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Strong winds of disruption: how alternative lenders are beating the Big Four banks

Just as disruptive start-ups are rethinking almost every industry out there, alternative lenders are assessing risk in an innovative way, using big data in real time to enable more businesses to get the capital they need for growth.

Are you recruiting for knowledge or potential? Here’s why it matters

Technology is disrupting business, changing traditional approaches. Finding employees that will help your business thrive amidst disruption also means being willing to take a fresh approach to how you hire.

What is the impact of disruption – both digital and physical – on international...

Thanks to digital disruption the world is getting smaller and global customers more accessible. Global e-commerce sales are growing at 20% per annum and are forecast to reach US$2 trillion in 2016. This will double to US$4 trillion by 2020.

Australian big business must collaborate with the start-up community to survive disruption from overseas

The latest StartupAUS report says Australian big business and startups must collaborate and not compete to stay globally competitive

Outpacing your own disruption: don’t be the start-up that starts out hot but burns...

Disruption has become a deep-rooted part of the start-up vernacular but keeping pace with disruptive innovation and staving off new competition is not easy

Is crossing the Rubicon that difficult? It’s high time fintech and banks joined hands

The convergence of fintech and traditional banks is imminent but overdue, writes Andrew Colliver, CEO of Banjo Loans, a new online lending platform for SMEs

A new book looks at how Aussie companies can survive (and also thrive) in...

Tech lawyer Nick Abrahams' book, Digital Disruption in Australia looks at how companies can not only survive but also thrive in the next digital generation

7 ways Kim Kardashian has taught me how to be a better businesswoman

Kim Kardashian has been hailed as an $85 million entrepreneur after shooting to fame in 2007 in one of the most infamous sex tape...

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...

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...

Yatango is set to debut on the ASX with a unique business model inspired...

Sydney based consumer technology company Yatango is set to debut on the ASX in June via a reverse takeover of Latitude Consolidated Limited (ASX:LCD),...

An invisible umbrella raises $100,000 on Kickstarter [VIDEO]

Some airports randomly dislike umbrellas. (I'm looking at your airport screening at Coolangatta, QLD). So, I'm wondering if this new type of umbrella will come...

How three guys created a $3 billion company from one simple idea [VIDEO]

airbnb. It may have messed up its recent rebranding in a spectacular way but, it is one company that has disrupted the business of accommodation...

Australians continue their love affair with finance app Pocketbook as it clocks 100,000 users

Finance app Pocketbook has reached the impressive milestone of 100,000 users in Australia following six months of some really rapid growth. These guys are on...

What every entrepreneur can learn from underdogs, according to Malcolm Gladwell [VIDEO]

It's the classic David and Goliath story. A small company, an underdog in its industry, suddenly makes it big. It takes on the industry incumbents...

What inspires Steve Case and what should inspire every entrepreneurs [VIDEO]

Steve Case was the Founder of AOL. I'll admit it. I worked at AOL while he was CEO. He was a masterful leader and...

Did you hear the one about the tortoise and the guinea pig? [VIDEO]

No, not the tortoise and the hare. That's all about being slow and steady to win the race. This one is about the tortoise and...

Solar freakin’ roadways: an epic idea with an epic promo video [VIDEO]

Where do I start with this one? Quite simply, this innovation is awesome. Solar panels that can be used to pave roads. Our night time...

Richard Branson wants to know: “Have entrepreneurs lost the ability to innovate?” [VIDEO]

It's a tough question, one that Branson wants an answer to. How? Well, Virgin Disruptors, an online, real time discussion about innovation, is on again. Last year,...

Why startups and entrepreneurs continue to freak out traditional businesses [VIDEOS]

You'll know Eric Ries as the author of Lean Startup. This book has become the guide for many a startup business and, indeed, entrepreneurial...
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Plenty of recruitment agencies have tallied the numbers and found that the average dud hire will cost an organisation between $50,000 and $70,000, factoring...

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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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