MYOB’s Digital Challenge is returning for its ninth year and 2023 registrations are now open for young innovators from
across New Zealand and Australia to compete against their peers.
Aimed to support and grow the skills of upcoming local tech talent, the MYOB Digital Challenge offers tertiary students
from both sides of the Tasman a chance to demonstrate their abilities as they create technology-centric solutions to
address a common business problem.
Registered participants have just over a week to develop their solution to the problem, sharing their concepts in a
video for preliminary judging.
Six finalist teams are then chosen to move through to the next stage of the Challenge, tasked with bringing their ideas
to life and presenting these to a judging panel, evaluated on their creativity, the business case for the idea,
financial planning, marketing strategy and more.
A judge of the Digital Challenge, MYOB Chief Product & Technology Officer - Darren Smith, explains: “Seeing local, emerging entrepreneurs and future leaders in the MYOB
Digital Challenge stretching their skills in so many different directions – from creativity to technology and
commerciality – gives me a real energy lift.
“This year I’ll be looking for the whole package. A novel idea that targets a true pain point for a specific audience
and how the teams plan to go from concept to cash – but grounded in reality. Essentially, a lean startup mindset!” he
adds.
Hosted in partnership with the University of Auckland Case Club (UACC), submissions are judged by a panel of MYOB
executives and UACC representatives, with three teams from Australia and three from New Zealand selected for the MYOB
Digital Challenge Trans-Tasman Final on 20th July.
Each finalist will have one-on-one mentoring with senior leaders at MYOB to help refine their solution before presenting
to the final judges, and the winner will be decided and revealed during the live event. The winners crowned on the day
of the final will take away a share of the $8,500 prize pool.
More than 1,700 students have entered the MYOB Digital Challenge since it launched nine years ago, with last year seeing
nearly 80 teams register from all corners of Australia and New Zealand.
Registrations are open from today and teams eager to be part of this year’s cohort will have until 11pm NZST/9.00pm AEST
on Wednesday 28th June to sign up. For more information and to register, visit:https://myobdigitalchallenge.com/