Startup & Entrepreneurship
News, opinions and advice on starting and building companies.
Need to raise capital? How your start-up can use crowdfunding to get off the...
The biggest mistake you can make when pitching your company to a crowdfunding platform is to over-value your company. A good business idea is a powerful thing but without funding it will likely come to nothing. So don’t make the mistake of assuming the idea is worth more than the funding that will make it a reality.
NAPLAN no more: Why coronavirus disruption is already having a positive impact on Australia’s...
The value and effectiveness of summative assessments like NAPLAN have long been debated by education experts in Australia. Now, the disruption caused by coronavirus is forcing a change in the way student learning and performance is measured.
Five startup and investment lessons from Entrepreneurs’ Night Out Sydney
Recently, I attended Anthill's Entrepreneurs' Night Out event in Sydney. The event featured four panelists -- Domenic Carosa, Sebastien Eckersley-Maslin, Ian Lyons and Katey Shaw -- and a room of enthusiastic entrepreneurs. Here are five lessons, in particular, that stood out.
Don’t trip! 8 start-up mistakes every entrepreneur should watch out for
After reviewing over 9,000 business pitches in the 10 years and investing in more than 50 companies, VC Andrey Shirben shares 8 common entrepreneur mistakes
If you could make one thing better, what would it be? [VIDEO]
Design matters.
It could be easily argued that it's the only thing that matters.
Why?
Because good design creates good products. Products that people want, nay, need.
Good...
How to zig when everyone else is zagging, with Julio De Laffitte [CHEAT SHEET]
Why is it that some business owners appear impervious to business obstacles and upsets? In some cases, it seems that it’s the obstacles that drive certain personality types to success.
In this CHEAT SHEET, we share five ways of thinking to respond to INDUSTRY, ECONOMIC, BRAND, SOCIETAL and PERSONAL shifts.
This start-up is challenging Aussies to drink healthier with Australia’s first zero sugar natural...
Beverage start-up, Nexba founded by Troy Douglas and Drew Bilbe aka the Aussie Boys, has a new line of beverages that is all-natural and has zero sugar
Business strategy: should you finance your way out of your own business?
Many Australian businesses are on the selling block due to the glut in the pending retirements of baby boomer business owners. Quite simply, they need to sell to retire. Yet, according to the September Quarter 2011 BizExchange Index, the number of businesses for sale rose by over 350%. Meanwhile, their prices halved. More creative ways of selling a business need to be considered.
New online start-up clickO Deals is shaking up the daily deals game with its...
New online start-up clickO Deals is upping the ante on daily deal sites by offering online retailers a smart, yet simple and affordable solution...
Springboard inducts ‘Customer experience’ guru Catriona Wallace for 2014 programme
The “venture catalyst” program for women entrepreneurs cited Wallace’s work on her soon-to-be-launched company, Flamingo, besides her pioneering work in shaping customer experience as a holistic field of study.
Who are the 100 most influential business people in Australia? No one I'd rate.
It's probably the many hours I've spent over the past week researching (and rabble rousing) in aid of our annual Dumb Report, but I couldn't help reading Fairfax's Top 100 Most Influential People with more than the usual requisite amount of cynicism.
Abigail Forsyth on raising consciousness, one coffee cup at a time
Abigail Forsyth is the founder of KeepCup, a company that sells reusable plastic coffee mugs as eco-friendly alternatives to paper cups. In this podcast, she talks to Garry and Leon about winning the endorsements of baristas, selling to corporates around the world, and how to sell the message behind the product itself.
Looking for ways to improve your efficiency? Try these tools [PODCAST]
PreneurCast is a marketing + business podcast. Each week, author and marketer Pete Williams and digital media producer Dom Goucher discuss entrepreneurship, business, internet...
Admire to inspire [CARTOON]
How did your entrepreneurial journey begin? Desire for something that didn't exist? Admiration for something you wanted to improve on?
There are many steps in...
GoodBarry’s Bardia Housman shares his tips after selling to Adobe
Bardia Housman is an Australian entrepreneur who recently completed his second successful exit, selling Business Catalyst (makers of e-commerce software suite GoodBarry) to Adobe Systems. Australian specialist recruitment and M&A outfit MitchellLake captured this candid interview at the South Food+Wine Bar in San Francisco last month.
Identifying your prospects and customers [PODCAST]
PreneurCast is a marketing podcast. Each week, author and marketer Pete Williams and digital media producer Dom Goucher discuss entrepreneurship, business, internet marketing and...
What kind of entrepreneur are you? A line? A dot? Or, a squiggle? [VIDEO]
In 1963, author of The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster wrote a quirky, one sided love story between a line and a dot.
The story shows...
Sheng Yeo, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Winner
A co-founder of OrionVM, the developer the CloudDC platform, Yeo relishes the opportunity to beat the deep pockets in the industry at their own game. This year marks his third consecutive spot on Anthill's 30under30 list. And he isn't halfway through his twenties yet.
Gamifying business growth: Introducing Simon Mackay, MD at Web Marketing Experts [VIDEO]
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...
Pollenizer raises $1.1 million, eyes expansion in South East Asia
“This latest round of capital shows Australian investors are beginning to realise what global investors have known for some time, that Australian technology startups offer high investment value,” said Pollenizer CEO Phil Morle.
