The small NSW business behind Australia’s most awarded chai latte, Bondi Chai, was named the Asia Pacific Food and Beverage Company of The Year in the 2015 International Stevie Awards. Dubbed the “business Oscars”, the Stevie Awards has grown since its inception in 2002 to become one of the world’s premier international business awards with…
The best way to awesomeness is to learn from your business mistakes. The next best way? Learn from others’ mistakes! Telstra spoke to 1,000 Australian SMB owners to uncover the biggest blunders made by small businesses in 2014, and this is what they found. Make friends- with people and technology Nearly 40% of Australian SMBs…
Oneflare, the Aussie local services marketplace, is the newest sponsor of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) co-op scholarship program, aiming to help young entrepreneurs kick-start a career in the world of start-ups. The three-year-old start-up has just entered a four year sponsorship with UNSW’s co-op scholarship program which will grant three co-op students…
E-commerce platform Bigcommerce has raised USD $50 million in Series D funding. This round of funding adds to the $75 million raised to date, taking the total funding raised by this fast-growing Australian start-up to a whopping $125 million. This latest round of financing was led by SoftBank Capital, a venture firm affiliated with SoftBank…
For a long time, my family has been associated with the globally renowned 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – my father Stephen Covey was the author – and while those principles remain timeless, the moment has come for new principles to emerge to address the rapidly changing global working environment. For me, the most…
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After several years of organic growth, driven primarily by the good old word of mouth, the cloud-based presentation software Prezi has finally officially launched in Australia. And to underpin the launch, Prezi has gone ahead and appointed two Australian Prezi experts; Kris Flegg and Emma Bannister, who will also serve as local ambassadors in the…
With significant structural change sweeping across a number of Australian industries –manufacturing, motor vehicle manufacturing and mining to name a few – it’s little wonder why professionals from a variety of occupations are seeking strategies to safeguard their employment. Postgraduate study is one of the first cards the savvy ones will be looking to play….
For over two decades, Angela Vithoulkas has run cafés, most notably the Vivo. She has run radio stations, too. Now she’s combining the two – launching what might be the first radio station inside a café. Why, you might ask. Vithoulkas, a councillor on the City of Sydney Council, ascribes her venture to the rise…
Chris Von Wilpert says his business has operated under the radar most of the time. He couldn’t be more right when he says, “Our business is rarely ever featured in the press.” But his snow cone business, recently rebranded as Snowy Joey, may have just earned some well-deserved attention. The 24-year-old’s virtually one-man business has…
Telstra is working its way further into the mobile app market. The telecom company said it is partnering with three business app providers – Digitalinc, Canvas and GeoOP – to its T-Suite range of apps. Telstra expects to add more apps in the future. The apps will be available for subscription on a month-to-month basis….
A Telstra survey of 1,000 SMBs found nearly three-quarters to be indifferent to the charms of Facebook, Twitter and the like, and 12% believing social media to be a business dampener.
There has been a lot of talk over the past couple of years about how the evolving digital world is already impacting the traditional movie rental business. Yes, it is true that Australian consumers are becoming more and more in control of “what they want, when they want”, but just how well are these new providers of digital movie rentals really fulfilling those needs?
A broad conclusion: Consistent tactical and promotional themes bring high engagement and expand fan base. So, competitions, special offers and even “creative, visual and often humorous posts” lead to high visibility and growth.
Who’s that cheeky bloke behind the Queen? After realising he was on camera, and being beamed across the planet, the guy standing to the right behind the Queen realises the top of his head is cut off in the shot. He slowly, sneakily bends his knees so the glory of his full head of hair is included in the footage.
The current economic climate has often been the subject of negative opinions. Raise your hand if you have not seen a suited-up doomsayer on TV foretelling the economic Apocalypse… see, no hands! However, the responses and attitudes towards whether, and where, existing businesses are prepared to spend over the next 12 months, paint a rather fascinating picture. These guys are dancing in the rain! With 72% of business owners saying they would be happy to start up a business again, the survey also revealed 53% of owners say their business is their passion.
What’s word of mouth got to do with Facebook? Plenty, says Soup, an advocacy marketing agency distinguished by its extraordinary faith in word-of-mouth campaigns. The Sydney firm’s experimental Soup Lab has developed what it claims is a “world-first” Facebook app of its kind and embarked on a research project with Dr. Lars Groeger, a marketing lecturer at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, to measure the reach and value of “branded conversations.”
Ventures in Digital Media, which calls itself a venture ‘catalyst’, is ratcheting up its profile with a full-fledged acquisition, the first since its founding. The specialised consulting and venture firm bought Amplify, a digital media integrator that is clearly joined at the hip with ViDM – an analogy that works in more ways than one….
e-channel ran two sets of tests on users of the two different phones. In one, it delivered group buying deals offering discounts at grocery stores, restaurants and, health and beauty stores; in the other, it beamed information on the male-centric Australian Football League (AFL).
Office365 makes it easy for every business to stay on top of everything through its virtually anywhere-access mode. Easy and secure passageway to all your important documents is what it offers. Its familiar Microsoft Office collaboration and productivity tools are compatible with your office computers or any internet-run device.
Brilliant minds across the country are being summoned to stand up and make a difference. Telstra is challenging all Australian researchers and innovators to come up with breakthrough ideas that could minimise the impact of disastrous situations to communities. Telstra Innovation Challenge, now in its third year of operation, dubbed the category as “Communications in…
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