The Talent Unleashed Awards have uncovered a wide variety of innovative companies over the years, with more than a few working to save or make lives better from the medical or health technology sector. The latest to join this group of alumni is Australian startup Life Whisperer, which is working to better the often costly… Read more »
It may still be incredible to the rest of us who grew up with Walkmans or Discmans, but Gen Zers are growing up taking it for granted that they get to walk around with almost the entirety of all music ever recorded throughout history in the palm of their hand. As if technology hadn’t advanced… Read more »
With such a focus on securing venture capital funding and global domination, it can sometimes seem that the startup space will pursue fast growth ahead of all else. While these kinds of businesses may often dominate the headlines, the Talent Unleashed Awards have been celebrating businesses and founders working for social good since launch in… Read more »
Ask any entrepreneur who has taken part in the Talent Unleashed Awards about the benefits of being involved and it is almost guaranteed one of the first things they will mention is the Talent Unleashed network, and the calibre of the people and organisations in it. One of those organisations in LinkedIn, which has been… Read more »
The Australian startup community has grown so fast over the last few years, with thousands of new companies sprouting, that it can be easy to forget those that came before the rush. One such company is Liquid State. Founded in Brisbane in 2011, the Liquid State platform focuses on content, allowing businesses to build cross-platform,… Read more »
We’ve all been there: spent time browsing an online store and adding things to the cart only to get to checkout, see shipping will cost twice the price of the entire cart, and click the ‘x’ out of that tab so fast even Usain Bolt is impressed. According to the 2017 State of Shipping in… Read more »
Sitting through an induction day may not be the most exciting part of starting a new job or getting up to date training in a role, but it’s a necessary part of the process. Forget sitting in a dull room with a stack of paperwork, though – like many other things in today’s world, this… Read more »
Ask 100 business owners why they decided to start their own company, and it’s guaranteed that at least 90 will say it’s because they wanted to be their own boss or do their own thing. Such was the case for James Ingram, founder of Queensland-based digital solutions provider Prendi. The business works with clients to… Read more »
Frances Valintine didn’t know what to expect when her new business, The Mind Lab, was nominated for a Talent Unleashed Award in 2014, but three years on from taking out the title of Best Startup in New Zealand, she is a firm believe in the power of the program. At the time of its win,… Read more »
As report after report has shown, Australia is lagging when it comes to STEM education; a Federal Government committee warned in June that there must be more investment in quality STEM education if Australia is to turn back the “decay curve” of STEM-capable students and grow its “nascent but promising” innovation ecosystem. The story is similar… Read more »
From its founding in Perth in 1995, Talent has become a leading recruitment firm for the tech sector globally and a strong advocate for the Australian tech and startup community through programs including the Talent Unleashed Awards and the Talent RISE foundation. To further its mission internationally, the company earlier this year expanded into the… Read more »
It has a presence across Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States and turned over $460 million in the last financial year, but technology recruitment firm Talent is a quintessential startup story. The business was founded in Richard Earl’s Perth garage in 1995, and though it has grown into a… Read more »
Ask judges and winners past and present how the Talent Unleashed Awards stand apart from the growing number of awards programs celebrating the startup community and a common answer is the calibre of the people in the Talent network. Among them is Jane Tewson, an internationally renowned philanthropist who has founded charitable organisations including Comic… Read more »
For many an Australian startup, the goal is to expand internationally and become a global business. Doing just that is Victorian healthtech startup CareMonkey, which has created a platform to securely collect, store, and distribute medical and emergency contact information for organisations with a duty of care, such as schools, sports clubs, and community organisations.… Read more »
According to predictions from Forrester Research, it is likely that today’s youngest workers will hold between 12 and 15 jobs over their lifetime, swapping everything from job type to sector several times over. For some in today’s digital age, this is driven by shifting demands and needs for certain skills in an industry, and as… Read more »
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