This customer service start-up from Melbourne is getting major buzz in the US
Testing and real-time monitoring might sound like basic things every organisation is already doing, but this is not the case, and our mission is to educate the market.
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These 8 Australian companies have been named on the 2016 Fintech 100 list of the world’s leading fintech innovators
The annual list includes three Australian companies, Prospa, Tyro and Society One, among the leading 50 Established fintech companies across the globe, as well as five entrants in the most intriguing 50 ‘Emerging Stars’
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Swiss company that makes diamonds out of cremation ashes is coming to Australia
The diamonds are as real as the natural ones and perhaps the only difference is the provenance of the carbon. These cremation diamonds can be certified and re-verified at an independent gem institute, like Gemmological Association of Australia.
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Aussie fashion retailer GRANA is raising a $10 million Series A round led by Alibaba
Following the Q1 announcement of its US $6 million in seed funding earlier this year, led by Golden Gate Ventures, MindWorks and Bluebell Group, the GRANA team will move into a new 18,000 square-foot centralised warehouse in Hong Kong this month to manage business growth and plans to double its headcount to 100 employees by the end of 2017.
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Looking to spread your wings beyond Australia? This is what you should expect in 2016 as an SME exporter
Efic director Andrew Watson discusses how 2016 will be a mixed year for the world economy and the significant export opportunities that exist for SMEs
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Uh-oh! Young Australians are the least prepared for the coming digital revolution
Young Australians are the least prepared for the digital revolution, according to a global report released at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos
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Medical tourism start-up opens Sydney base to service its fastest-growing market
More than ever before, Australians are in the market for medical travel, says German medical tourism platform Medigo.com from its new regional office in Sydney
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It’s really smart how this online retail start-up is shipping a ton of jocks a month
Australian online retailer of men’s underwear DailyJocks.com has shipped more than one ton of underwear in the month of April, with more than 80 per cent of it being exported. DailyJocks.com started life back in 2009 as a men’s underwear blog written by founder Nicholas Egonidis but has rapidly grown to now raking in more…
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All ye merchants, wake up! Mobile commerce is growing way faster than you think
Performance marketing tech company Criteo recently released its Q4 2014 State of Mobile Commerce Report, critically looking into consumers’ mobile shopping behaviour and trends. Finding that mobile now accounts for more than 30 per cent of all the e-commerce transactions in the world, the report highlighted that mobile commerce is growing faster than most of us…
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An app for the awkward skin issues you never tell anyone about. Is this the Snapchat of dermatology?
You know when you get a weird rash somewhere on your body so intimate that you feel too embarrassed to even see a doctor so you just cross your fingers and hope it goes away on its own? Well, there is no need to be embarrassed anymore because there is now an app that lets…
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Australia’s first dedicated Bitcoin fund has $30 million to invest in businesses that deal with Bitcoin
The Future Capital Bitcoin Fund (FCBF), an Australian-based investment firm, has launched a $USD30 million global investment fund investing in companies that are leveraging services based on Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies. Keep in mind that the rise in popularity of Bitcoin over the past few years is due, in large part, to the growing ecosystem…
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40,000 stores later, Bigcommerce is singing a happy song!
While there’s been a lot of talk about the big online retailers in Australia, barely a thing has been said about the small businesses that are moving online. Bigcommerce, the Australian software company, as of November now powers over 40,000 online stores across 65 countries. Much like Westfield powers and enables bricks and mortar retail,…
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Growth beyond our shores: Are you are beating the odds by “e-Exporting”?
According to the OECD, Australian exports rose from 18 per cent of GDP to 21 per cent from 2004 to 2010, with a 23 per cent peak in 2008. Now, these numbers are not bad at all but compared to other nations in the OECD, there is definitely room for improvement. Canada exports accounted for…
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Keep your freebies, Aussie tweeps are not interested. So, what do they want then?
A study shows that Australians are far more likely to have a genuine interest in the brands they follow on Twitter than their counterparts in the UK, Germany and Brazil. ExactTarget’s 2013 Global Executive Summary shows how consumers’ online habits vary across the globe and reveals that motivations to ‘follow’ on Twitter vary from country…
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Australian women choose work-life balance over wealth: how women are measuring their professional success
Women in Australia feel confident about their careers and upbeat about their ability to have a fulfilling work and family life. A massive 82% of the 400 Australian respondents consider their careers ‘successful’, while 70% of those with children believe they can ‘have it all’.
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Are you trading while insolvent? (Are Australia’s laws too rigid?)
If you are a director when your company is found to be trading while insolvent, then you face penalties of up to $220,000 and/or 5 years’ imprisonment! And that’s even if you didn’t know about it, because Australian law says that as a director, you should have known. Crikey! Fair suck of the sauce bottle! (And insert other intentionally overt Aussie slang tirade here.)
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