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Ant Bytes — AA20
INTRODUCING THE LATEST CRIME-FIGHTING SUPERHERO: ONLINE VIDEO
The rise of YouTube and other online video sites has provided police and crime victims with a powerful...
Amanda Stevens – Splash MD
Like most people, Amanda Stevens, 32, knows men and women are different. Her big idea, however, was to use this knowledge for competitive advantage....
The power of now
2007 is shaping up to be the year of 'on demand' entertainment. Apple will consolidate its media pedigree by adding more video to iTunes...
Creating a STIRR
It's a warm Tuesday night in December, and in the inner-Sydney suburb of Ultimo around 120 of Australia's most prominent new internet entrepreneurs and...
A message to Generation Y
A MESSAGE TO GENERATION Y: OLD MENTAL SOFTWARE CAN KILL YOUR CAREER
On the 18th of November, the world's leading finance ministers and central bank...
Intellectual property
If you're like most people, you've probably already had that world-changing idea, but never acted on it. If your company is like most others,...
Gen Y gets busy
Move over Baby Boomer and Generation X entrepreneurs. Gen Y is on the scene. They're children of the internet age - savvy, connected and...
Man on a mission
Peng Choo has a dream. He dreams that one day soon, almost anyone (even school children) will be able to program microchips. But this...
Aussie biotechs
BIOTECH BULLANTS: BORN GLOBAL?
If ever a local industry was defined by its fortunes overseas, it is biotechnology. Things have not been all rosy for...
The spying game
Let's face it, whether you're a first-mover pioneering a new space or simply an also-ran joining an established market, you will always have competitors....
Victorian Technology Profiles Dec/Jan 06/07
With much of Australia in the grip of the most serious drought in modern memory, technology promoting the efficient consumption of our most essential resource is most welcome. A key part of any water management strategy includes a precise and consistent method of monitoring water consumption.
Grooming your business for exit
Pointers for maximising value when selling your business
Getting the best price when selling your company is a little like selling a property or vehicle...
Legal: Getting your business IPO ready
A thorough legal clean up of the company several months in advance of going to market removes the risk of having your dirty laundry...
Innovation: Disruption in the first degree
"Innovation" is a woolly beast. It has many disguises and aliases. To get face-to-face and down and dirty with innovation is no mean feat.
Marketing: First-mover advantage – or is it?
Being the first mover can offer some advantages but does it determine a company's success?
Strategy: The importance of culture
Every organisation has a culture. Spend time observing the day-to-day goings on within, say, a medical practice, a law firm, an airline and a fast food franchise, and you will notice some stark differences. While each business might have common objectives - serving clients, generating profits - it is very likely they go about these objectives in vastly different ways.
Book reviews
James Tuckerman reviews THE GOOGLE STORY and HOW TO TURN YOUR MILLION-DOLLAR IDEA INTO A REALITY
Big brands in search of a Second Life
Newsflash! Virtual Reality has arrived. If you think it's still the domain of pasty-faced geeks in bulky black goggles slaying digital dragons or bedding impossibly voluptuous sprites, brace yourself.
Cordless jump rope
BI-GOODNESS is a bi-monthly column dedicated to the quirky, generally funny and often dangerously impractical inventions and business concepts that occasionally come our way....
Ant Bytes — AA19
Wake up, gents. 'Lift and separate' is no longer just for the ladies.
Sydney-based business, aussieBum, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of men's underwear, swimwear...
