The ecosystem of technology companies and startups stands out for its intense competition, rapid scaling, and an often cut-throat, growth-at-all costs environment. It is an industry that did relatively well over the pandemic, while many others faced existential threats under the cloud of a global recession. The imposition of remote work and the rapid… Read more »
After an entirely extraordinary 2020, the dawn of a new year brings with it not only new technologies, tools and trends, but – perhaps most importantly – new opportunities for businesses post-pandemic. For many, 2020 was defined not by the pursuit of goals set at the beginning of the year, but simply by survival and… Read more »
Welcome to Ignition Lane’s Weekly Wrap, where they cut through the noise to bring you their favourite insights from the technology and startup world. Ignition Lane works with ambitious business leaders to apply the Startup Mindset to their technology, product and commercialisation problems. This wrap goes out free to subscribers every Saturday morning. Don’t forget that every Monday at… Read more »
Welcome to Ignition Lane’s Weekly Wrap, where they cut through the noise to bring you their favourite insights from the technology and startup world. Ignition Lane works with ambitious business leaders to apply the Startup Mindset to their technology, product and commercialisation problems. This wrap goes out free to subscribers every Saturday morning. Don’t forget that every Monday at… Read more »
It’s very common for the startup founders I meet to want to offer the earliest versions of their product or service to early customers for free, or at a significant discount. I encourage them (and you) to not do that. Discounts work best when the customer already has an expectation of what the price should… Read more »
Avertro just turned one. These are some of the real moments from our first year. 5th September 2019 Antler representative: “Alright, Ian and Roman. Who’s going to do the driving on the laptop?” Me: “Roman can. CTO’s job.” We laughed. There we were, sitting in a meeting room on level 8 at Tank Stream Labs… Read more »
Back in April, US venture capital veteran Marc Andreessen published a call-to-arms to the US economy titled ‘It’s Time to Build’. As the country watched the pandemic spiral out of control, Andreessen lamented the fact it was ill-equipped to respond, ultimately lacking the capacity to build the infrastructure and equipment required. America needed to re-learn… Read more »
Welcome to Ignition Lane’s Weekly Wrap, where they cut through the noise to bring you their favourite insights from the technology and startup world. Ignition Lane works with ambitious business leaders to apply the Startup Mindset to their technology, product and commercialisation problems. This wrap goes out free to subscribers every Saturday morning. Don’t forget that every Monday at… Read more »
How to make an as-a-service business model work. It’s a question that is often pondered by founders. Why is evolving a business model so fraught with difficulty? And why is it often the case that second and third waves of startups with the same idea or technology have a better success rate than previous ones?… Read more »
If 2020 has taught me anything, it’s that we need to rely on quality data that communicates clear and concise information, especially in stressful and uncertain times. If done well, data visualisation can be a reassuring sense of logic and reason in a chaotic world. However, 2020 has also shown me how damaging poor visualisations… Read more »
A few months prior to Covid-19 hitting Australia, I started an online property brokerage that I had gotten the idea for after working in the sector for 10 years and dealing with the same recurring problems daily. The centred around lack of transparency, and a lengthy and stressful customer experience. Fast forward to now, and… Read more »
My business partner Shannon and I started HungryHungry in early 2019, but it was not until the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown restrictions kicked in that many of our existing and potential clients realised the value of what we could offer. We have been operating businesses in the hospitality industry for over 15 years and… Read more »
2020 has been the year of the unexpected; the year of the ‘pivot’. We’ve seen world-class chefs provide home deliveries, gin distilleries making hand sanitiser and high fashion brands creating life-saving PPE. Businesses may have been forced to adapt quickly, but it was the innovative and creative responses that delivered new ways to meet the… Read more »
Looking to take its company culture to the next level as it scales up is Airtasker, which recently appointed Mahesh Muralidhar as its new Head of People Operations.
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