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Kavita Singh, 2011 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
Kavita Singh has a vision for Brisbane: to make the city a hotspot for fashion, and to make people realise a local scene brimming with creative designers waiting to be discovered. IG'ZIST, the marketing and PR company she started this year, is devoted to building fashion buzz. "No one in Brisbane is doing what I am, so I just came to the conclusion I needed to do my own thing," she says.
Founder Institute appoints graduate as new Sydney director
The Founder Institute - a four-month executive training program for technology entrepreneurs - recently announced graduate Tom Frazier as the new Sydney director.
That startup show, episode two: Show me the money! [VIDEO]
In this, the second episode from That Startup Show, you'll see pitches from:
RWND, Andrew Cunningham
ECHO Health, Alex Haggerty
Minutely, Mark Parncutt
And, a quick warning, there...
A cat video with a difference. How to monitor your creative brain waves [VIDEO]
When your brain gets working, neurons start firing up. This creates an electrical signal that can be interpreted, in this case, by giant cat hears.
Sir Richard Branson awards golden touch to Aussie video conferencing startup, FaceMe
FaceMe, an upstart browser based video conferencing and collaboration system was recently awarded winners of the highly contested Virgin Business Challenge by the man...
3 key things that have helped me survive the roller coaster that is entrepreneurial...
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.
Meet the entrepreneurs trying to make the web much faster
Stewart McGrath and Daniel Bartholomew used to work for online auction site GraysOnline in Australia, as CIO and website technical lead respectively, where they...
Are you an early-stage founder? The Startup Games are coming to Sydney for you
The UK’s Department for International Trade, through its Global Entrepreneur Programme, is looking for the best and brightest Australian and New Zealand early-stage companies to participate in the Startup Games
This IT whiz used his tech expertise to launch a successful fashion business with...
Alex Hsu grew tired of friends and family asking him to buy shoes for them as he travelled frequently between the United States and...
An ex-Uber driver has launched a game-changing taxi app amidst ride-share regulation concerns
In the midst of international regulation concerns around hire-car services, ex-Uber driver, John Sajadi has launched Ticktoc, a game-changing taxi app
IoT/big data startup Nuonic secures strategic investment and alliance from KPMG
The investment from KPMG brings the total amount raised by Nuonic to AU$1.3 million, and adds KPMG to a prominent roster of shareholders including founders Sebastian Jezierski and Derek Hooper, and fintech firm InLoop, which is backed by Macquarie Capital and Westpac.
Three ways to have your audience at ‘hello’ (and avoid the pitfalls of newbie...
Carolyn Creswell, the CEO of Carmen's Muesli recently opened a 7:30 am breakfast meeting by saying, “When the alarm went off this morning, I thought this breakfast seminar better be good. And then I thought: Shit I better be good!” The audience laughed and connected with her straight away. Carolyn had her audience at hello.
We need more love! Why romance is at the heart of entrepreneurship, and ought...
In business, we often call someone a “romantic” if we view them as utterly naïve or overly idealistic. We also use the term to dismiss all-too-optimistic outlooks or ideas that appear foolish. Sometimes, in meetings, we are told to “stop romanticizing.” So we do.
Five essentials for leadership success in 2017 (and why an old-style centralised executive won’t...
Building a collaborative, productive workplace requires more EQ than IQ – and technical proficiency alone won't cut it. Sean Seamer, MediaCom CEO for Australia and New Zealand, shares his insights.
Diary of a startup: Kicking the curse of the forever start-up (Month one)
Some people start a business, it takes off, makes millions, they sell it after a year or two, and then retire on an island somewhere. Most don't. Most small businesses get stuck somewhere between the start-up and growth phase, working 60+ hours a week, and forever pushing that proverbial elephant up-hill. At the moment, I am the owner of one such elephant-like business.
Getting an investor on board? Think it through before you make that pitch.
Your big idea has got to start somewhere, and that somewhere usually involves some start-up capital.
Starting up a business often involves large costs initially...
4 business leadership lessons I learnt from the French on my recent trip to...
Pulse Marketing MD Lauren Fried found herself in Paris recently preparing her business strategy and taking a tip or two from the French about leadership
Have something to sell but hate sales people? You have a dilemma. This ex-bodybuilder...
Phil Anderson is an ex-bodybuilder who gave up the weights to pursue a career in property investment.
So, what do these two seemingly distinct career...
Karly Chan, 2009 Anthill 30under30 Winner
Karly Chan has a pathological fear of boredom. Though she's pretty sure she's never actually been bored in her life, she dived into the world of entrepreneurship to ensure that she never has to experience it at all.
Tunnel Talk: Australia's Web 2.0 pioneers
It's been a tough ride for the online crowd, but things are finally moving again, thanks to broadband uptake, new technologies and a bootstrapping ethos that never really died. We chatted to four of our leading internet entrepreneurs about the state of web 2.0 in Australia.
