OPINIONS & ADVICE

The idea is always the easy part and from my point of view as a designer, creating the product is also an easy part in the equation. Some projects may pose technical challenges, however with research, design and development these can be overcome.

Are the words “strategic review” welcome in your business? If not, you might need to rethink why and how you’re conducting them. Whether it’s triggered by a new market opportunity, a change in leadership or if it simply serves as an annual benchmark, a strategic review provides an opportunity to step back from day-to-day operations, assess the foundations on which a business is built and chart a roadmap for its course now and for the future.

While the myriad ways of delivering information have evolved dramatically, for many organisations, the system for managing the information hasn’t changed much.

What’s not often considered is that decluttering, organising and styling an office can help facilitate greater clarity for everyone in the business, while reinforcing individual and team productivity.

WordPress and SEO-these two terms are gradually taking over the Internet in the context of an era when rank-based profit is growing an insane popularity.

The best advice for those keen to chart their own path and chase their dreams is to be brave, to back yourself and to seek the best education you can to propel yourself into the business world.

Here are the trends and high-risk sectors that are more likely to attract cybercriminals' attention and efforts from Dekko Secure's Eric Schwantler

Do you have to eat your own dogfood to become a unicorn? Can growth hacking reduce your customer acquisition cost? Is it OK to crowdsource if you’re in stealth mode?

You can’t go very far these days without hearing about Millennials and the younger generation being described as too lazy. Roberto Boschiroli disagrees.

Dealing with taxable travel expenses - every hotel, flight, meal, taxi and Uber - can be one of the most daunting tasks at this time of the year

Many new tax breaks have recently been introduced and some existing ones have been turbo-charged, what tax goodies are available to your small business?

The future of the CIO and the success of IT is dependent on the individual CIO’s ability to impact business success in the face of stagnating IT budgets

The early stages of an app start-up are crucial, but not necessarily worthy of expensive and complex marketing strategies, says Buzinga's Logan Merrick

How do you get funded? How do you increase your chances of securing a significant investment? What does accessing "smart capital" have to do with all this?

They say you understand people better if you walk a mile in their shoes. But to understand how startups achieve success, you need to spend some time in their mind.

As the founder of Oneflare, a rapidly growing Aussie tech start-up, Adam Dong shares from his experience some practical advice on managing rapid growth

Big data is usually considered exclusive to large enterprise - but with more services being delivered from the cloud, it is becoming viable for SMBs

Threat intelligence is about sharing: it’s about sharing the right information, and in doing so we can shift the economic balance of cyber attacks.

As a former teacher with a brilliant idea for an app, but no clue on where to start, creating MathsRockx has taught Jo Otto a lot about creating a great app

Entrepreneurs and leaders touting how Australia has all the talent, the creativity, the ambition, the intelligence, yet somehow we’ve been slow to rise