Love the convenience of e-commerce but feeling iffy about leaving sensitive data all over the online world? Technopreneurs Chris Koch and Chad Stephens have recently unveiled their latest venture Pop!, a new app that enables users to securely store, manage and control their personal online data. . Popping your data is now quick and secure…
Ingogo seemed to be the best thing to happen to Australian taxis since… the taxi. And with its recent announcement of an additional $9.1 million raised, it’d be interesting to see how big this mobile payment platform and taxi app can be. The additional funding in the pre-IPO funding round means that Ingogo is now…
Attention Bitcoin lovers. The future that you’ve been waiting for has just arrived. Australians can now pay their bills and rent using the increasingly popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin. This new capability is available through a feature called Pay Bills&Pay Rent with bitcoin and can be found on Australia’s fastest growing digital currency exchange platform, igot.com. Bitcoin can…
The five-year plan, the elevator pitch, and which swanky address for your new office when you’ve made it big. You’ve got everything figured out. Well…everything except for your own wages. As an SME Business Owner, you undertake four kinds of activities for your businesses, and you deserve to be paid well for every one of…
We know you entrepreneurs don’t like depressing statistics. But if you’re the real deal, you’d be able to handle the truth. One in three of all Australian SMEs fail in the first year of operation, and within five years, the failure rate goes up to 74%. SME land is no playground, but there is tremendous…
Who knew that a simple act of mother’s love could turn into a multi-million dollar business? Sue Ismiel, CEO of Australian hair removal company Nad’s, probably didn’t expect this when she was concocting hair removal gels for her daughter in the kitchen. Today, Nad’s has plans to list the business on the Australian Stock Exchange…
We can never get enough of the hobby-turned-great-business stories. Especially not when it comes to revoluntionary, delicious food. Think wholesome flavours like Date and Coconut, Fig and Cranberry, and Fruit and Cinnamon, pre-soaker in natural yoghurt with no added sugar. 25 year-old entrepreneur Mia McCarthy was making bircher museli in her home kitchen in 2011,while…
If you’re a fan of online dating, and you wish finding a great business partner was just as easy, you would love this new startup that decided to give the matching game a big twist. Say hello to Crowdsurfa, the Australian startup that has developed an online platform connecting passionate entrepreneurs with skilled co-founders. The…
Who runs the world? Girls. While Beyonce might sing that with lots of sass, a group of power women would soon be congregating in Melbourne on October 25, telling ladies exactly how to do it. And the name of the event? “Run The World”, of course. The conference is hosted by the League of Extraordinary…
Salesforce.com, the world’s #1 CRM platform, recently announced that Salesforce Ventures—the company’s global corporate investment group— has launched the new Salesforce1 Fund to fuel mobile innovation for the Internet of Customers (i.e. the people behind the devices) The value? USD 100 million. The Salesforce1 Fund is the first dedicated fund from Salesforce Ventures to invest…
What do you do if you’re young, and already have a successful business (or two) under your belt? Well, you could be selfish and guard your secrets to success, or if you were Jack Delosa and the entrepreneurs behind Hahn, you would launch a program that offers other Australians the opportunity to make their dreams…
Ever been outsmarted by a kid with a smartphone? Marvel at the way a toddler uses an iPad like it’s second nature while you occasionally fumble with it? Well, the kids of today would graduate into a world so technologically advanced that we probably can’t even imagine. And, with Autodesk’s recent announcement, I’d say your…
Ever since Myanmar went through reforms and opened its economic gates to the world, foreign investors and local entrepreneurs have been eager for a slice of the prosperity pie. It seems that the University of Sydney Business School, too, would like some action in the fast-developing Southeast Asian nation. Bringing B-School to Myanmar’s poor The…
You’ve done all the hard work, your friends have always been bugging you for your high-quality notes, and you’ve got the results to show. What do you do with those notes that you’ve painstakingly written? Or, imagine if you haven’t been working very hard, your lecturer sucks, and your friends don’t have any good notes…
It’s no secret that kids in China are put through tremendous academic stress, so much so that last year, the Chinese government had even considered the banning of written homework in elementary schools. But if Australian based educational games developer 2and2 has its way, kids in the grueling education system could look forward to learning…
It’s no secret that businesses can really skyrocket with digital technology. According to a new survey, the top small and medium businesses certainly know that it could improve productivity, customer service and profit. We’re not just talking about greater brand recognition from online presence and social media (though that’s always a big plus) but how…
What do you do when you’re left with a paddleboard which delivery drivers refuse to take up to your house? Nothing? Well, a young and entrepreneurial couple from Brisbane turned that frustration into a delivery solutions company with an absolutely apt name- The Van That Can. After 2.5 years in operation, through word of mouth…
What do Airbnb and Uber have in common, besides being two of the most hyped about start-ups? If you haven’t already heard, they’re partnering with Concur, the world’s leading provider of spend management solutions and services. What this really means is that Airbnb and Uber are busy courting the business traveller. And why not? Corporate…
Bullying. Cutting. Suicide. These are not the prettiest words you can associate with youth. Unfortunately for some young people, reality can seem far from pretty and a lack of open discussions with close friends or family could just make things worse. But, things could very well change in the future. Talklife, a global social…
Before Canva, design-idiots were just that, design-idiots. But this Australian start-up has since revolutionized the world of design and opened the doors of beautiful graphics to users worldwide. And, if its latest announcement is anything to go by, it looks like this online graphic design platform is set to make a pro-designer out of everyone….
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