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Book reviews
Against the odds
James Dyson
Orion Business Books, 1997
"...no one, these days, can be arsed with the intellectual open-mindedness it takes for a Renaissance." James Dyson
James...
Exporting IP… trader beware
The US-Australia Free Trade agreement has got everyone talking. Like it or loathe it, smart companies are reading the fine print. They are doing...
Pure ambition: inside nudie
Tim Pethick is the founder and managing director of 'renegade' fruit juice company, Nudie, which not only makes him top banana, but "Chief Nudie",...
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...
Memoirs of a tech wreck insider
It's now four years since the 'tech-wreck' of April 2000. Four years!!! Can you believe it?
Yet, it's so hard to move on. We continue...
Preventative medicine: a bitter pill to swallow
Preventative genetic medicine has opened a can of worms -- for ethicists, scientists, medical practitioners and governments.
What will happen when a person's genetic weaknesses...
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...
Putting the IP in your IPO
In the rollercoaster ride of potentially lucrative, but often disappointing, technology IPOs and private equity investments, a well-managed intellectual property portfolio could be your...
Book reviews
Death Sentence: The Decay of Public Language
Don Watson
Random House, 2003
"While English spreads across the globe, the language itself is shrinking. Vast numbers of new...
Dr Robin Batterham
Batterham than me!
Dr Robin Batterham has one of the toughest jobs in Australia. He is Australia's Chief Scientist. But what exactly does that mean?
According...
Innovation Factories
IDEO: Masters of Innovation
Jeremy Myerson
Lawrence King Publishing
The year was 1982. US magazine, Design, had asked one of its writers, Jeremy Myerson, to visit a...
Winning Yankees: inside koala creek
The United States is a mecca for wine importers - which is hardly surprising given that it is the world's third largest consumer of...
Tony Surtees: mind games
Best-selling author and entrepreneur Seth Godin, describes him as "one of the most brilliant marketers on the scene today." Most Australians know him as...
Legal: Flipping up
Business people love to use jargon, but what exactly does it mean to do a "flip-up"? Not to be confused with "two-up", our national...
Tech it (or leave it)
Deck the halls... with innovation wizardry. This holiday season, anthill presents stocking stuffers and high-tech toys to buy or simply dream about.
PEUGEOT 4002 LOOKS...
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...
Unlocking CRCs for SMEs
It is essential for publicly funded research organisations to work well together. It is even more important that these organisations work in a manner...
Who’s on track?
It's said that in China the economic revolution is most visible on its roads.
In recent years, carmakers from Japan, Europe and the US have...
Who's on track?
It's said that in China the economic revolution is most visible on its roads.
In recent years, carmakers from Japan, Europe and the US have...
Let’s get smart about technology investment
It will soon be 20 years since the Federal Government launched its MIC Program to kick-start the Australian venture capital industry. So why is...