Anthill Magazine

Youi launches national radio campaign touting its “cool” Anthillian cred

New kid on the insurance block Youi drew a few arched eyebrows when it took out the Big Kahuna Award at the 2009 Anthill Cool Company Awards. After all, how can an insurance company be cool? Youi wowed our judges with its fresh and innovative ...

Create a marketing campaign in 60 seconds

Stuck for an idea for your next marketing campaign? Short on the cash to fund it? Pick a card. Elaborate professional marketing is mostly out of bounds for startups and SMEs. While many resources are available to the small business owner, it often come down a ...

LinkedIn helps Irish startup raise over $250,000 in 8 days

Limerick-based software startup Goshido recently completed its first round of private fundraising in only eight days. What is more impressive is that it accomplished this feat solely via the social media networking site LinkedIn. Investors were offered 10 slots valued at €25,000 each and representing two ...

Free ASX know-how forum to help small caps grow with IPO

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) announced yesterday that it will be staging a free IPO workshop, on 16 February, for small cap companies (companies with a market capitalisation of between $300 million and $2 billion) interested in growing their business through public listing. The event, held ...

NSW launches scheme to help SMEs with funding and research access

Of note to NSW SMEs and public sector research organisations (PSRO) is the launch last week of the NSW government’s TechVouchers scheme, a pilot program to encourage collaboration between SMEs and PSROs based in NSW. The program will be jointly implemented through Industry and Investment ...

NICTA spin-off Audinate secures $4 million funding

Digital media networking solutions company Audinate (a NICTA spin-out company since 2006) has secured an additional $4 million funding round, which was led by its existing investors Starfish Ventures and Innovation Capital. Audinate produces TCP/IP-based Dante™ networking technology that provides high performance media transport. The technology ...

Switched-on innovation converts pedestrian footsteps into energy

There’s an interesting post over on Springwise about Pavegen slabs, an eco innovation by UK-based Pavegen Systems, which harvest the kinetic energy from pedestrian footsteps and converts it into electricity. They look a little bit like floodlights embedded in an astroturf tennis court, but they are ...

Research: Australians lead the world in time spent on social media

A recent survey by The Nielsen Company has shown a global rise of time spent on social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, of two and a half hours for December 2009 and December 2008. Going from three hours to five and a half ...

‘Bean-talk’ — a golden egg for small business

Running a small business inevitably means becoming a jack of all trades, including ‘doing the books’. This, in turn, requires one to learn tricky accounting packages, spreadsheets and accounting jargon. The result is waving goodbye to your evenings, weekends and regular sleep. On the plus-side, there are ...

Innovative bike helmet prototype folds like a hand fan for easy storage

We’re conditioned to expect sturdiness from our protective head gear, but this prototypical helmet being developed by DoYouVélo? turns the concept on its… well… head. The honeycomb structure is made from robust textiles and assembles to ensure maximum cushioning from minimum mass. If you have the stomach to ...