Tag: kickstarter

Marketing executive Ari Segal started a half marathon training regime in 2013. While running at night was the most practical option for his busy work...

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...

It's almost summer. Unless you're in Melbourne, where it has been summer and then about 20 minutes later it's been kind of wintery again. Summer...

What's an essential part of Vegemite on toast? The butter. Seriously. If you don't eat butter with the 'Mite on toast, what's wrong with you? But,...

In the early days of starting up a business, it's common for entrepreneurs to accept any and all funding that came their way. Yet this...

After more than six months of research and vetting suppliers my co-founder, Sanchit Baweja, and I launched Buttons ‘n’ Threads in September of 2013....

Tech startup RUBIX, has developed a Kickstarter campaign to launch its first offering: AUGMENT. AUGMENT is a modular charging solution for iPhone. The product lineup consists...

The NeoLucida Project began an idea of two art professors, Pablo Garcia and Golan Levin. They wanted to recreate an antique drawing device to...

Whether providing feedback, tackling a big problem, or just providing useful data, crowdsourcing is evolving into a sophisticated, problem-solving tool. In fact, more and more...

What are they all doing? They all offer their employee’s access to standing desks. While you may supply standing desks to some of your employees,...

Just as Australia’s own Artesian Venture Partners hit the ground with its VentureCrowd equity crowdfunding program this week, the Israeli firm has entered the local market, ensuring there won’t be a monopoly, even briefly.

It sounds a bit like an infomercial for one of those slices - it cuts, it dices, it slices... It's call The Dash. Nifty name...

AppSeed went to Kickstarter looking for $30,000 in funding. It raised $44,000. So, we're not talking about the millions that Pebble or other hardware devices...

I once had a cat called September. She could climb to the top of a screen a door in under five seconds. Now, I can...

Stung by the ouster from the crowdfunding site Kickstarter, the Perth startup –that delves into “social gambling hit pay dirt with a $2.5 million Series A round, led by Triple C Consulting, a boutique investment brokerage in Perth.

I try to make a regular investment into awesome projects on Kickstarter. This month, the 3Doodler is seriously vying for my cash!

So what the heck is crowd funding? Basically, this is how crowd funding goes. People come together, usually via the internet, pool their cash and inject it all together into an initiative by another person or organisation.

An Australian startup, LIFX, has created a WiFi enabled, multi-colour, energy efficient LED light bulb. A light bulb that can be controlled to switch on or off, or strobe, or change colour, all from your iPhone or Android.

Nikola Telsa was quite possible the most incredible entrepreneur of our time. Yet, what he achieved, including the 700 patents that are held in his name, are still largely unknown. Now, a self-funded writer/producer is raising money on Kickstarter to produce a movie about Tesla. The intention is to correct history, and give Tesla the recognition he deserves.

Despite being surrounded by technology and gadget, when it comes to meetings, I still like to write. Granted, it's illegible to anyone else because I do spend 90% of my time typing. I dislike typing on my iPad in meetings. I find it distracts me from the meeting. Yet, I can easily write with ease. Enter Collusion, a cracking product designed by locals and now seeking Kickstarter funding.