Professor Antony Jacobson ​has been featured across the globe at leading universities & key note events and in numerous leading media sources including....

Professional Summary

Globally renowned advisor on Franchise Management and global franchise expansion


Globally praised innovator, Start up & Accelerator- Mentor / Advisor, Professor of Practice Entrepreneurship & Innovation, University lecturer and key note speaker on entrepreneurship and innovation, higher education innovator and advisor, business systems and business development strategist and advisor. Experienced at commercialising health care research and sought after lecturer and speaker on health care innovation.
Has co developed and worked with health care innovation hubs globally.

Successful entrepreneur, C.E.O, company founder and start up and scale up global mentor.

Experienced at commercializing and seed funding new ventures, concepts and research breakthroughs.

Experienced and well qualified to assist universities and higher education institutions innovate, disrupt and maximize monetization and maximize well-being for the good of the institution, students and staff.

Experienced and savvy at maximizing the student learning experience and innovating university systems, policy and staff to transform student learning, positivity, outcomes and results.

Experienced and qualified at developing partnerships between academia and industry, governments and the media. Experienced and qualified at developing cross academic partnerships globally.

Highly qualified and experienced in commercializing research in partnership with industry, business, government and not-for-profit organizations

Highly experienced in recruiting students for the higher education sector from Asia, Europe and Australia.

Highly praised key note presenter on innovation and entrepreneurship in Australia, USA, China, and the E.U.

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Connected to the world’s leading innovation institutions, Fortune 500 companies, leading venture capital firms, incubators and start-ups.

Professor Antony Jacobson is an experienced Professor of Practice-Entrepreneurship and was Professor of Practice in residence at the prestigious La Trobe University Business School Melbourne Australia from March 2016-March 2018.

Globally renowned as a highly successful innovator & entrepreneur that is credited as being a pioneer of the global super fruit and super food industries in addition to highly successful tech ventures.

20-year entrepreneurship, innovation related commercial, Start-up, Incubation, V.C and academic background.

Professor Jacobson has a rare combination of skills and experience gained through a highly successful background as an innovator, commercial entrepreneur and university professor and global key note speaker.

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Professor Jacobson has been highly successful and is experienced in commercializing and licensing health care innovation & information technology in addition to medical Technology as well as consumer brands and is known globally as a pioneer of the superfood – super fruit category.

​Successful and award winning, Professor of Practice-Entrepreneurship and has been sought after as a lecturer and key note presenter on innovation and entrepreneurship at:

• - Shanghai Impact hub-China
• - La Trobe University Business School-Australia
• - La Trobe University High School forum-Australia
• - Numerous other high-profile events

 
Renowned as being a global authority re global licensing and franchising and has been a media commentator for 20 plus years with regards to these industry sectors

Professor Jacobson has been involved with and orchestrated highly successful licensing of health care innovation and related research, I.T and web-based ground-breaking technology and is currently spearheading the licensing and global marketing of novel and unique medical technologies.

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Significant experience in commercializing ideas and concepts from inception to investor ready stage & seed-mezzanine funding stages in addition to I.P.O capital raising and has significant experience raising and negotiating capital investment for concepts, ideas and opportunities. 

Highly experienced and accomplished university researcher and thus is well versed in commercializing such research for commercial gain globally.
 
Combines highly successful experience as an innovator & commercial entrepreneur and an academic lecturer and researcher.
 
Highly skilled and experienced at technology transfer and commercialization.
 
Proven ability to thrive in challenging, new and uncertain environments.
 
Well versed, highly experienced and confident in all respects in global-commercial, academic and political environments.

Professor Antony Jacobson is very well connected with fortune 500 and Australian BRW 200 business leaders, connected with global venture capital firms, connected with leading global authors and celebrities and has worked with many such persons and groups globally.
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La Trobe University website January 2018 - May 2018

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La Trobe University promoted Professor Antony Jacobson as a globally famous innovator to its 100,000 plus social media followers.

Mildura Innovation Awards

​Antony Jacobson has worked considerably with the higher education sector in China and is known in China as a respected health care innovator and research commercialisation advisor. Professor Jacobson has also developed courses for AVEA Beijing in the area of health care innovation focusing on health care related curricula for Chinese vocational institutes.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonyjacobson/