Anthill Magazine

We had a few minutes to kill here at the 'Hill and chose to waste it with some genealogical research. Expecting to find nothing of import, we were instead floored by the discovery is a distant yet ingenious cousin. Enjoy this rare video record of their fortitude.

With Twitter tripping the light fantastic, it's great to see people having some fun with the implications of its elevation to mainstream consciousness. First there was The Mime. Then, of course, there was the release of Flutter, the natural evolution of Twitter's truncated narcissism. Now comes FutureFeed, which "tells you what your friends are doing before they do it!"

Essentially, it all comes down to this: We are going to a trade show to demonstrate our product. What do we need to do to ensure it is a success?

Shoe store Aldo decided to capitalise on women's love of shoes. In an marketing stunt, Aldo in Israel used a combination of outdoor, Instagram and surprises to delight passersby.

SME Credit Score helps SMEs get finance at the best possible rate by educating them on their credit score & connecting them with the most appropriate lender

BeerVaults is the messiah of all adventurous beer lovers who wish to try exotic new beers but not at exorbitant prices. Its in-built reservoir with cooling carbonation technology not only maintains the temperature and freshness of beer but it also hit the spot with our maven judges.

For many sales and marketing professionals, customer complaints are one of their biggest bugbears. While it’s never nice to be on the receiving end of aggro, most of the time it can be diffused (or avoided altogether) if the relationship is handled properly from the outset.

So you’re worried that your new product name might prove to be commercial Kryptonite? Or perhaps you just want to share your genius for...

There is a moment in the very 'lovable' French film Amelie when its main character (of the same name) tries to imagine how many people are making love in Paris at an exact moment in time. It's cute, it's quaint, it's strangely 'loveable' and, now, it's almost possible to get verifying data as to the accuracy of her guess.

Channel nine contacted Anthill's Pitch Club partner in crime, Peter Christo, this week about a television program scheduled for November called The National IQ Test, hosted by Eddie McGuire. One of the teams will be 'entrepreneurs'. Want to hang with Eddie and give entrepreneurs a good name?

Take your standard fitness centre treadmill. Add water. Lots and lots of water. In unimaginative hands, the result would be a sloshy, slippery mess that only a bucket and mop could cure. But in the hands of the folk at HydroCo, based at Seaford in Victoria, wetness plus walking-in-place equals the Physio 1611, a compact aquatic centre that can go where an Olympic-size pool couldn't hope to fit.

Inconsistency is what most influences an organisation's decision to invest in R&D and the extent of its R&D investment. This is because a company cannot budget and minimise risk if it does now know the extent to which it is likely to be eligible for a tax concession. The proposed reforms to the R&D tax concession not only conflict with their stated purpose but offer no consistency to organisations already engaged in the complex task of commercialising innovation... whether novel or risky.

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” the Bard of Avon wrote, memorably. But it is not a spirit that is widely imbibed in the world of business. The easier thing is to simply copy the name, or, shall we say, brand. Just what is the importance of a business name?

Marketing podcast, PreneurCast, is for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. Each week, author and marketer Pete Williams and digital media producer Dom Goucher discuss entrepreneurship, business,...

Nobody likes to fill out tax forms. But just how bad is it? Would you rather buy your colleagues lunch for a full month if...

Muso was founded in 2018 by co-founders, Jeremiah Siemianow, Brandon Crimmins and Alan Jin to help up-and-coming local musicians find and book live gigs, while enabling venues to uncover and access new talent.

A 17-year-old who stresses that he’s growing up on a rural farm in West Virginia away from anything resembling a tech hub, Barrat taught himself how to code and build AI programs using entirely open-source software.

Running a start-up often feels like trying to hang on to a fast moving train – one that shifts tracks constantly. In a time of constant change, pivoting the business has become a natural order of things for both small start-ups and large organisations.

On 9 February 2010, Anthill Magazine hosted "Raising Venture Capital in Australia", a panel event held in Sydney. Hosted by Anthill founder James Tuckerman, the line-up featured Michael Zimmerman (BuildingIQ), Chris Hitchen (Getprice Pty Ltd), Ilkka Tales (MoGeneration) and Rob Fitzpatrick (NICTA).

Web Marketing Experts is a company built on gamification from the ground up. At every management conference there’s talk about what a ‘gamified’ workforce...