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Will Australian retailers get serious online any time soon?
The apathy toward online retailing by Australia’s incumbent ‘bricks and mortar’ retailers has allowed some notable upstarts to gain a foothold in the digital shopping space. Kim Wingerei examines opportunities lost and seized.
Are successful entrepreneurs born or created?
Out of every one hundred new businesses founded today, in ten years time only three will still be open for business. So what do those three have in common? And is nature or nurture responsible for entrepreneurial success? Christopher Witt wonders.
How to use human selfishness to fire up your marketing
Effective marketing design requires more than just technical knowledge and an eye for what is beautiful or attractive. How a design can effectively engage the mind and influence human behaviour is far more important than simple aesthetics.
2009 Anthill Cool Company Awards winner profiles: Vaxine Pty Ltd (Coolest of the Cool)
For the second year running, Anthill's overall 'Coolest of the Cool' Award winner is an Australian medical company, combining the commercialisation of breakthrough research with the impact of saving lives globally. In the final analysis, our judges awarded overall honours to Vaxine Pty Ltd over the other 2009 Cool Company Awards category winners for its success to date in building a platform that will potentially benefit every human on Earth.
Federal Government COMET grants to end on 1 Jan, 2010
The launch of Commercialisation Australia will coincide with the closure on 1 January 2010 of the Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) program to new applications. Prior applications and ongoing COMET grants will continue to be serviced.
When you tweet, do you combine personal with business?
If you are serious about building your business, you need to have a twitter account. Use it to build a following, engage in conversation, expand your reach, update your customers, make an offer or just simply float out an idle thought or two.
There is however one question which remains up in the air:
Do you mix personal and business under a single account?
Gartner predicts top 10 consumer mobile applications for 2012
Gartner Inc., the information technology research and advisory company, recently forecast its top 10 consumer mobile applications for 2012. The applications are judged on their impact on consumers and industry players, considering revenue, loyalty, business model, consumer value and estimated market penetration.
Deloitte Technology Fast 50 winners 2009
In case you missed it, last week Deloitte named cloud computing internet service provider Emantra as overall winner of its Technology Fast 50 for 2009.
Tenille Bentley, 2009 Anthill 30under30 winner
Tenille Bentley is putting Australia on the map with her impressive philanthropic work. She is the founder of The Greater Good Foundation (GGF), a charity to support women and children affected by domestic violence.
Disconnect online to reconnect in life
With technology making it easier to connect with one another through social media, the general impression is that we are all coming closer together. However, as Nigel Malone heads off on his first holiday in four years, he considers whether perhaps the reverse is happening -- that our increased social networking capabilities make it harder to leave work behind.
Kane Black, 2009 Anthill 30under30 winner
For three times in his life Kane Black has cracked into markets and industries he knew nearly nothing about. His story is mixed with both dazzling success and catastrophic failure, and each time he has demonstrated the versatility of a swift young entrepreneur.
Fleur Madden-Topley, 2009 Anthill 30under30 winner
Fleur Madden-Topley launched Red PRwhen she was only 23. After six years of hard work she has developed the agency into a force in the industry and a player on the international PR scene.
Diary of an entrepreneur raising capital: The dark art of valuations
This week I've been attempting to work out the value of our company, which means I've been taking the business world's equivalent of a Dark Arts class at Hogwarts.
Sleeper cells: the eternal quest to future-proof genius
Olde-tyme writers dropped sleepers into their work, lines only later generations would have the nous to decode. Matthew da Silva intrepidly delves into bookish bombs that fizzled.
How to trump cunning linguistics and seize competitive advantage
The Commonwealth Bank is currently running an advertisement that irks me. Beyond all the arty-farty advertiser speak and debate over the campaign’s merits in the industry media, it contains a terminology flaw that sticks out like dogs balls.
When the kid says, “Can’t we just promise to fix it?” my hackles go up.
First time cold-calling – one lesson learnt, how many more to go?
Cold calling is tough, humbling, depressing and exhilarating, all in the space of a day. Having just started his own business, John Kelly is learning this the hard way.
Seven things you need to know before you consider franchising
Franchising is often a desirable growth option for profitable companies looking to expand. However, competing with the best in the game requires planning and a sound strategy. Ian Krawitz, of market research house 10 Thousand Feet and www.toprfranchise.com.au, shares his top seven tips for franchise success.
Jeremy Levitt, 2009 Anthill 30under30 winner
Jeremy Levitt once had a promising career at the international law firm Allens Arthur Robinson. For him, entrepreneurship was just a pipe dream, and it wasn't until the moment he finally shook off the guilt associated with leaving the law firm that the dream had become reality.
Apple is a ‘Cathedral’. Google is a ‘Bazaar’. So where will you park your...
Apple and Google have radically different approaches to building online marketplaces. So will our smartphone apps of the future be delivered from the hallowed alter or the pulsing street?
Apple is a 'Cathedral'. Google is a 'Bazaar'. So where will you park your...
Apple and Google have radically different approaches to building online marketplaces. So will our smartphone apps of the future be delivered from the hallowed alter or the pulsing street?
