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Is your business profiting from solar power?
Electricity prices right across Australia are increasing sharply as power companies struggle to maintain expensive infrastructure and boost shareholder returns.
What’s more, our reliance on fossil fuels to produce that electricity means we face a growing chorus of criticism over the impact that coal mining and pollution from power stations is making on our environment.
Playford Capital raises $12M in crisis year
In further evidence that there is investment capital available for innovative Australian companies in this bear economy, Adelaide-based seed investor Playford Capital succeeded in generating more than $12 million in innovation investment during the 2008-09 financial year.
Digital media and print mag spawn love child
The plan to put a paper-thin interactive screen inside subscriber copies of Entertainment Weekly is a creative stunt of impressive magnitude, but hardly likely to be a game-changer for CBS, Time or Pepsi.
You have 90 seconds to pitch. GO!
If you were given the opportunity to stand up for 90 seconds and pitch your company to a panel of angel investors and a raucous, how would you fare?
Great Reads from Beyond the ‘Hill – August 18, 2009
The Get-Started-Now Guide to Becoming Self-Employed
ZenHabits
How Do iPhone Users Discover Apps?
Silicon Valley Insider
How did Apple iPhone and iPod Touch users discover the 1.5 billion...
Venture Capital by Design: Seminar
This first event in Anthill's upcoming 'Tunnel Talk' series, held in conjunction with Design Victoria, is a two-part initiative developed for business builders, commercial...
Friday Drinks with an Entrepreneur: Brett Clark, ePharmacy.com.au
30under30 winner David Ball (Askatradie.com.au) joins Anthill's blogging fraternity this month with a new column, Friday Drinks with an Entrepreneur. This week: Brett Clark, ePharmacy.com.au.
$100 off Web Directions Conference Registration
When: October 8 and 9
Where: Sydney
Web Directions brings together hundreds of web designers, developers and other web professionals from around Australia and the world,...
Podcast: Sally Nicolson discusses copyright on the catwalk
An interview with Sally Nicolson, Special Counsel at Griffith Hack.
Interview by David Bushby of Boardroom Radio.
Sally's interview follows recent allegations in the Australian fashion...
Business Week 2009 SME Showcase
When: 20 - 21 August 2009
Where: The Melbourne Convention Centre
Local & international exhibitors will be showcasing their products/services and providing an insight into new...
$243M boost to Australia’s innovation agenda
The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator the Hon Kim Carr, late last week announced funding of $243 million for "world-class collaborative research and innovation" under the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program.
Venture Capital by Design: Masterclass
Part of Anthill's upcoming 'Tunnel Talk' series, held in conjunction with Design Victoria, this two-part initiative is designed for business builders, commercial innovators, aspiring...
Playford secures $7.45M to invest in SA innovators
Playford Capital, the SA government backed seed investor fund, announced today that it will receive $7.45 million from the Federal Government to invest in its portfolio of emerging companies.
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Great Reads from Beyond the ‘Hill – August 5, 2009
Interesting posts from everywhere we just had to share.
100 Terrific Twitter Feeds for Young Entrepreneurs
Select Courses
Amazon Should Let Kindle Go
Business Week
A third of young...
Great Reads from Beyond the ‘Hill – August 4, 2009
Interesting posts from everywhere we just had to share.
ANZ joins NAB and Westpac to windback private equity
Herald Sun
National Australia Bank and Westpac...
30under30 winners, 2009 (The Full List)
We're continuing to stagger the release of profiles of this year's 30under30 winners. However, as a follow-up to the wonderful 30under30 event held in Melbourne last Thursday (videos coming), here are the 30 winners, including a brief bio on each.
Entrepreneurs Week 2009 – Melbourne, Monash, RMIT
When: Friday August 7 to Friday August 14
Where: University of Melbourne, Monash Univesity and RMIT
Entrepreneurs Week emphasises social & sustainable entrepreneurship as well as...
MySpace halts traffic slide by launching MySpace Graveyard [collegehumor.com]
In the social network popularity stakes, MySpace is having its tail handed to it by Facebook. But CollegeHumor.com thinks it has the answer to how MySpace can turn the situation to its advantage - a social network for users abandoning MySpace.