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How to ace your accelerator application 

- April 24, 2025 5 MIN READ

We get hundreds of applications to UNSW Founders 10x Accelerator every year and as our reputation grows, that number climbs ever higher. Yes, you heard right. Hundreds.  So the field is competitive. Each Program Manager at UNSW Founders usually has spent months scouting for startups, coaching them, running workshops on how to entrepreneur and generally… Read more »

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Elon Musk promises less DOGE, more Tesla as profits and revenue go over a cliff

- April 24, 2025 3 MIN READ

Elon Musk says he will “significantly” reduce his work advising the United States government in May to allocate “far more” of his time to Tesla, following the company’s 71% drop in quarterly profits. “The large slug of work” establishing the so-called US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for US President Donald Trump had been mostly… Read more »

People

Startup 360: The election’s tech vacuum, idiolects, a 1st time & the end of Zuck’s luck?

- April 24, 2025 2 MIN READ

Amid debates about housing, migration, the cost of living pressures and energy during the federal election campaign, there’s been a deafening silence from both the government and opposition when it comes to tech, startups and innovation policy. It’s something ACS, the voice of Australia’s technology sector, is hoping to change.  ACS CEO Josh Griggs joined… Read more »

Business

Double, then nothing: ASIC goes down in appeal over Block Earner’s crypto product

- April 23, 2025 2 MIN READ

The battle between corporate regulator the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and Block Earner has swung in favour of the crypto platform after the Federal Court overturned a ruling that its Earner product was a financial product. The battle over the fixed-yield digital asset-related Earner has been running for the past two years after… Read more »

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How ‘smart’ investors are killing your future – and theirs too

- April 15, 2025 19 MIN READ

As I sat at the second ever Systemic Investing Summit in London in March, among 180 hand-picked global wealth holders and controllers, philanthropists, academics and industry practitioners, one disturbing image kept coming to mind. While we discussed innovative financing models and systemic approaches to capital deployment that could save humanity from collapse, I couldn’t shake… Read more »

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Australian startups Endua and Calyx.eco make PepsiCo’s greenhouse accelerator

- April 24, 2025 2 MIN READ

Two Australian startups are among 10 companies to make the cut for global food and beverage giant PepsiCo’s annual Asia-Pacific greenhouse accelerator. The program, now in its third year, is designed to bolster companies in sustainable agriculture, the circular economy, and climate, tackling issues around food, energy and waste. They’ve scored a A$31,542 grant as… Read more »

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