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Sydney company Freight Exchange drives clever convoy using GPS tracking technology

Sydney company Freight Exchange has capped a watershed year with exceptional growth and is now looking to take its online freight capacity marketplace overseas with support from the NSW Government.

Michael Mironowicz, 2011 Anthill 30under30 Up-and-Comer

In 2009, Michael Mironowicz brought a background in retail sales into a partnership with longtime friend Andrew Yang, who was running an online consumer-goods seller called The Storehouse. Mironowicz's sales savvy was just the tonic The Storehouse needed -- and The Storehouse gave him the vehicle to reach out to charitable causes.

Australia’s Mooter Media gets $15 million boost to develop social photography platform

Mooter Media, a digital media developer, has snagged $15 million from a California venture capital group to develop a platform in the growing area of social photography. Mooter says it's one of the larger investments in technology and online media in recent Australian history, at least since 99Designs secured $45 million in April.

AAAI 2009 National Angels Conference

Now is the time to be an Angel Investor! Banks crashing, massive layoffs, debt crisis, property in spiral and more. In a world like this is it rational to be making investments? Yes, investing early in high growth business ventures is often best done in the downturn. This is what the professionals call counter-cyclical investing. And there are enormous opportunities for investors to make it big in global markets.

Quote: Hugh Macleod on creativity

"Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten."

Top 100 Coolest Companies in Australia 2013

The countdown to the Cools has begun. From the hundreds of applications we received this year, 100 have been selected as our Top 100 Coolest...

Australian Innovation: We’re doing it wrong

Last week, the Hon. Ian MacFarlane, Minister for Industry, launched the seventh Global Innovation Index (GII) report, highlighting Australia’s place in the top ten...

There’s never been a better time to be rewarded with Aquire, the business rewards...

Until 30 June 2016, Australian businesses can go into the draw to win a whopping $200,000 Aquire Business Package made up of Qantas flights and more
Holly Kershaw

Holly Kershaw, 2016 Anthill 30under30 Winner

Holly Kershaw, 29, pursued her dream of “being paid to blow stuff up for a living” and she achieved just that when she got hired as the Education Director for Fizzics Education. Fizzics is a company that delivers engaging science programs to over 250,000 kids a year. Kershaw is passionate about delivering quality science education to kids across Australia and internationally. Recognized for her efforts, in 2016, Holly won the Young Business Executive section of the Western Sydney Awards for Business Excellence.

Greats Reads – July 15, 2009

Here's an Idea - Bring Back the Suggestion Box The New York Times For all those small-business owners looking for additional sources of profitable revenue...

5 key marketing pitfalls your business must avoid

The Australian Bureau of Statistics recently released a report titled: Counts of Australian Business that looked at (among other things) the mortality rates of...

Regulatory, social media risks jump on Allianz Risk Barometer

What the government does will surely affect your business, but what others do on social media could be just as harmful.

How to score Grandad's dope without being busted

Take absinthe. For much of this century the world treated it like cocaine or LSD, declaring it a dangerous hallucinogenic. But in the past...

Barack Obama sworn in

"Obama's address was almost entirely free of campaign style rhetoric or obvious applause lines. Its seriousness of tone contrasted sharply with the mood of the masses gathered to hear it; in the run up to the inauguration chants of "Obama" rang through the crowd and even afterward the crowd was in a feisty mood -- offering mocks cheers and waving goodbye as former President George W. Bush flew overhead in a helicopter."

Catchy ad jingles: Vegemite, Aeroplane Jelly, Louie the Fly and … 99Designs?

We contend that imaginative commercials may come and go, but catchy jingles are forever. Sure, we recognise the Energiser Bunny and the Qantas koala. They're memorable. But not can't-get-it-out-of-your-head memorable. And now, will a possible ditty for 99Designs join them?

Heavy-metal sensation, 8-year-old Juliet of Queensland, rocks our socks off

Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead is 66 years old. James Hetfield of Metallica is 48. Never too old for rock 'n' roll, right? Or, apparently, too young. Welcome to the heavy-metal pantheon, Juliet Childs -- a product of Queensland, all of 8 years old, and a bonafide music sensation.

The Master Chef approach to problem solving

The reality show Master Chef Australia takes amateur chefs and teaches them new techniques and skills, demonstrating what can be achieved with a little training and the right recipe. As with successful recipes, preparation for problem solving is important. So here are three simple points to get you started on your way to becoming a Master Problem Solver:

Did you get your say at Senator Carr’s Innovation Review?

In the cover story of Anthill's launch Edition, way back in 2003, we posed the question, "Who's carrying Australian Innovation." Five year's later, we have...

Knowing when to call it quits. Barkles breaks the news with a remarkable email....

Last week, I was surprised to receive this linked email from Barkles, an online debating platform. The startup, barely a year old, was calling it quits. I suppose that's not so unusual. The mortality rate for start ups in Australia has always been high. What was unusual, however, was the candid nature that the Barkles founders, Diesel Laws and Jay Whiting, approached their sad news.
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5 Ways to get more out of your coffee shop meetings...

Far too much time is wasted in coffee shop meetings. More often than not, the conversation falls off topic, interruptions cause distractions and, before you know it, the meeting is over and you’ve achieved nothing. That’s what Antony Gaddie calls a Coffee and Doughnut meeting. You get a coffee and… zero. He’s the founder of Green Ant Marketing and he shared with us (over coffee) five things that you can do to help you make the most of your coffee shop meetings.

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Want more credibility and influence? Unlock the 12 principles of persuasion...

Have you ever felt uncomfortable with sales? Or maybe you have found yourself feeling awkward at a networking event? Perhaps your marketing activities just...

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New Zealand’s Xero eyes US IPO, further disruption as subscribers increase...

Xero recently held its annual meeting in Wellington, during which the company revealed some interesting details about its future. As has been widely suspected, the...

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