Tech exports from New Zealand generated NZ$10.4 billion in export revenue in FY2021, up 14.4% on the previous year, according to the annual Technology Investment Network (TIN) Report. The TIN Report, now in its 17th year, benchmarks the performance of New Zealand’s 200 largest globally-focused technology companies, categorised according to the primary sectors of biotech,… Read more »
What does it mean to be an inventor? In patent law, designed to protect the intellectual property of inventors, officials are used to thinking of inventors as humans, taking an “inventive step” – a new way of doing something — not obvious to a person skilled in the same art. But last week — in… Read more »
A new report into Victoria’s startup sector reveals that any politician wanting to promise voters jobs should be looking to back startups. The Startup Employment in Victoria report bydealroom.co, in collaboration with LaunchVic, found a 10.75% increase in startup jobs year-on-year between 2018 and 2020. Around 5,900 direct new local jobs were created by local… Read more »
It seems everyone except various Australian governments can see the writing on the wall: We are moving to an EV-led future. Yet somehow, much like addressing climate change, what is a reality that most of us already accept has become a political football. Some are more progressive than others. Last month, the NSW State Government announced it… 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. Don’t forget you can catch Gavin Appel discussing… 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. Don’t forget you can catch Gavin Appel discussing… 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. Don’t forget you can catch Gavin Appel discussing… Read more »
In the final of a three-part series, I explore key areas for innovation in 2021 From banking to healthcare, and cyber security to marketing, artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used by executives to drive efficiency and automate decisions. At last count, there are around 500 AI startups in Australia using machine learning to solve… Read more »
Australia’s technology workforce grew by 4.3% – 33,400 jobs to 805,525 – and is set to add around 300,000 more jobs over the next five years according to the 2021 edition of the ACS Australia’s Digital Pulse report. That growth in tech jobs, to 1.1 million, is set to outstrip the nation’s broader labour growth… Read more »
For Earth Day 2021, we asked Canva to share the story of how they’re tackling their goals to leave a better planet under the direction of their Global Sustainability Lead, Jared Ingersoll. Here’s what he said Canva said it would be carbon neutral by 2020 — and it was. The US$15 billion company’s next big… Read more »
In the first of a three-part series, I explore key areas for innovation in 2021 From remote working to a brave new world of digital healthcare, 2020 was another year where the impossible became possible through rapid advancements in technology. Necessity spurred tech companies to fast-track plans and use technology to solve problems that were… Read more »
The startup scene is unrelenting, with thousands of innovators and big thinkers competing for relevance and jostling for funding in an industry where competition is high and business life-expectancy is low. In what is a volatile industry, there are two ways in which these businesses operate. The first approach is more orthodox, marked by the… Read more »
Let’s consider whether adding another connection to another stranger is actually going to help you achieve anything, or whether the value of your time is actually all going to Microsoft (which owns LinkedIn). How many contacts can you really stay up-to-date with? LinkedIn says I’m connected to 7,881 people. If they all just post an… Read more »
An exciting weekend of football Grand Finals ahead. Sadly my team, Port Adelaide, failed at the last hurdle to make it to the AFL’s big dance. As President since 2013, it has been fascinating to be part of a professional sports organisation and observing how high-performance teams operate. And I reckon all business owners can… Read more »
Whether it’s for personal or professional purposes, our reliance on technology has never been greater. From ordering groceries or joining a social media craze like TikTok, to running a business or simply safely visiting a restaurant, chances are you’ve become accustomed to uploading your personal information online over the past six months. While this reliance… Read more »
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