Home featured L-R: Cathy Yuncken (St. George) with Robert Quinn, co-founder of Patch’d Featured Startup Featured Patch’d and GoTerra out-perform four other start-ups in fast-paced, 60-second pitch comp James Harkness June 23, 2017 St. George has awarded a total of $100,000 in business grants as part of its 2017 Kick Start program , a fast-paced, 60-second pitch competition hosted at TEDxSydney (16 June). In the New Business Idea category, Patch’d Medical and GoTerra out-pitched four other start-ups to take home first and second prize (a $40,000 grant and a $10,000 grant), respectively. Patch’d Medical has developed a discrete patch, which enables physicians to remotely monitor a patient’s vital signs in real-time from their smart phones. Meanwhile, GoTerra is developing a modular, mobile insect farm that will enable users to convert food waste into livestock feed Dynamic Business caught up with Robert Quinn, the co-founder of Patch’d Medical, and Olympia Yarger, the founder GoTerra, to discuss their businesses, their involvement in Kick Start, and pitching to the program’s judges – Cathy Yuncken (GM, Business Banking, St.George, Martine Jager (CMO, Westpac); Remo Giuffré (founder and licensee, TEDxSydney) and Taj Pabari (founder & CEO, Fiftysix Creations). The origin stories Quinn: Five years ago, I had a liver transplant, which meant I was in and out of hospital. During this time, I noticed a lot of people who were stuck in hospital because they needed their vital sign monitored. Considering the impact on quality of life, which in turn impacts patient outcomes, and the