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stories</h1> </div> <section class="nsw-section" id="investment-nsw-why-nsw" data-type="elementvideo" data-page-type="2"> <h2 >Investment NSW - Why NSW?</h2> <figure class="nsw-media"> <div class="wrth-media__video nsw-media__video" style="max-width: 920px"> <iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HKWA13mXeHo?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen title="Investment NSW - Why NSW?"></iframe> </div> <div class="nsw-accordion js-accordion"> <div class="nsw-accordion__title">Read transcript of the 'Investment NSW - Why NSW?' video</div> <div class="nsw-accordion__content"> <p>New South Wales is Australia's biggest<br>state the engine room of growth and<br>Innovation its capital is Sydney the<br>nation's Global City Gateway for<br>international arrivals and Australia's<br>one trillion dollar stock of inbound<br>foreign direct investment including 58<br>of total Venture Capital New South Wales<br>generates a third of Australia's GDP<br>making its economy the nation's largest<br>and larger than those of Denmark Israel<br>Malaysia Singapore or Hong Kong located<br>within Asian time zones New South Wales<br>is globally connected through expanding<br>airport infrastructure and major deep<br>water ports including Sydney's famous<br>Harbor and the largest bulk handling<br>facility on Australia's East Coast Port<br>of Newcastle with a population of 8<br>million almost a third born overseas New<br>South Wales is one of the world's best<br>educated and most diverse communities<br>over 200 languages are spoken if it were<br>History New South Wales would rank<br>fourth in the world for workers with<br>tertiary qualifications Australia is<br>ranked equal first in the world for<br>technology Readiness and New South Wales<br>is home to its largest pool of qualified<br>ICT workers New South Wales ranks fifth<br>globally for overall investment in<br>research and development over 600<br>multinationals choose to base their<br>Regional headquarters in Sydney<br>the 11th most livable city in the world<br>further afield the state's regions offer<br>a wealth of talent and resources<br>New South Wales ranks third behind only<br>California and Singapore for its number<br>of startup Founders we aim to become<br>Australia's first two trillion dollar<br>economy after 2040. investment New South<br>Wales is working with business to create<br>new opportunities in its priority<br>sectors<br>find out more about the opportunities<br>New South Wales can create for you</p> </div> </div> </figure> </section> <section class="nsw-section" id="nsw-going-global-export-program-garlos-pies" data-type="elementvideo" data-page-type="2"> <h2 >NSW Going Global Export Program - Garlo's Pies</h2> <figure class="nsw-media"> <div class="wrth-media__video nsw-media__video" style="max-width: 920px"> <iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wYqiZOGSJwY?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen title="NSW Going Global Export Program - Garlo's Pies"></iframe> </div> <div class="nsw-accordion js-accordion"> <div class="nsw-accordion__title">Read transcript of the 'NSW Going Global Export Program - Garlo's Pies' video</div> <div class="nsw-accordion__content"> <p>[Music]</p><p>I'm the general manager at Gallows pies</p><p>so Gallo's pies were started in 2001 by</p><p>my father Sean his brother Nathan and</p><p>their father Terry having up a small pie</p><p>shop back in River Junction and they</p><p>opened up 13 more stores over the next</p><p>nine years of the hundreds or even</p><p>thousands of meat pie supplies or</p><p>bakeries in Australia were one of only</p><p>five that's approved to export meat what</p><p>that means is that we can share our</p><p>passion for Aussie pies with the world</p><p>there's a big step up from being a</p><p>domestic wholesaler and manufacturer to</p><p>an international exporter the New South</p><p>Wales Going Global program has helped us</p><p>work on our language and terminology</p><p>when dealing with larger accounts from</p><p>overseas when you're dealing with Japan</p><p>Taiwan and South Korea they all have</p><p>different ways of talking about moq's</p><p>lead times tariff quotas certificate of</p><p>Origins and it's stuff that we had to</p><p>learn in order to speak the right</p><p>language from the get-go one of the</p><p>biggest advantages of the New South</p><p>Wales Going Global program is the</p><p>networking with other exporters it is</p><p>really beneficial to talk to other</p><p>exporters about their techniques about</p><p>exporting overseas and having that</p><p>Network to bounce ideas off the best</p><p>advice that we've receive in the New</p><p>South Wales Going Global program is ask</p><p>what the customer wants it's very easy</p><p>to assume that because something works</p><p>in Australia that it's going to work in</p><p>Japan or what's going to work in Japan</p><p>is going to work in the Middle East so</p><p>it's really really important to ask what</p><p>the customer wants so you can get their</p><p>expectations from the outset</p><p>[Music]</p> </div> </div> </figure> </section> <section class="nsw-section" id="meet-the-founders-prophero" data-type="elementvideo" data-page-type="2"> <figure class="nsw-media"> <div class="wrth-media__video nsw-media__video" style="max-width: 920px"> <iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uxF2IObEzZg?