Innovation
Solar-Gem wins 2010 Australian Innovation Shoot Out in California
NSW-based company Solar-Gem has been awarded the 2010 Australian Innovation Shoot Out, hosted overnight at Microsoft’s Mountain View, California campus.
How to build a business in 7 days for under $500 [Day#2: The Setup]
So you want to start a business but time and money are holding you back? Sebastien Eckersley-Maslin has set himself the challenge of launching a startup in seven days for less than $500. This is the second post in the series.
The 10 best strategic business slides of all time: #3 — Creative Development
In the third post in this series, Nigel Malone shares the contents of another of his favourite business keynote slides, drawn from a cross-section of sources that includes some of the great business, brand and military planners of all time.
Would your business benefit from a government grant?
During this evening networking event, attendees will learn from successful Australian business builders who have “been there, done that” and employed grant assistance as an instrumental part of their ongoing commercial success.
How to build a business in 7 days for under $500 [Day#1: The Idea]
So you want to start a business but time and money are holding you back? Sebastien Eckersley-Maslin has set himself the challenge of launching a startup in seven days for less than $500. This is his introductory post in the series. The clock has started!
Can you codify the way innovators think? Simon says, Yes.
In an attempt to determine how great thinkers achieve their great outcomes, British marketing consultant Simon Sinek believes that he has stumbled upon a simple method to codify the way innovators think. He calls it the Golden Circle. In this presentation from TEDx Puget Sound, Sinek shows why it pays to be cynical.
MINI Cooper’s mainstreet marketing campaign thinks INSIDE the box
The team behind this recent Mini Cooper campaign have taken outdoor advertising to a whole new level: They’ve taken it down a notch. In what could possibly be described as 3D, ground-level advertising (we’re open to suggestions), Dutch agency Ubachswisbrun/JWT created this ‘visual piece’ to demonstrate the compact nature of the MINI. We’re always impressed by memorable marketing.
Quirky clock design to keep you on time
Whatever your stance on deliberately-fast clocks, you have to love this clock designed for tardy time-shifters by Italian design house Fabrica Design. The long hand on On-Time clocks deviates three minutes ahead to encourage you to get a move on.
Public feedback sought for proposed Federal R&D Tax Concession changes
As part of the Federal Government’s dramatic overhaul of its commercialisation program, now called Commercialisation Australia, the R&D Tax Concession will replace the R&D Tax Credit from 1 July, 2010.
Cool waterproof suction notepad for capturing great ideas in the shower
People have their best ideas in the oddest places, but one of the most common places is the shower (perhaps all that singing gets the creative juices going).
This proved sufficient inspiration for Aquanotes, a waterproof notepad, pencil and suction cups to ensure that you never, as the website says, “let another great idea go down the drain!”
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