Enterprise Exchange International
Enterprise Exchange International Pty Ltd (EXI) is an international leader in specialist psychological services.
EXI was founded in 2004 by psychologist Louise Earnshaw as the developer and owner of four accredited Entrepreneurship courses, courseware and training services. They were the only accredited entrepreneurship courses in the Australian Vocational Education and Training sector.
EXI courses and training services were specifically developed to skill at-risk youth to create in entrepreneurship.
The courses were internationally recognised as successfully engaging marginalised youth and communities with education, training and employment.
EXI ethos, pedagogy and curriculum was informed by the founder’s PhD study into the Similarities between successful entrepreneurs and at-risk youth.
The structured yet flexible curriculum skills students, teachers, trainers and mentors in new venture creation and yields a minimum viable product in 12 weeks.
In 2005 EXI launched a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) to deliver the suite of entrepreneurial training services through schools, TAFEs and community organisations across Australia.
Entrepeneurship
World-class online and onsite entrepreneurship training for communities excluded from social-economic participation
Training and Incubation
Bilingual Refugee Cooperatives for economic autonomy and enterprising industry linkages
Psychological
Rapid Critical Incident and Trauma Response for Australian and International organisations
Training and Incubation
Bilingual Refugee Cooperatives for economic autonomy and enterprising industry linkages
Psychological
Rapid Critical Incident and Trauma Response for Australian and International organisations
EXI’s founding Psychologist/Director
Louise Earnshaw is an acclaimed social entrepreneur, educator and cross-cultural psychologist. She graduated in 2000 with first class Honours (Psychology) from the Uni of Queensland where she was awarded a PhD scholarship.
Louise’s PhD research into “the similarities between entrepreneurs and youth at risk’ was the catalyst for EXI and sister Chutzpah.
Louise won three prestigious awards for this pioneering work, which allowed her to develop the methodology against international best practice.
Louise toured the work to six countries in seven years, including the remote high-altitude desert community of the Indian Himalayas, post-tsunami Sri Lanka, New York, Canada and Denmark. She established a rural and remote social/emotional wellbeing service for the Martu people of the Western Desert then worked for four years on the Christmas Island with asylum seekers and refugees, unaccompanied minors then security and immigration services. In 2016 Louise initiated a volunteer assignment in Malta to support refugees in entrepreneurship and small business development. She also has also completed a BA Journalism, a Diploma of Theatre Arts and a Diploma of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Skills.
The Chutzpah Factory College of Entrepreneurship Inc. 2005-2008
At the time of launching EXI, its founder also established the Chutzpah Factory College of Entrepreneurship Inc (Chutzpah Inc.) as a tax-deductible charity to work exclusively with indigenous and non-indigenous youth whose educational needs were unmet.
Chutzpah Inc. grew-up under the direction of stellar Management and Advisory boards from 2005-2008.