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen title="Sydney Startup Hub - Meet the Founders of PropHero"></iframe> </div> <div class="nsw-accordion js-accordion"> <div class="nsw-accordion__title">Read transcript of the 'Meet the founders: PropHero' video</div> <div class="nsw-accordion__content"> <p><strong><span>Carol Friel, Associate Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystems, Investment NSW</span></strong><span> Hi everyone, I’m Carol and I’m part of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystems team, part of Investment NSW. I’m here today at the Sydney Startup Hub with one of our amazing founders, Pablo who’s the co-founder of PropHero. Tell us a little bit about PropHero.</span></p><p><strong><span>Pablo </span></strong><span><strong>Gil Brusola</strong></span><strong><span>, PropHero</span></strong><span> So at PropHero we are digitising the property investment journey. So, our vision is why can you buy Amazon shares from your phone, but you can't buy property anywhere in the world.</span></p><p><strong><span>Carol Friel, Associate Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystems, Investment NSW </span></strong><span>That's quite an ambitious problem to be solving and a good market to be doing it in.</span></p><p><strong><span>Pablo </span></strong><span><strong>Gil Brusola</strong></span><strong><span>, PropHero</span></strong><span> We are very data backed like that's where Michael, my business partner, comes from. He has a double degree mathematician, like super bright guy. I strongly believe that ideas are worth 10, 15%.</span></p><p><strong><span>Carol Friel, Associate Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystems, Investment NSW </span></strong><span>Anyone can have an idea.</span></p><p><strong><span>Pablo </span></strong><span><strong>Gil Brusola</strong></span><strong><span>, PropHero</span></strong><span> Yes, it's just how you execute it and I think that's where both Michael and I have excelled on bringing the best talent to the team. We recently celebrated our first-year anniversary here.</span></p><p><strong><span>Carol Friel, Associate Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystems, Investment NSW </span></strong><span>Congratulations and you've been at the Sydney Startup Hub since the beginning.</span></p><p><strong><span>Pablo </span></strong><span><strong>Gil Brusola</strong></span><strong><span>, PropHero</span></strong><span> Since the beginning, yes.</span></p><p><strong><span>Carol Friel, Associate Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystems, Investment NSW </span></strong><span>Have you received any kind of government assistance?</span></p><p><strong><span>Pablo </span></strong><span><strong>Gil Brusola</strong></span><strong><span>, PropHero</span></strong><span> Yes, we got the MVP grant which was great. It really helps a lot, especially with the tech resources being so expensive. It definitely helps a lot. You get also from the community, like if you're missing on something you will share or they will say “hey have you applied for this?”, then you investigate a bit more.</span></p><p><strong><span>Carol Friel, Associate Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystems, Investment NSW </span></strong><span>Tell us a little bit about some accolades you've recently won.</span></p><p><strong><span>Pablo </span></strong><span><strong>Gil Brusola</strong></span><strong><span>, PropHero</span></strong><span> Yes, we won the Prop Tech Startup of the Year.</span></p><p><strong><span>Carol Friel, Associate Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystems, Investment NSW </span></strong><span>Congratulations!</span></p><p><strong><span>Pablo </span></strong><span><strong>Gil Brusola</strong></span><strong><span>, PropHero</span></strong><span> Yes, helps us building a lot of trust for our clients.</span></p><p><strong><span>Carol Friel, Associate Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystems, Investment NSW</span></strong><span> We look forward to looking at where PropHero is in 12 months’ time.</span></p><p><strong><span>Pablo </span></strong><span><strong>Gil Brusola</strong></span><strong><span>, PropHero</span></strong><span> Thank you very much. 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