Shane Collison
Director @Runway
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WORK HISTORY
Director @Runway
About usWe\'re born hungry to learn and explore, discover and to quest to understand our surrounding universe. That\'s the way we\'re all born! It\'s what makes us human and what pushes us forward. We wake up excited and we go to bed restless. We dream of making things better and we believe that anything\'s possible.Throughout out time in education, we have met so many boring and bland educators who make taking a course or learning something new as painful as possible. Well guess what? They don\'t work here! Everyone at Learning Cloud is an artist. From customer service to engineering, interface design to course development and our trainers are inspirational, passionate and zealous.We want to get you excited, we want to get you inspired and we want to get you motivated and guess what? we can! Changing the way people learn is no small task. To make it happen, we have some of the most talented, dedicated and creative people on the planet. Our content makes learning fun, it\'s interactive and put simply, an exciting experience. Learning Cloud is a step bigger then a college; it\'s a culture! Our openness and enthusiasm strikes chords with people wherever they are. We deliver the best learning experiences by breaking tradition and challenging the status quo. People learn best when they\'re having fun and that’s what learning cloud is all about.Our Values1. Be an artist - treat your work as craft. You are what you create.2. Learn - guess, test, break. Stay curious and absorb mistakes.3. Invent - shape the future. Dream what know one else dares.4. Break rules - challenge authority and ignore the status quo.5. Own - think like an entrepreneur. It\'s yours!6. Focus - eliminate distractions and simplify everything.7. Play offense - focus only on what you\'re good at and play to win.8. Think big - obsess about the mission. Keep everything in perspective.9. Push - will it into existence.10. We - strong minds spark genius. Strong teams spark revolutions.
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ABOUT SHANE COLLISON
Shane was co-founder of ICON Business Group, a leading private venture capital organisation founded in Newcastle in 2006 before founding company Learning Cloud Australia, Learning Cloud New Zealand and Learning Cloud Ireland. ICON had interests in over 24 individual companies worldwide. We believe in making a difference in our customers eyes. ICON stands for value for money, quality, innovation, fun and a sense of competitive challenge. We deliver a quality service by empowering our employees and we facilitate and monitor customer feedback to continually improve the customer experience through innovation. When we start a new venture, we base it on hard research and analysis. Typically, we review the industry and put ourselves in the customers shoes to see what could make it better. We ask fundamental questions, is this an opportunity for restructuring a market and creating competitive advantage? What are the competitors doing? Can we add value? Will it interact with our other businesses? Is there an appropriate trade off between risk and reward? Shane recently won the Yellow Pages Fastest Growing Companies Young Entrepreneur of the year award along with- Fastest Growing Education and Training Business - Fastest Growing Export - Fastest Growing three year old enterprise. With of clients globally, ICON Business Group has continued to grow and currently operates in sixteen offices across 5 countries including Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, France and Singapore with further expansion planned for South America, Canada and south Africa during 2012. In late 2009, ICON Business Group acquired Recycling company \"Smart Earth Recycling\" speclising in the collection and recycling of paper, cardboard waste products. Now, we are building the greatest education on earth. Specialties: Brand Development, Online Marketing, Advertising/Communication, web design, mergers and acquisitions, business development, systems administration, corporate governance.
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