I’ve been in the Bay Area for almost two years and the biggest learning curve I see for Aussie founders centres on the business culture and the subtle, unwritten rules that exist in the tech industry here. One of the most nuanced cultural differences is around how to get and make introductions.
Fintech startup HashChing is Australia’s first online marketplace for borrowers to access pre-negotiated home loan deals from verified mortgage brokers.
For decades Australian schoolchildren have been learning the basics of banking and saving through the Commonwealth Bank’s Dollarmites program.
While the paper-based tipping system has worked well for decades, Melbourne startup Tipping Cartel thinks it can be done better, and is doing so by putting it online.
The Social Club is looking to try its hand as one of the first platforms in the social media influencer space in New Zealand. Its mission is like most others: to connect New Zealand’s largest community of social media influencers with brands and agencies in order to create authentic and meaningful influencer campaigns
Sydney startup JAGONAL brings in the next generation of office space search engines. The startup finds the perfect office space for rent or sale through 3D virtual tours from every window in the city that is enhanced with a Google streetview style.
Despite the number of social media platforms in the market, investors are still keen to buy in and find the next big thing, with new Australian social media startup clapit last week announcing it had raised $2.57 million in seed funding from investors including Mark Moran and Paul Siderovski pre-launch.
Over the course of the 18 months I worked at Newspoll, the market research organisation behind The Australian newspaper’s fortnightly political opinion poll, I saw three different Prime Ministers in office, with those very opinion polls I was helping to conduct leading to the demise of two of them. But while opinion polls have developed an extraordinary power in Australian politics, their accuracy is questionable.
It’s long been a stereotype, but Sydneysiders young and old truly are obsessed with property. To help fuel those endless conversations about property prices and how millennials will never be able to afford to buy comes Followit, a communications platform connecting consumers with real estate agents.
Most startups are terrible at early stage marketing. If you don’t believe me, just take a quick search of any startup featured on Startup Daily – check out their social media profiles, and if they have a blog. What you’ll find is that there is not much is going on – kind of like Donald Trump’s hair once upon a time, but hey, he fixed that!
Our society often views things as replaceable. You crack your phone, you get a new phone, you tear your pants, you buy new pants. Instead of fixing things we chuck them out and move on to the next. The value of second hand goods has decreased so much so that instead of people selling them, they just toss them onto the street hoping they’re picked up.
Melbourne startup Quid Pro Quo is an app that bypasses money, and trades second hand good-for-good, matching products with customers who are ready to barter, bargain, and swap. Someone’s trash is someone else’s treasure and that’s what cofounders Leon Chuah and Edward Leung of QPQ Tech are relying on.
Enter Splend, an Australian car rental startup that provides customers with brand new vehicles specifically for the purposes of on-demand driving services such as Uber.
Showpo’s Jane Lu and OneShift’s Gen George are a part of and love many of those groups, but decided to launch one that was more their style late last year. Going strong since October, Like Minded Bitches Drinking Wine (LMB) is exactly what it says on the lid: a community of current and aspiring female entrepreneurs who celebrate each other’s successes, commiserate over setbacks, and share tips and advice on how to grow – preferably over a glass of wine.
Ziip is looking to relieve that particular brand of disappointment that comes with missing deliveries. Cofounders Naby Mariyam and Hyacinthe Hamon saw that the logistic services of Australian delivery companies were substandard and have yet to keep up with the demands of online shoppers and decided to create a solution.
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