The Company

Enterprise eXchange International (EXI) is the developer and owner of accredited courses, courseware and training services in Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Skills. EXI courses and training are based on Founder Louise Earnshaw's PhD empirical research which found similarities between successful entrepreneurs and maverick youth. EXI courses teach students how to turn a hobby or passion into a money-making opportunity, which can make literacy and numeracy meaningful through real world application. They are the only accredited entrepreneurship courses in the Australian VET sector.

EXI's mission, focus and relevance are global, with particular relevance to marginalised peoples and communities and cultures under threat. In 2005, Earnshaw also founded the Chutzpah Factory College of Entrepreneurship, a registered training organisation working exclusively with at risk youth in rural Victoria and remote WA aboriginal communities. See The Chutzpah Factory (Open this link in a new window).

Certificates and a Diploma of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Skills teach students how to turn a hobby or passion into money (e.g. Fixing and selling bikes). The courses and training are particularly successful in engaging marginalised youth, people and communities in sustainable earning, learning and cultural preservation.

Students graduate with a nationally recognised qualification, a business plan, vocational pathways and a support network including industry and community groups.

The suite of courses, courseware and training includes