Start-ups win big as both sides of politics put innovation on the national agenda
StartupAUS welcomed Labor’s plan to support start-ups and push for an ‘innovation nation’, excited to see the significant focus from both sides of politics
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Most Australian start-ups don’t know the role of a balance sheet! How clueless are we about our business finances?
Australian entrepreneurs have a lot of things in spades – ideas, passion, skills and the guts to start a business – but new research has revealed that our start-ups urgently need a helping hand when it comes to financial know-how if they are to survive in the long term. The Intuit Financial Fitness Startup Study…
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Silicon Valley’s ‘entrepreneur whisperer’ Ash Maurya is coming to Australia to help create more successful start-ups
Ash Maurya, one of Silicon Valley’s most recognised thought leaders in the global start-up space and the widely influential author of start-up bible Running Lean, has teamed up with Sydney accelerator Slingshot to offer his Bootstart program locally. Slingshot is the first accelerator outside of the US to be the official partner of Bootstart, an eight-week online program…
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Do start-up heroes finish last? Are we sacrificing what really matters in life at the altar of business success?
We all know hard work is part of the start-up mantra. Long hours, big deadlines, after hours networking, dinner with important clients, and hustling hard to get the next big milestone ticked off the plan — this is the reality of the Australian start-up scene. Sixteen-hour days together with a sincere lack of weekends, holidays…
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Australia is still failing its tech start-ups. This is what the government should be doing
StartupAUS, a not-for-profit entity that supports Australian tech start-ups, recently released the Crossroads 2015 report, which reveals that despite positive developments over the past 12 months, Australia continues to under-invest in catalyzing high-impact entrepreneurship and supporting its start-up ecosystem. Australia still records some of the lowest rates of start-up formation, and one of the lowest rates of…
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Cloud computing giant Salesforce is joining forces with Australian start-ups
Salesforce recently announced that it is joining forces with the Australian start-up ecosystem, as its premier event in Australia and New Zealand, the Salesforce World Tour Melbourne continues The global cloud computing giant will partner with Aussie start-ups on three fronts: a partnership with a not-for-profit tech start-up advocacy group, a new program aimed at…
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For once, here’s a start-up that’s not out to change the world. This one’s here for world domination
These days, nearly every start-up founder and their dog claims they are out to change the world. This isn’t one of those start-ups. These guys are aiming for something better. World domination. Yeah, you read that right, world domination. Not quite like Dr Evil with a pinky to his lips or a crazy dictator shooting…
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Australian real estate start-up OpenAgent has raised $1 million in funding from notable investors
Local real estate start-up OpenAgent has closed a $1 million funding round with prominent investors including Pete Flint, the co-founder of US online real estate behemoth Trulia. Founded in 2012, this is big news for the agent review platform. This latest contribution brings the total funding to $1.4 million, after co-founders Marta Higuera and Zoe…
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These start-ups pitched their way into partnerships with Mondelēz brands for Mobile Futures [VIDEO]
A few weeks back, Mondelēz International put out the call for start-ups to apply for its breakthrough mobile marketing initiative, Mobile Futures. They have now recently announced the start-ups which made the cut, to partner with some of Australia’s most iconic brands including Cadbury Dairy Milk and Philadelphia cream cheese in developing mobile marketing solutions…
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OneVentures launches its second fund to tap into Australian investors’ growing appetite for venture capital
Australian venture capital firm, OneVentures, recently officially launched its new OneVentures Innovation and Growth Fund II. This new fund aims to raise a total of $100 million from institutional investors and high net worth individuals over the next 12 months. The fund will invest in a portfolio of emerging Australian companies with ambitions of going…
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