Australia Post launches social media marketing, packaging, and temp hiring...
Australia Post has moved to bolster its small business offering by launching three partnerships to help small businesses with a number of core functions. The organisation has partnered with ad...
View ArticleThe five biggest mistakes employees make when asking for a pay rise
The start of a new month is a great time to reflect on where your career is heading, and whether you’re getting paid enough to head there. If you feel short changed, there’s really no avoiding having...
View ArticleFlamingoAI to launch three month trial of its virtual assistant with US...
Less than a month after announcing a partnership with Credit Union Australia’s health insurance arm, Sydney artificial intelligence company Flamingo AI has announced a paid trial with US-based Fortune...
View ArticleMelbourne-founded edutech Typsy is a video training platform for the...
The beauty of the hospitality industry for young people in particular – apart from having to give up your weekend to serve other people who get to enjoy their Saturdays and Sundays, and not get paid...
View ArticleTelco startup OVO Mobile acquires Incoming Media to build out video offering,...
A few months on from raising $5 million from Southern Cross Austereo to build out its mobile sports broadcasting platform, telco startup OVO Mobile has acquired Incoming Media. Spun out of the CSIRO’s...
View ArticleFormer Microsoft Australia chief Steve Vamos to take over from Rod Drury as...
Rod Drury has stepped down as CEO of accounting software provider Xero, with the company’s board today announcing Steve Vamos will be taking on the role on April 1. Drury will stay on as a...
View ArticleHow a Master’s thesis turned into the Sydney Startup Hub’s creativetech space...
As any business mentor worth their salt will say, it’s not about the idea, it’s about the execution. It would have been easy for Chantal Abouchar to present her Master’s thesis, which examined global...
View ArticlePet services marketplace Mad Paws raises $5 million Series A from Qantas and...
Pet services marketplace Mad Paws has raised a $5 million Series A round from investors including Qantas and the Scale Up Media Fund, with existing backer Tim Fung, CEO of Airtasker, also doubling down...
View ArticleFashion app Shop You wants to help consumers overwhelmed by choice easily...
Despite being a millennial in her mid-20s, I rarely buy clothes online. A jacket here, a jumper there, perhaps, but I don’t often go beyond that, usually because the choices are too overwhelming and...
View ArticleNine in 10 workers think Aussies should have free access to tech training to...
With report after report finding Australia has a significant skills gap when it comes to the readiness of students and workers to take on the jobs of the future, a survey has found almost nine in 10...
View ArticleHealthtech app Be A Looper aims to help those suffering from depression...
According to the most recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, there were 3,027 deaths due to suicide in 2015, equating to more than eight deaths by suicide a day. According to Lifeline,...
View ArticleSales funnel metrics you should be tracking in your SaaS startup
This is part two of Elicia’s blog series on enterprise sales – you can read part one here. Building an enterprise sales model is really hard. This is especially true for founders with a technical...
View ArticleRMIT partners with Essendon Football Club on entrepreneurial programs and...
Knowing their careers as pro athletes have a limited run, more than a couple of Aussie sports stars have set up businesses on the side or launched a venture after they’ve hung up their boots. From...
View ArticleFemale founders, go for it! Everyone else, quit the patronising
I recently attended an event encouraging women to get involved in the startup ecosystem at the new Sydney Startup Hub. While I applaud the aim of the event, I left with my blood boiling. It is hard to...
View ArticleThe leading women in Australia’s innovation ecosystem
The statistics around the number of women in the wider tech and innovation landscape – or lack thereof – are well-known. While there is still a significant way to go to level the playing field, the...
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Women leading startups on what motivates and inspires them
As the saying goes, if you can’t see it, you can’t be it. As we look to highlight women working in the innovation landscape on this International Women’s Day in the hopes of inspiring others, with the...
View ArticleHealthtech device facilitating early detection of dementia takes out...
Highlighting how wide the scope of creativetech is, a team working on a shoe sole with built-in technology that it hopes will be able to detect changes in the gait of the wearer to help identify the...
View ArticleEcommerce platform Emperor Champagne sells and educates consumers about...
Often seen as a luxury buy, champagne perhaps isn’t one of the first things the average consumer might think of buying online, but champagne educator Kyla Kirkpatrick is looking to change that. Having...
View ArticleOver 65 percent of Aussie workforce wants more women in leadership roles –...
Last week saw my inbox fill up with emails about women, from the inspiring pitches about women kicking serious goals with their businesses, to the number-heavy pitches full of stats around how much...
View ArticleFive tips for first time founders
By Andrew Joyce From my experience your first startup is a bit like going to high school without having been to primary school – there are a lot of basics that you’re expected to be able to do, from...
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