MILDURA resident Tracey Hickmott has taken her small start-up to the big time with La Trobe University's Accelerator Program.

Running over 12 weeks, the program includes a range of mentoring, educational workshops and co-working spaces for applicants who want to start up, or take their start-up to the next level.

Tracey Hickmott, with her deodorant start-up Natural Approach, was the winner of th...