A new Brisbane-based bootstrapped startup Instaview not only wants to cut down the screening process but also allow employers to get a gist of what the candidate is like in-person – prior to meeting them in-person – through asynchronous video-based interviewing.
Do you remember that Beyonce Superbowl Halftime Show where she killed it so hard that she literally broke the power in the New Orleans Superdome, leaving tens of thousands of football fans in the dark for the 17 minutes following her kick-ass performance. That is the closest thing I have to compare Mike Cannon-Brookes’ panel presentation at Slattery IT’s Rewind/FastForward event this past Wednesday. Mike is the Beyonce of tech events.
The 29th of March concludes this year’s annual ‘UNSW Startup Games’ event; and one team hoping to take out the top prize are the team behind FoodRunna which launched its service just last week.
As apps like Menulog make it easier than ever for consumers to order and have food delivered to their door, it’s never been more important for restaurants to have a full roster of drivers. However, many are still getting caught out when drivers call in sick or cancel shifts. Steve Fanale and Johnny Timbs founded Yello, a food delivery management platform, after encountering the problem themselves.
Last month Startup Daily profiled Nomad Financial, a New York-based financial services firm dedicated to startups, and looked at whether Australia’s startup ecosystem was in need of a similar firm. Australian entrepreneurs Sarah Riegelhuth and Finn Kelly decided there is, in fact, a market for such a firm and launched We Love Numbers.
Two Australian entrepreneurs saw an opportunity to combine fantasy sports with betting and launched Moneyball, a platform that lets fans can put their coaching skills to the test by playing fantasy football for money.
BakeBox partners with the best, and often obscure, patisseries in Sydney, and delivers baked food items to the customer’s desired location within 48 hours.
Sydney based startup LegalVision announced this morning it has just finalised a Series A round of funding to the amount of $1.2 million.
After experiencing difficulties trying to find carers for their grandparents, who wanted to stay home and receive care rather than entering a facility, Sydney sisters Lauren Hockley and Marissa Sandler came up with the idea for Careseekers.
Interestingly, a lot of the sales for Frank Body come from Instagram, which is by far the business’ most successful social media channel. And the business announced this week that revenue this financial year will most likely exceed the $20 million mark – making it one of the fastest ecommerce starters in the country.
Blind dates set up by mutual friends have a bad track record in romantic comedies, but a new startup has taken the concept and created a platform it hopes will change the online dating landscape through trust.
It’s not so much that women only recently started coding; rather, some time in the 1980s, women stopped coding.
By its very definition, a good coworking space isn’t just about the ping pong tables, nap pods, and coffee machine, but community. With Sydney’s Fishburners nestled between ABC, UTS, and TAFE buildings on Harris St in Ultimo, a street populated with more startups than on any other around Australia, you might be hard pressed to find a bigger community on just one road.
Ping pong has become somewhat synonymous with global startup ‘culture’ today, in fact entire movements have been launched because of the deep connection between the startup world and our love of the game.
When you’re starting a company, time and resources are limited, and your budget may not extend to a PR agency or full time communications professional. In my experience, what you do need is to draw from the inner growth engine that you’ll find in the best PR professionals – hustle.
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