Tag: Cover Story
How to… change your life!
Anthill's 'Magazine 2.0' edition will be circulating throughout Australia during the December/January period - often aptly described as the 'silly season'.
But the holiday period...
Cool Company Awards 2008 – Quotes, notes, judges and trophies
The Cool Company Awards 08
Cool Company Awards 08 top 50
Coolest Company and Big Kahuna Awards
Global Growth Award
Online Award and X-Factor Award
Commercial Creativity Award
Social Capitalist...
Free…The new revenue model
It's the new disruptive business model. And it's coming to a business near you... faster than a speeding bullet!
Caveat Emptor. Buyer beware....
30under30 June/July 2008
They collectively turnover hundreds of millions of dollars each year, yet some are barely out of university. They are proud to be Australian but...
The business of being… FunkySexyCool
Mature observers might view FunkySexyCool as merely a fast and frivolous Facebook for the mobile phone. But Tim O’Connor, the Australian expat heading up...
Shift happens
Paradigms shift. Empires fall. Today’s wisdom is tomorrow’s folly. Shift happens. We’ve compiled our top seven rule-bending trends from 2007 to help you succeed...
The Entrepreneur vs. Venture Capitalist
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, just one-tenth of one percent of business pitches secure venture capital investment. Yet despite the odds, many...
How to conquer six life and death business scenarios
Life is rarely predictable. So why would business be any different? Paul Ryan and Jodie O’Keeffe square up to a meteor shower of corporate Kryptonite and figure out how to dodge commercial doom. Cyber-attack, idea theft, competitor outsourcing, cash-flow crises, disruptive innovation and fraud. Take a deep breath, assess risk, consider your options…and never turn your back on a clear blue sky.
Private equity and the death of the public company
"I TOLD YOU I WAS ILL!"
It was once the apogee of commercial success. But now, many Australian business owners are challenging the notion that...
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....
The Dumb Report, 2006
Even the brightest of ideas can quickly lose its shine. All it takes is a moment of distraction, an unforeseen complication... or an act...
Cool Company Awards 2006
They cartwheeled, schmoozed and cajoled us; dangled riches before our very eyes. But coolness cannot be bought. Coolness simply is. And while some thought us nuts for trying; here they are. Australia's coolest companies revealed.
Dot-com survivors downunder
Has it really been six years since the world's first wave of internet entrepreneurs fell through that plump cloud they'd conjured in the sky, taking with them the turgid hopes of our fledgling new economy? It's been six years peppered with hard luck stories, investor reluctance and, lately, cautious hope rekindled. Australian internet startups were in the thick of it back then. The survivors emerged with slightly bloodied noses and wisdom far beyond their years.
The invisible networker
Get to know as many people as possible and remember your manners. That was the advice that helped ex-soccer player and professional networker Jon...
The buck starts here
Early stage venture capitalists are entrepreneurs, too! They’re switched on, chased up and brimming with ideas on how to breathe life into commercial opportunities....
Surf wars
The future of the information age is up for grabs and the darlings of the new, new economy are jostling for position. Since Google’s...
Nanotechnology: Brave goo world?
Everybody is talking about the world-changing potential of nanotechnology. We're fast discovering how to manipulate the building blocks of life. But in our rush...
Making a killing
Are you ready to rumble? These six young entrepreneurs have a net worth exceeding $100 million... and their average age is only 32!
There is...
Wireless Nation
Internet junkies are shedding their umbilical cables and roaming the streets. The nation is going wireless, heralding a revolution more profound than the birth...
The Entrepreneur vs. Venture Capitalist
A meeting of minds or clash of heads?
It is little wonder that only a small proportion of investment proposals ever successfully attract venture capital....