Tag: startups

With the news that Commercialisation Australia (CA) is being axed in the 2014 Budget, what happens to businesses that had made an application prior...

This is a frank, first person video from Karen Cheng. She shares her fear of failure and the struggles she encounters with her first...

Picture this, you’ve been living and breathing your startup now for nine months. You’ve scored a seed round of funding from some reputable investors. You’ve...

I love working with startups! Maybe it’s the diversity of their ideas and offerings, maybe it’s their raw enthusiasm to make it work or maybe...

Westpac’s new corporate venture capital (CVC) fund, Reinventure, is less than a week old and already has made an investment. SocietyOne raises $8.5 million SocietyOne is...

Failed start-ups are like failed marriages - they're painful events and those involved often find it difficult to discuss their experiences. That's a shame...

Let's face it. There are few things more Australian than the current viral video taken by Tiffany Corlis of a python devouring a crocodile...

Your business, whether it's big or small, starting up or decades old, is like a snowflake. Why? 1. It's unique There is no other business out there...

'Before we are old and wise, we first have to be young and stupid.' I have always loved this saying. It resonates at so many...

The Institute of Public Accountants has called for a review of tax rules that effectively treat employee share options as income and tax them accordingly in the year it is acquired, rather than on disposal. Such a regime drives innovation offshore, the group claims.

Many cash-poor businesses cut corners where they really can't afford to, legal affairs. Anna Pino, CEO of virtual accelerator Lighthouse Business Innovation Centre, says they...

A Sydney based startup You Chews has kicked off a search for a tech cofounder in a novel way. Here's a video of Liz from...

In this video with Krystal Kovacs from The Entrepreneur's Tribe, our fearless leader James Tuckerman, shares just some of his insights from his experience...

At thirteen years old serial entrepreneur Creel Price started his first business and years on he is helping develop Australia’s next generation of entrepreneurs....

Christmas comes just once a year. That is, unless you happen to be an innovative startup . Now, startup funding can happen all year long...

Eric Ries has reached celebrity status in the land of startups. His book, The Lean Startup, is essential reading for anyone launching a new business. In...

Entrepreneurship, some say, is a lonely battle. Rejoice, it’s no longer the case! The stories of the founders of legendary companies such as Google, Dyson, Facebook, Paypal, LinkedIn, Twitter and Square are, literally, at hand – via podcasts in the voices of their legendary founders, or articles penned by them.

Guy Kawasaki. Does he really need an introduction? He is the former Chief Evangelist at Apple. He is the founder of Garage Technology Ventures. He's...

In this video, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook has an open discussion about the early days of Facebook. The first question is most interesting....

I'm not going to say much about this video. It will hit a nerve with everyone who watches it. I'm already gearing myself up for the...