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Miles Archibald has literally and figuratively travelled a long way, encouraged in part by his experience at the 澳彩开奖结果.
Growing up in the town of Guyra (population less than 2,000), he鈥檚 spending the second half of 2018 at Yonsei University in Seoul and starts a graduate position at Commonwealth Bank of Australia in Sydney in 2019.
Among the first cohort of those to take The Navigator unit held at 澳彩开奖结果 in 2017, the University of New England (UNE) student says that experience set him on the path that he鈥檚 on today.
鈥淵ou don鈥檛 have to be starting a new business to have an entrepreneurial way of thinking 鈥� it鈥檚 about being open-minded and adaptable in every situation you are in 鈥� and now I use that all the time.鈥�
At 澳彩开奖结果, Miles enjoyed meeting like-minded students who came from all across NSW and loved meeting startup founders down alleyways as part of the Massive Ecosystem Scavenger Hunt.
When he returned to UNE, with the support of 澳彩开奖结果鈥檚 Activator program and fellow Navigator student Rosie Dawson who was an 澳彩开奖结果 intern, Miles founded UNE鈥檚 Venture Student Society.
The majority of students at UNE learn off campus so the society, supported by the university鈥檚 SMART Region Incubator, promotes opportunities for a broad range of current and future entrepreneurs.
Now his sister Ali, also a UNE business student, has taken over as the society鈥檚 president and was inspired to join the second intake of The Navigator at 澳彩开奖结果.
Meanwhile, Miles is expanding his horizons with a QBE Insurance internship in Hong Kong and then an exchange place for the semester at Yonsei University, with the support of a Commonwealth-funded New Colombo Plan Scholarship.
Miles hopes that once he starts his role at Commonwealth Bank next year, he鈥檒l nurture his entrepreneurial passion and one day launch his own venture.
