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Brisbane founder lands $500,000 for smart composting business

Orders for the world’s first smart composting device have opened after female-led sustainability tech startup Monty Compost Co closed a $500,000 capital...

This Perth-based search fund accelerator is redefining the term ‘entrepreneur’

An entrepreneur is not simply someone with an idea for an app. Many business people have what it takes...

Here are four business lessons to learn from contemporary Australian edtech startups

On average, edtech startups will come with fantastically innovative ways of doing things, accomplishing things and ushering significant change.

From toolmaker to entrepreneur and investor: 5 lessons I learnt along the journey

It is my personal mission to help educate business owners, managers and marketers globally on digital and social media marketing, helping them make educated decisions when either employing an internal resource or engaging a 3rd party agency.

From student to startup: how educators and industry need to collaborate today

With that said, a mandatory mentorship program between the universities and startups would be a valuable concept to instill these “real world’ insights into the students.

These are the four biggest lessons I have learnt in eight years of business...

Starting any business can daunting and time-consuming, however, as an entrepreneur, you often find yourself working late (and sometimes, very early) to get your business off the ground.

How I generated 50,000 visitors a month without spending a dollar on ads –...

Growth hackers are people who accelerate growth within a company. They have decisive ideas about growth, virality and the success of a product or company that are needed to bring the company to the front and center of the public.

How to launch your startup – here are 3 tips specifically for non-technical founders

As a non-technical founder, you simply don’t know, what you don’t know. Working with a contractor gives you more control over the relationship in my opinion and lets you add and amend the scope based on the early feedback you receive.

Here is how to grow a machine learning start-up into a big data company...

Christoph Tavan wants to share some insights that he has gathered during the last 3 years while founding and successfully scaling a real-time bidding (RTB) company from a two-person startup to a leading technology provider in the field.

Meet the entrepreneur behind the world’s first barista standard reusable coffee cup

The outcome was a lightweight and thoroughly considered design that was BPA free and non-toxic; the world’s first barista standard reusable cup, KeepCup was born.

A new TV show is showcasing the next generation of young Aussie entrepreneurs

But today, with the advent of technology, more awareness about the opportunity to become an entrepreneur, and more support to help them on their journey, local business woman Yvette Adams says more young people are starting businesses.

You should spend your money on good coffee, not bad intellectual property rights

The stage is set for success, all you need to do is stay focused, keep costs and distractions low, and execute. Why then spend your valuable time and money exploring intangible things such as intellectual property (IP)?

You need to know these key terms to understand Silicon Valley start-up funding

The term sheet sets forth all the terms and conditions of an investment. It is not, however, the definitive or legally binding document that an entrepreneur might ultimately sign, but rather a statement of intent.

Would you take business advice from a machine? Well, here are the pros and...

The mission, in short, became to build a product that was capable of providing personalised education and human-like support to every entrepreneur on the planet, all at the same time.

How to attract the best senior talent when your business is just starting out

Hiring the best talent straight off the mark is not easy, not cheap and it can be risky. It may be tempting to take the ‘safer’ option of hiring less experienced staff at the start with the intention of attracting more experienced talent as the business grows.

A soccer player has made a new app that is already changing the game...

Soccer player and entrepreneur, Simon Murphy, is transforming the way soccer games are recorded with his newly launched app, RefLIVE

From rural beginnings, she has built a multi-million dollar health food company successfully challenging...

Growing up in the small town of Ballarat, Narelle Plapp never thought she would one day create one of Australia’s leading muesli brands, Food for Health.

4 things you need to do to kick-start your business idea into a successful...

There are no wrongs or rights when it comes to starting out - mistakes are part of learning - but here are four tips on starting a successful business.

Admire to inspire [CARTOON]

How did your entrepreneurial journey begin? Desire for something that didn't exist? Admiration for something you wanted to improve on? There are many steps in...

Startups you really need to know about [VIDEO]

First up, this is a long video. But, it's worth watching. So, go grab some coffee, sit back and watch this. This video from Entrepreneur magazine...
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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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