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Meet the Fazio brothers – homegrown Sydneysiders taking over the telco space

‘Our motto is to treat customers how we’d want to be treated,’ he says. ‘That means giving them the products they want, at a price that works and with service that’s unsurpassed.’
Hugh Tresedar and Mike McKiernan of Flotespace

Online boat marketplace Flotespace sees 675% growth over summer months

Transforming the waterways with its innovative online marketplace for boat and yacht rentals, the record demand over the summer period has seen the Sydney-based business report an impressive 675% growth in monthly revenue.
Why bad checkout experiences are hurting small business - Fast chief's insight

Why bad checkout experiences are hurting small business – Insight from a chief at...

If you want to sell something – anything – online, Fast makes it easy for you to do so.

Auto giant Hyundai injects $6.2m investment into car sharing platform Car Next Door

South Korean automotive manufacturer, Hyundai, has just announced an investment of $6.2m in car sharing platform Car Next Door, taking its total injection in the last 12 months to more than $8m - and marking what is believed to be the biggest investment from an automotive manufacturer in an Australian service mobility player.

What is the difference between marketing funnels and customer journey maps? [INFOGRAPHIC]

It can seem as if a lot of terms related to business refer to the same things but if you dig deeper,...

Australian startups and young tech companies secured over $1 billion in funding in the...

During the December Quarter 2018 Australian Startups and young tech companies received $1.066B in funding. The December quarter was strong in general with a small reduction in funding from the September Q 2018

Aussie space startup Fleet disrupts satellites, books 3 million sensors on its IoT network

Satellite Internet of Things (IoT) startup Fleet Space Technologies has announced the major success of Project Galaxy, registering a million devices to its low-cost satellite network in less than 24 hours, with an additional two million devices and counting on its waiting list.

5 key steps you can take to make your employee mentoring more effective

Employee mentoring programs are an important aspect for companies to foster connections between junior and senior employees. Large, successful brands, such as Time Warner, General Electric, and Deloitte, run these type of programs to keep employees informed, engaged and happy.

Melbourne artificial intelligence startup Soapbox.ai raises $550,000 funding round

Soapbox.ai, the Australian start-up provider of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) service automation platform that combines predictive search, natural language understanding and machine learning for service management, has raised $550,000 in an initial funding round.

3 things you should be doing right now to kickstart your digital marketing in...

For many industries, January is a slow period, where leads trickle to a halt, customers are on holidays and key stakeholders are ignoring their inboxes until February. But don’t despair - this is the perfect time to kickstart your digital marketing initiatives with some fantastic groundwork.

WeWork forms world-first partnership with disruptive Aussie edtech startup Zambesi

Described as the Airbnb of education, Zambesi disrupts traditional education with a marketplace model that enables high-profile business leaders to create and lead their own accelerated face-to-face training programs whilst retaining their IP.

HR tech startup GO1.com has secured its Series A funding round led by SEEK

SEEK has had a long-term relationship with GO1.com – both as a customer and more recently inking an Australian-first partnership for the benefit of job seekers.

Maven Judges – SMART100 2018

They are mavens in their field and have created remarkable businesses of their own! They are the judges who busily shared their combined wisdom to...

Fintech start-up Credit Clear closes an oversubscribed $8.5 million Series A raise, IPO planned...

The raise was led by Bell Potter, one of Australia’s largest full-service stockbrokers. The raise was focused on dramatically accelerating Credit Clears' technology and product functionality to scale its impact and to expand its disruptive payment technology in to the United States.

Startup social app Sweep aims to immerse millennials in a new world with geo-location,...

Sweep, a new social app has recently launched, unveiling Geochats as one of its initial hero features. Aimed primarily at millennials and digital natives, Sweep creates...

From eBay to bricks and mortar: Eclectic retailer Matt Blatt celebrates 18 years

Like any retailer with longevity, Matt Blatt has had its moments, but with the designer furniture and homewares business celebrating 18 years and opening three new stores before Christmas, Drexler’s customer-centric philosophy, and eye for the eclectic, has served him well.

Short-term thinking is killing our businesses in the long run – what can we...

It’s time that companies regard their own inertia as ticking time bombs and wake up to the urgency of sustainable investment. But for this to happen, we need to adopt a new narrative to motivate change.

Sydney company Freight Exchange drives clever convoy using GPS tracking technology

Sydney company Freight Exchange has capped a watershed year with exceptional growth and is now looking to take its online freight capacity marketplace overseas with support from the NSW Government.

Keep these 5 SME marketing trends for 2017 in mind to stay ahead of...

Understanding and implementing current marketing trends is crucial to success, as it allows business owners to stay at the top of their respective industry and ensures objectives are achieved.

Fintech startup HashChing is looking to raise $6 million ahead of strong growth plans

This additional capital will turbocharge our growth, drive more mainstream brand awareness and provide a platform for more innovation and disruption.
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Five ways to manage your time by managing yourself, with Helen...

Finding the time to tackle everything is one of the greatest challenges faced by business owners. To help time-starved business owners work smarter and not harder, we spoke with Helen Ebdon. The director of Affirming Business and Executive Coaching, she’s a serial entrepreneur who started her first business at age 25. She’s built and run direct marketing and communications businesses and she’s also the creator of the Take 15 Program for business effectiveness.

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Want more credibility and influence? Unlock the 12 principles of persuasion...

Have you ever felt uncomfortable with sales? Or maybe you have found yourself feeling awkward at a networking event? Perhaps your marketing activities just...

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New Zealand’s Xero eyes US IPO, further disruption as subscribers increase...

Xero recently held its annual meeting in Wellington, during which the company revealed some interesting details about its future. As has been widely suspected, the...

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