Yesterday I attended the first session of "Collisions" speaker series. It's to celebrate the launch of Collider Accelerator for Creative Startups. The first speaker of the block was Ian Mason of Virgin Startup. I didn't even know there was a Virgin Startup, so that was something new I learnt immediately. But the larger take away from the talk was how important a proper support system is for a startup ecosystem.

Ian's talk painted an informative picture of the situation in the UK and how Virgin Startup is making a difference. His personal entrepreneurial story was also very interesting. Because not only was it a story of seeing a need and filling it, but also of how inspiration can come from areas outside of your specialisation.

The Virgin Startup is apparently coming to Australia, with Ian spending time locally during the latter half of this year to set everything in motion. I am looking forward to seeing how the startup impacts the Australian ecosystem.