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Say hello to Gerald aka Mr You-Can't-Touch-This (don't ask, long story). This lad fell in love with both writing and business way before he even got his first kiss. It is therefore no surprise that he now writes about business! A prolific freelance writer, Gerald joined the Fantastic Four... sorry, the fantastic Anthill team in July 2012 and has been contributing to the awesomeness on these pages since then.

Sydney start-up Jayride is now at nearly 100 US airports thanks to a successful...

Sydney-based transportation booking platform, Jayride recently officially launched in the US, powered by a successful $1.5 million capital raise earlier this year in January. Backed by...

Health tech start-up GKC raises $14.8 million with $1.5 million of it secured via...

Equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has raised AUD$1.5 million for private Australian mobile health tech company Global Kinetics Corporation (GKC), as part of its recent...

Fintech start-up Moula closes A$30 million funding round led by Liberty Financial to lend...

Moula, an online platform for small business lending in Australia, has closed a A$30 million investment round led by Liberty Financial, NCN Investments and...

ingogo closes $12 million Series C funding round making it the second largest equity...

Australian taxi app and integrated mobile payment provider ingogo recently successfully closed a $12 million Series C funding round, ahead of its plans to...

First it was tech talent, now Wellington is wooing Aussie start-ups across the Tasman

A new campaign targeting Australian start-ups, as the next stage in its efforts to put Wellington on the map for Aussie businesses looking to...

It’s really smart how this online retail start-up is shipping a ton of jocks...

Australian online retailer of men’s underwear DailyJocks.com has shipped more than one ton of underwear in the month of April, with more than 80...

One in five Facebook accounts hacked. Are we too lazy to protect ourselves? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Nearly one in five of us have had our Facebook accounts hacked, according to a new Australian survey. And it's not just our mates playing...

Silicon Valley’s ‘entrepreneur whisperer’ Ash Maurya is coming to Australia to help create more...

Ash Maurya, one of Silicon Valley's most recognised thought leaders in the global start-up space and the widely influential author of start-up bible Running...

The start-up which makes that Bondi Chai you love won gold in the “business...

The small NSW business behind Australia’s most awarded chai latte, Bondi Chai, was named the Asia Pacific Food and Beverage Company of The Year...

Wanna outsource your meals? A new start-up is out to help us eat healthy,...

Chef Good, a new start-up aiming to revolutionise both individual health and the school food system via healthy meal delivery, recently launched after raising...

Australian winemakers are on an ice-breaking journey into China to quench its rapidly growing...

Taking grapes from Western Australia’s Frankland River region, Ferngrove River Wines has exported wine from one of the most secluded wine estates to China’s...

As more men pay more attention to their looks, this Sydney start-up is getting...

Thirty-seven-year-old Patrick Kidd was an electrician for eight years but was not satisfied. Originally from the far South Coast of NSW, he moved to...

Here comes yet another ASX reverse takeover as Rision aims to disrupt the recruitment...

Contingent workforce solutions provider, Rision, is seeking a $4 million plus funding boost to accelerate growth of its patented mobile recruitment and HR platform...

Want to build a retail empire? Here’s how Bookworld did it.

Starting any new business is hard, but starting an online retail business is particularly hard. You see, this is one industry that combines technology, logistics...

A new job is always a challenge, here is how to make life easier...

Every year year, nearly a quarter of the working population goes through some form of career transition. However, turnover is expensive, so it’s important that...

Traditional firms need to respond faster to digital disruptors… not with lawsuits though

Disruption from digital disruptive intermediaries such as iTunes, Uber and Airbnb often emerges slowly, yet incumbent firms do not respond swiftly enough, according to...

Wine gurus Bruce Tyrrell and Lisa McGuigan are advising this hot new Sydney start-up

Wine industry heavyweights Bruce Tyrrell and Lisa McGuigan have joined the Board of Advisors of Sydney wine start-up, WithWine. Launched in January, WithWine is a...

How this Melbourne tech start-up is preparing itself to work with IBM

Melbourne based start-up Localz recently became the first Australian company to be selected to join IBM’s exclusive IBM Global Entrepreneur Program for IT start-ups,...

Australia is still failing its tech start-ups. This is what the government should be...

StartupAUS, a not-for-profit entity that supports Australian tech start-ups, recently released the Crossroads 2015 report, which reveals that despite positive developments over the past 12 months,...

Australia’s economy needs fixing, your business needs funding and this new start-up has the...

PwC’s The World in 2050 report predicts that the Australian economy will drop from its current rank of 19 to 29 by the middle...
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