---
authors: []
categories: []
date: 2019-05-15 00:00:00
location:
  name: "Melbourne Business Centre"
  latitude: -37.8167
  longitude: 144.9617
  address: "Level 9, 440 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000"
summary: This recording is from a joint event between Designing Open Democracy and
  Melbourne Geek Night on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 in Melbourne. The event showcased
  innovative democratic startups growing in Melbourne. The video recording of the
  event can be found on YouTube and more details about the event can be found on the
  Meetup page.
tags:
- Designing Open Democracy
- Melbourne Geek Night
- democracy
- startups
- Melbourne
title: Make Your Own Democracy
---

# Make Your Own Democracy (Wednesday, May 15, 2019 in Melbourne)

This recording was from a joint event between Designing Open Democracy and Melbourne Geek Night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbL5uZMqTqQ&amp;feature=youtu.be

Meetup link: https://www.meetup.com/DesigningOpenDemocracy/events/261014681/

This will be a series of special joint presentations with Melbourne Geek Night and Designing Open Democracy about innovative democratic startups growing in Melbourne.

One of the presentations in this event was by Danny Johnson on his [MYO Democracy](../../projects/myo-democracy.md) platform — an open-source platform for collaborative democratic decision making.

The second presentation by Steve Guardiani of Melbourne Business Centre is geared towards anyone interested in starting (or growing) a business and the unexpected challenges that may hit you! Steve will deliver a candid talk about some of his experiences and will include:

* **Getting burnt with SEO**
* **How to lose $5,000 in 3 days with Adwords, and enjoy $0 ROI**
* **How I got sued for $10,000 for trying to follow the Google Guidelines**

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## Event Details

* Event Title: Make Your Own Democracy | The Start Up Money Pit
* Date: Wednesday the 15th of May 2019
* Time: Starting at 6pm (Room open at 5:45 pm)
* Location: Melbourne Business Centre, Level 9, 440 Collins Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000 (melbournebusinesscentre.com.au)