Start-up tips from popular meteorologist

WHEN meteorologist and Channel 7 weather presenter Jane Bunn is invited to speak at events in agricultural communities, one of

the most common questions she receives is ‘What weather app do you use?’

She soon realised there wasn’t one single app on the market she could recommend, so she developed her own.

Teaming up with software engineer David Hemming, Ms Bunn came up with Jane’s Weather, a one-stop shop for local weather forecasting for use throughout Australia.

Ms Bunn will share her start-up journey at a free talk in Bendigo on May 28 at Mackenzie Hall in Mackenzie Street, hosted by Startup Central Victoria.

In conversation with Bendigo’s Caleb Maxwell over lunch, Ms Bunn will share how she came up with a solution to the app problem and will also explain how her participation in a mentoring program helped grow her startup project.

“Through the chats with the mentor that I was connected with, I found that I was led in directions that I didn’t realise we needed to go and that made me think about things in different ways,” she said.

“We have been able to get Jane’s Weather Pro into trial phase with more than 150 users co-designing the platform to make sure we’re building exactly what they need.”

The event will run from 11am to 1pm, with a live stream from 11.30am to 12.30pm.

Registrations to attend can be made at startupcv.com.au/events/janes-weather.

Ms Bunn will also encourage aspiring entrepreneurs in the region to apply for a spot in Startup Central Victoria’s free 12-week accelerator program, which will start late next month.

Details about the app can be found at janesweather.com.