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Entrepreneurs… it's time to lighten up!

Ever wonder why people drift away from you at parties, just when you are explaining the most compelling element of your wonderful enterprise? Could it be that you take yourself a tad too seriously?

Just blog off!

There is an old saying that puts a twist on an even older saying: Everyone has a novel in them… and for the vast...

Why big companies are morons

Why is it that the endless opportunities available to large Australian companies - through their vast resources and global networks - are all too...

Where’s the gold?

Imagine if Australia's innovators and entrepreneurs received the same media attention as sporting celebrities. Maybe we would find Ziggy Switkowski being tested for caffeine ingestion...

Where's the gold?

Imagine if Australia's innovators and entrepreneurs received the same media attention as sporting celebrities. Maybe we would find Ziggy Switkowski being tested for caffeine ingestion...

Pumping out the IT

Software companies are not the cash cows they used to be. Most software development is done for internal use or on a bespoke basis....

Research funding shake-up… worth a stir

The Research Collaboration Review, chaired by Mr Donald McGauchie and released last March, recommends funding changes to major public sector research agencies in an...

Capital seekers… get to the point!

Why is it that so many people involved in the communications, information and biotechnology industries seem incapable of simply articulating what it is that...

Super bowl vs. begging bowl

Why do so many of our universities appear reluctant to exploit their alignments with business and alumni when approaching the matter of fundraising? Why...

PBS bites biotech

After the International Genetics Congress it seems ungrateful to inject some reality into the debate, but someone needs to. Biotechnology is doing what Star Trek...
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