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He’s a martial arts expert, web celebrity, podcaster, insomniac – and he is trying to develop a search engine to tempt people away from Google. The latter, of course, is no mean feat. It’s a five-year plan and Jason Calacanis is one year into his journey. When one hears of a start-up trying to take…
Knowing when to call it quits. Barkles breaks the news with a remarkable email. [HUMP DUMP]
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.
Australian startups and young tech companies secured over $1 billion in funding in the last quarter of 2018
During the December Quarter 2018 Australian Startups and young tech companies received $1.066B in funding. The December quarter was strong in general with a small reduction in funding from the September Q 2018
What’s better than a van? The Van that Can, of course.
What do you do when you’re left with a paddleboard which delivery drivers refuse to take up to your house? Nothing? Well, a young and entrepreneurial couple from Brisbane turned that frustration into a delivery solutions company with an absolutely apt name- The Van That Can. After 2.5 years in operation, through word of mouth…
Barack and the new US
Earlier this year, one of my favourite US business magazines, Fast Company, made the following observation: Win or lose, Barack’s rise reveals a new reality in the marketplace. The fact that Obama has taken what we thought we knew about politics and turned it into a different game for a different generation is no longer…

