Soul-rock legend Tina Turner passed away today – and apart from teaching us all how to Nutbush, the singer’s life serves as a testament to purpose, passion and resilience – three attributes entrepreneurs have in spades. Tina’s story is one of strength and perseverance. Her journey wasn’t always easy – she faced numerous obstacles throughout… Read more »
Sydney enterprise software company, Capsifi, announced its new executive leadership team. The company has appointed a new Chair, Andrew Barkla, CEO, Ian McAdam, and CRO, Tony Mascarenhas. Capsifi founder and former CEO Dr Terry Roach has decided to shift his attention to the strategy and vision for product innovation. Capsifi is an architecture software platform… Read more »
Startmate CEO Michael Batko spend six months talking to 15 startup founders about leadership in order to learn how to be better in his job. “It was one of the best things I’ve ever done for my own professional development and I hated the idea of keeping all the insights to myself,” he said. “They… Read more »
Square Peg has ditched anonymous feedback during its reviews, with cofounder Paul Bassat to saying it creates an “all care and no responsibility”mindset. Bassat took to LinkedIn to post about the company’s revised review process, a few days before a new ranking list of Australian and New Zealand VCs based on anonymous feedback from founders… Read more »
How many times have you picked up the entertainment section of a newspaper to read a restaurant review that begins with something like: “The owner of this aspiring Michelin Guide restaurant, which is opening for the first time this week, says they’ve not only never started a restaurant before, they’ve actually been in hospitality for… Read more »
Melanie Perkins is an ambition-driven creative, making transformative impacts on the world of graphic design. She is CEO and co-founder of Canva, which launched in 2014. Kochie’s Business Builders editor Cec Busby untangles the truth behind Canva’s ‘overnight success’ in this interview with Perkins. Starting from scratch Melanie Perkins’ passion for design has been present… Read more »
Four years since launching, UTS Startups has just accepted its 1,000th startup, but why does this matter and why is it critical to the future of universities? As technology improves, transaction costs decline, and we end up with a larger number of smaller companies. This macro trend is undeniable and will increase from here, changing… Read more »
When my alarm goes off an hour before sunrise, I’m always deeply asleep and I never spring out of bed, full of energy, ready to face the day. But I get up, change into my exercise gear, and drive to meet my personal trainer, Maddie, no matter how I feel. I don’t do it because… Read more »
It’s not very often that I sit back and acknowledge how far I have come in the last 2.5 years. I have grown as a person, met some incredible people and wake up everyday LOVING what I do. The story Prior to the conversation and purchase of said $40 poster, I had spent the previous… Read more »
As a case study in how to implement organisational change, Elon Musk’s actions at Twitter will go down as the gold standard in what not to do. Among other things, the evidence shows successful organisational change requires: a clear, compelling vision that is communicated effectively; employee participation; and fairness in the way change is implemented.… Read more »
Many leaders and employers might still consider Generation Z (or ‘Gen Z’ as they’re colloquially known) as the youth of Australia. But with a birth range generally set at 1996 to 2010, many are now entering the workforce. In fact, recent McCrindle data shows that Gen Z will make up 27% of the workforce by 2025. With… Read more »
At the age of 14, during World War 2, the then Princess Elizabeth broadcast, “I can truthfully say to you all that we children at home are full of cheerfulness and courage. We are trying to do all we can to help our gallant sailors, soldiers and airmen, and we are trying, too, to bear… Read more »
Want to create a perception that you’re a leader in the customer community your startup serves, or in the professional startup field you work in? It’s not rocket surgery: become the person who creates a regular meetup and community about it. Say you’re a [professional] in [startup category], like [product manager] in [aged care SAAS].… Read more »
Three years ago in June 2019, I founded Adatree with my long-time colleague and friend Shane Doolan. It was the perfect storm of new data sharing regulations being introduced in Australia, our shared vision of the economy-wide global applications for data sharing, our shared experience of building – not one, but two! – highly regulated… Read more »
Not since the first moon landing in 1969 has there been so much science and technology talk around the dinner table. The twin threats of the pandemic and global warming created a whole new public lexicon in which regular people talk of tech advancements in MRNA sequencing, fossil fuel replacements, lab-grown meats, civilian space travel,… Read more »
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