Nikki Durkin (99Dresses)

Mar 22, 2017, 7:00 – 10:00 AM (UTC)

Sydney

Hall Chadwick, Level 40, 2 Park St, Sydney, 2000

Come and listen to the founder of 99Dresses Nikki Durkin. Nikki's story is one of both success and failure.

In-person event

About this event

Nikki started her first successful online business at 15, and at 18 she started 99dresses - an online fashion trading platform for women. 

During her journey, she was accepted into Y Combinator (the #1 startup accelerator in the world), raised money from prominent Silicon Valley investors, moved to New York City from Australia, and experienced a myriad of startup successes and failures. 

After 99dresses, Nikki moved back to Australia to found CodeMakers - a virtual coding school for kids.

Nikki's received many accolades including an AIIA iAward, being named one of Sydney Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential People, and being a top 3 finalist in Cosmopolitan Magazine's 'Fun, Fearless Female Of The Year' Awards. 

Check out what happened

Speaker

  • Nikki Durkin

    99Dresses

When

When

Wednesday, March 22, 2017
7:00 AM – 10:00 AM (UTC)

Agenda

7:00 AMNetworking and Food
8:00 AMFireside Chat
9:00 AMNetworking

Organizers

  • David Kenney

    Startup Grind Sydney

    Chapter Director

  • Brendan Yell

    Twilio

    Chapter Director

  • Carolyn Breeze

    Startup Grind, Scalare Partners, Tech Ready Women, Australian Technologies Competition

    Chapter Director

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