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Australia’s ‘Airbnb of storage’ is taking on Asia’s AUD$4 billion self storage market

Aussie peer-to-peer and B2C marketplace for space, Spacer recently partnered with Europe’s largest peer-to-peer storage provider, Costockage to enter Asia

This food delivery app is helping all kinds of everyday Australians earn an extra...

Drive Yello, a start-up that allows vendors to outsource their delivery completely, is one of the local apps riding the bom of Australia's sharing economy

A new report predicts that robots will take over Australia’s workforce in 20 years

The ACS – The professional association for Australia’s ICT sector – in conjunction with the CSIRO’s Data61, ANZ Banking Group, the Commonwealth Department of...

Attracting lots of interest: Peer-to-peer lending is finally set to take off in Australia

Peer-to-peer lending has already grown significantly in the UK and the US, but remains in its early stages in Australia. However, it's now set to take off

This innovative Melbourne business is lowkey succeeding on the global tech stage

Innovation is synonymous with the likes of AirBnB and Uber but Aussie businesses like QuantumIT are quietly and successfully innovating on the global stage

Australian big business must collaborate with the start-up community to survive disruption from overseas

The latest StartupAUS report says Australian big business and startups must collaborate and not compete to stay globally competitive

Outpacing your own disruption: don’t be the start-up that starts out hot but burns...

Disruption has become a deep-rooted part of the start-up vernacular but keeping pace with disruptive innovation and staving off new competition is not easy

The “Airbnb for pets” has raised $1.1 million in an oversubscribed funding round

Mad Paws aka the "Airbnb for pets" and Australia’s largest & fastest growing marketplace for pet services has raised $1.1 million in an oversubscribed round

Huge growth on a small budget: Creative start-ups can make it big in less...

Many start-ups today are moving away from traditional marketing towards growth hacking. A trend that was adopted way back by marketers and innovators in the...

A new book looks at how Aussie companies can survive (and also thrive) in...

Tech lawyer Nick Abrahams' book, Digital Disruption in Australia looks at how companies can not only survive but also thrive in the next digital generation

KFit raises US$3.25 million in Sequoia-led round to make going to the gym much...

Fitness platform KFit has raised US$3.25 million in its latest funding round. It is in 13 markets across Asia Pacific and is aiming to be in every major city in the region within the next 18 months.

The Exchange Group has rebranded as Marketplacer and secured a major $10 million investment

The Exchange Group recently rebranded as Marketplacer and raised approximately AUD$10 million from private investors including David Paradice and Gerry Ryan

Traditional firms need to respond faster to digital disruptors… not with lawsuits though

Disruption from digital disruptive intermediaries such as iTunes, Uber and Airbnb often emerges slowly, yet incumbent firms do not respond swiftly enough, according to...

Culture Amp secures $6.3 million in Series A funding from three different VCs in...

People Analytics company Culture Amp, which counts many of the big boys in new tech such as Airbnb, Uber, Pandora, Adobe, Pinterest, Warby Parker,...

How to build the right culture in your startup [VIDEO]

Startups and work culture go hand in hand. But, if you've ever worked in a corporate environment, you'll know that it's not just a business...

He has found a solution to the problem of city parking and raised $350,000...

Nick Austin (pictured right) had a successful career in finance, first designing integrated portfolio management products at CBA and then moving into portfolio management...

How three guys created a $3 billion company from one simple idea [VIDEO]

airbnb. It may have messed up its recent rebranding in a spectacular way but, it is one company that has disrupted the business of accommodation...

We concur that Airbnb and Uber truly mean business

What do Airbnb and Uber have in common, besides being two of the most hyped about start-ups? If you haven’t already heard, they’re partnering with...

Airtasker has acquired Occasional Butler and is now exploring expansion to overseas markets

Airtasker has acquired Melbourne-based odd jobs outsourcing business Occasional Butler, strengthening its position amongst Australia’s online platforms for outsourcing local services. The acquisition caps off...

Who wins the genital marketing war? Yes, you read that right … [VIDEO]

Warning: If you are offended by graphical representations of genitalia, do not read on or, view the videos and images in this story. It seems...
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