Season Two · 2025 · The Startup Saga

SHR!MP

Getting some serious SHRMP done. A year of putting it out there — EvokeAg, the innovation state, and the pivot that turned a homeless shrimp company into a student-powered education engine.

8 episodes + teaser2025Behind the scenes of SHRMP.bio

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Episodes

TEASER Oh Captain! My Captain! End-of-year metrics make for disheartening reading. A hard look at what a year of putting it out there actually bought. 28 Oct 2025 E01 2025 (Oh Captain, my Captain) A Herculean end-of-2024 push to turn good content into bite-sized posts and get some life onto the site and LinkedIn. 25 Nov 2025 E02 Waiting for Godot — Down Under Edition January in Australia is like August in France: motivation at an all-time low. Then February, and it’s back into action. 27 Nov 2025 E03 Evoke(n) — Part 1 — F$!@ing (Farming) Wisdom, straight up. EvokeAg 2025 is far bigger than expected — a 4am start, and workshops that turn out genuinely insightful. A triple feature begins. 29 Nov 2025 E04 Evoke(n) — Part 2 — Farming Is (Getting Too) Hard, Mate Direct talk on “reckless” regulation, an emerging urban/country divide, and a room deeply concerned about climate change. 30 Nov 2025 E05 Evoke(n) — Part 3 — Outback Salami A public-service announcement about extraordinary food: camel cheese, crocodile spring rolls, Moreton Bay bugs, kangaroo. 1 Dec 2025 E06 Victoria the Innovation State Is that really what’s on the number plates? After nearly 20 years here, maybe it’s time to take the state’s own hint. 3 Dec 2025 E07 SHRMP.edu — Spicing Up Student Lives The board backs (re)capitalising to build the prototype — if a home can be found in six weeks. So the cold-calling of course coordinators begins. 5 Dec 2025 E08 University Project Olympics Just as the ink on SHRMP.edu dries, a Swinburne colleague asks for a good student project. Funny enough, there’s a notebook full. 7 Dec 2025