and access the insights you need to take your business to the next level. Whether you’re dreaming of global markets or solving local challenges, this is your moment to SCALE.

Speakers

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Kelly Lavery

Strucket’s seemingly overnight success was based on three years of research, design, prototype, tooling, testing, grant applications, sourcing funding, sleepless nights.

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Bryton Wishart

Bryton is a proud entrepreneur and technology enthusiast with an obsession for learning. Bryton is on the Silicon Coast Board.

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Laura Ashmole

Laura believes the success of any business is determined by its ability to innovate, harness the potential of it’s people and be utterly obsessed with it’s customers.

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Nicole Nixon

Nicole brings a rare blend of empathy and operational discipline, shaped by diverse roles in manufacturing, consulting, and entertainment.

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Mark Woodland

Mark has built and scaled multiple purpose-driven companies, combining technology, empathy, and relentless execution.

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Susan Toft

As CEO and founder of Laundry Lady and TimeBoss (an AI-driven platform powering The Laundry Lady), Susan has created scalable solutions for industries like aged care, cleaning services, and pet grooming.

Sessions

FWD›SCALE’s Sessions

Storytelling

Scaling: do you even have what it takes?

FWD>SCALE

Are you scaling for the ego of it? Do you even know what success looks like for you? Are you measuring the right success metrics for you? Comparing and contrasting the scale stories of Mark Woodland, Founder Xplor and Kismet, you will be challenged to explore (see what we did there!) what really makes it all worth it for you!

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Venue 114

Learning

The Growing Pains: overcoming challenges as your business scales

FWD>SCALE

We explore the 'what keeps you up at night' topics of people, cashflow, marketing, sales and leadership through growth with an extraordinary panel including Chad Hardy, formerly UBER now COO, Bookipi | Ben Thomson, FND Managing Director, First Nations Distributors | Nicole Nixon, CEO Five Faces | Lachie Smart, Smartline Medical | Bryton Wishart, Cured Compliance

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Venue 114

FWD›LUNCH & LEARN

Day 1 - FWD›LUNCH & LEARN with Daniel Flynn

Following his acclaimed FWD>>>FEST debut in 2023, we are incredibly excited to welcome back Daniel Flynn, Co-Founder of Thankyou, as the Keynote Speaker for the FWD>DAY ONE Lunch & Learn Session at FWD>>>FEST 25. Daniel will share his insights on building a sustainable social enterprise and challenging conventional business models that are relatable to all business types. Learn from Thankyou's journey of funding vital global programs through consumer products.

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Venue 114

Immersion

Defining Successful Scaling: real life actionable lessons

FWD>SCALE

What does successful scaling really mean? Define your own success by interacting with those that have dug deep in their scaling journey. Share in the stories of Kelly Lavery, Inventor and CEO Strucket | Vinisha Rathod, Founder and MD, p3 studio

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Venue 114

Action

Live FWD Pitch

FWD>SCALE

It is time to be judged (in the best possible way!). Selected scaling companies will live pitch in front of a panel of judges sharing their scaling strategies, projections and critical challenges - hoping to be named the business to back! Facilitated by Laura Ashmole, Head of Growth ACS Labs.

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Venue 114

Networking

Day 1 - FWD›Connector

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The perfect way to wind down and catchup with old connections, make new ones and celebrate a big first day at FWD>>>FEST. All thanks to the Sunshine Coast Tech Industry Alliance (SCTechIA) who provides the first shout! SCTechIA is the gateway for the digital economy and a driving force for industry development, advancement, promotion and connection!

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Venue 114

Wed 7 May

Connect, Support & Grow

DAY ONE

DAY ONE is a full day dedicated to providing entrepreneurs and innovators with the tools, connections and support they need to accelerate to the next level through the delivery of 4 Streams delivering real life storytelling, learning, immersion and action!

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Thurs 8 May

Challenge, Lead & Drive

DAY TWO

DAY TWO is a full day meticulously designed to challenge the mindset and business acumen of our entrepreneurs, innovators and their support system.

Professional and personal development are a cornerstone to leadership and this day is designed to produce our next gen leaders.

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Fri 9 May

Conversate, Collaborate & Act!

DAY THREE

DAY THREE will be like no other day you have ever experienced, designed to encourage the conversations that should happen, but don’t!

This day is designed to be life-changing and fun. Our hope is that in 10 years you look back and realise that the people and opportunities that shaped your future, you met at FWD›››FEST 25.

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Festival Streams

Explore sessions by day

7 - 9 MAY 2025 Sunshine Coast

Acknowledgement of Country

Silicon Coast and partners pays our deepest respect to the Traditional Custodians of this country; the Kabi Kabi and Jinibara peoples of the coastal plains and hinterlands of the Sunshine Coast, as we honor them as the original storytellers, innovators, and custodians of this land, embracing their wisdom to innovate while respecting the sacred ground on which it takes place.

© 2022 - 2025 FWD›››FEST | SILICONCOAST. All Rights Reserved.

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