# Nate Sturcke

> Nate Sturcke is a Perth-based designer, facilitator and developer working at the intersection of innovation, education and impact. Head of Impact at Spacecubed (Meshpoints), founder of Skills of the Modern Age and Echo Impact.

Nate Sturcke (also Nathan Sturcke) is based in Perth, Western Australia. He works across three areas: designing and facilitating innovation programs, building startup ecosystems, and designing and developing software.

## Roles

- Head of Impact, Spacecubed — leads Meshpoints, a Lotterywest-funded collective-impact initiative building WA’s culture of entrepreneurship and innovation (2022–present)
- Founder and managing director, Skills of the Modern Age — a boutique consultancy focused on strategy, design and human-centred skills (2018–2026)
- Founder and developer, Echo Impact — software that helps foundations, enterprises and not-for-profits map, collect and analyse their impact
- Senior manager, breakthrough innovation, RAC WA (2016–2017)
- Director, Founder Institute Perth (2016–2019)
- Lead organiser, Startup Weekend Perth (2015–2020)

## Achievements

### Building innovative skills and capacity

- **Workshop facilitation** — 30,000+: Worked with over 30,000 participants across 190 organisations in Asia Pacific through Skills of the Modern Age, a boutique consultancy focused on strategy, design and human-centred skills.
- **Corporate innovation** — WA 1st: Established RAC’s innovation program, product incubation and venture studio, and launched RAC SeedSpark, Western Australia’s first seed-funded accelerator.

### Designing, developing and scaling global software

- **[Echo Impact](https://www.echoimpact.io)** (Founder & dev) — $250M+: Supporting $250m+ in philanthropic funding
- **[WA Ecosystem Navigator](https://wainnovation.ecosystem.org.au)** (Developer): Helping WA innovators find the right support
- **[HealthEngine](https://healthengine.com.au)** (Employee) — 1M+: Led product marketing for a healthcare platform used by 1M+ Australians a month
- **SkillSocial** (Founder & dev, product retired): Cohort-based social learning for schools and workplaces
- **Icebreaker** (Founder & dev, product retired): Workshop icebreakers for creative teams and facilitators

### Supporting West Australian startups and innovators

- **Ecosystem building** — $3M+: Granted over $3m to 102 projects, grew a network of 210+ partners and reached 27,000+ Western Australians through [Meshpoints](https://www.meshpoints.com), powered by [Spacecubed](https://spacecubed.com) and funded by Lotterywest.
- **Startup programs** — 1,000+: Mentored 1,000+ entrepreneurs through director roles at [Startup Weekend](https://www.techstars.com/communities/startup-weekend) and [Founder Institute](https://fi.co), and program roles at Plus Eight.

## Links

- Website: https://natesturcke.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natesturcke/
- Full list of case studies: https://natesturcke.com/llms-full.txt