Global jostling involving companies and governments of many countries is underway that is more far-reaching than what occurred over oil in the first half of the 20th century. It’s in an industry that will drive the development of tens of billions of products over the next few decades – semiconductors. This is because the next… Read more »
A lot of folks have expressed surprise and dismay this week about awful comments by Sam Joel, and the wider idea that the ANZ startup ecosystem might have a sexual harassment problem. Here’s why I’m not surprised. I wanted to write about this because working on consent education at Normal and doing work on gender… Read more »
First, some caveats before we go on: I know I’m using a niche example to make a very broad point. The point still stands, even if you want to get the world’s tiniest violin out for me. I know that as a white woman, my struggles are not nearly as dire as that of women… Read more »
The 2023 Startup Muster report reveals how central artificial intelligence (AI) and impact principles are important to founders and central to the Australian ecosystem. The startup “census”, last released in 2018, saw more than 1100 people, including nearly 600 founders, answer a range of questions – delivering 165,000 responses – about the state of play… Read more »
Startups, technology, innovation, investment and modern manufacturing are no longer on the priority list in NSW. Technology, startups and the arts are esoteric areas of investment for the new NSW Labor government and will bear the brunt of cost cutting and budget savings in the years ahead as part of a drive to surplus. Among… Read more »
The conservatism of Australian business profoundly shapes its startup industry from the way it supports young startups to the way it tears them down. Big business and the technology industry are focussed on boosting investment and talent to achieve growth and productivity. Our more elusive business culture should also be up for discussion. This… Read more »
This article is part of a series on big ideas for the Universities Accord. The federal government is calling for ideas to “reshape and reimagine higher education, and set it up for the next decade and beyond”. A review team is due to finish a draft report in June and a final report in December… Read more »
Scientists recently created a meatball with the flesh of the long-extinct woolly mammoth. The meatball was the product of one of this century’s most promising technological advancements – cellular agriculture. Sometimes called “lab-grown meat,” the process involves growing animal products from animal cells in a controlled laboratory environment. The process eliminates many of the environmental,… Read more »
As a female founder, I’ve faced numerous challenges particularly in regard to getting investors to fund us. There is a gap in venture funding in Australia, and it’s getting worse. It seems as if Australian investors in particular are struggling at how to fund female founders equitably. Right now we get around 1.2% of funding,… Read more »
Last week, an Australian “cultured meat” company called Vow made headlines with a meatball made from the flesh of a woolly mammoth – or something very much like it. Combining the technologies of lab-based cell culture and “de-extinction,” Vow scientists grew muscle proteins based on DNA sequences from the long-dead proboscideans. The meatball was not… Read more »
Tech Wreck, Crypto Winter… the new phrases that were coined in 2022’s difficult year for fintech startups don’t inspire a lot of confidence in the market. But while valuations have dropped and easy money has dried up, there is a lot to be positive about in 2023. Quality over quantity The tougher conditions we… Read more »
Editor’s note: This column was first published in July 2022. We republish it now amid widespread job cuts in tech because Dexter’s advice then is just as relevant now. Ask any founder their top three challenges, and talent is likely to feature amongst them. Record low unemployment, closed international borders, the great resignation, remote workers,… Read more »
Welcome to Ignition Lane’s Tech 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. Don’t forget you can catch Gavin Appel every… Read more »
Dear financial industry, I don’t know how to put this any more simply than; screen scraping for banking data is dead. It’s time to move over to Open Banking. This has been a long time coming, and for the fintech industry, this should not come as a surprise. Screen scraping, web connectivity, Digital Data Capture… Read more »
People from UNSW know how to build. UNSW was originally founded to meet Australia’s need to have a university specialised in training high-quality engineers and technology professionals. Since then we’ve grown into a comprehensive university, but we’ve kept in our DNA the important truth that the value of an idea is how we put it… Read more »
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