Tag: australia
Crumbs for our IT start-ups
Australia is awash with private equity. So why is so little of it finding its way into the hands of entrepreneurial start-ups in the...
Hong kong still has it
Look at the fine print in any big foreign acquisitions of Chinese companies over the past two years and you will be struck by...
Ant Bytes — AA09
“Genghis Khan started with a tribe of seventeen people, including his mother. He conquered everything. It seems to me you don’t need much in...
Why big companies are morons
Why is it that the endless opportunities available to large Australian companies - through their vast resources and global networks - are all too...
John Brumby – No Oxymoron
Innovation and good fiscal management are unlikely bedfellows. Yet when Victoria's chief number cruncher Treasurer John Brumby adopted the Minister for Innovation mantel in...
Going global: Exporting 101
Most Australian entrepreneurs claim to think big from the outset. But you need more than a good idea and a broad Aussie smile to conquer the world. Bi-lateral free trade agreements are tearing down barriers, but exporters must still negotiate the vestiges of international protectionism and the rollercoaster Aussie dollar.
Pure ambition: inside nudie
Tim Pethick is the founder and managing director of 'renegade' fruit juice company, Nudie, which not only makes him top banana, but "Chief Nudie",...
Who’s on track?
It's said that in China the economic revolution is most visible on its roads.
In recent years, carmakers from Japan, Europe and the US have...
Who's on track?
It's said that in China the economic revolution is most visible on its roads.
In recent years, carmakers from Japan, Europe and the US have...
