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ACS President Yohan Ramasundara on the past and future of tech, how he’ll spend Christmas & his summer reading list
As part of our summer series, Startup Daily spoke to ACS President Yohan Ramasundara about a busy year and what’s ahead.
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10 awesome businesses in rural Australia run by women
Birth Beat’s Edwina Sharrock Resilient, innovative and passionate; three words to live by when you’re a woman running a small business in rural Australia. And they are words worth contemplating on Tuesday, October 15, “International Rural Women’s Day”, a day to celebrate the invaluable contribution women make to rural regions across the globe. There are 275,000… Read more »
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This incredible AI-based agtech solution could boost crop yields by 10%
An Australian rural startup has devised a planting technique for farmers that can potentially boost crop yields by up to 10% simply by measuring the amount of moisture in the soil when they’re planted. And with water and the ongoing drought playing a critical role in the viability of local farms, the agtech solution by Orange-based… Read more »
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FATHER’S DAY: 10 founders & CEOs on the best advice from their dads
Sunday, September 1 is Father’s Day, so break out the tongs, fire up the BBQ and hand dad a beer, give him a hug and say thanks. To mark the occasion, we asked CEOs and founders for the best advice they received from their fathers. Here’s what they said: Michelle Gallaher CEO of ShareRoot… Read more »
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How Byron Bay women’s surfwear brand Salt Gypsy is spreading its sustainable message using Amazon Launchpad
Byron Bay-based Danny Clayton is a pioneer of the surf leggings trend. Her brand, Salt Gypsy, uses recycled fishing nets and plastic ocean waste to produce sustainable surfwear. Salt Gypsy clothing is Australian made and Clayton is one of the first brands to be part of the new Amazon Launchpad store for startup brands. … Read more »
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Sunrise host David Koch sets 3 alarms and wakes at 3.47am – here’s how he starts his day
According to the experts what you do first thing in the morning has the greatest impact on the success of the rest of your day. In this series Flying Solo asked business leaders what rituals they use to kickstart their systems before getting on with work for the day. David Koch is host of Channel… Read more »
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The one piece of advice Xero’s Trent Innes gives small business owners to ensure they survive
Trent Innes is a hero at Xero. An accountant with more than 20 years of experience, he first joined the cloud-based accounting platform’s Melbourne HQ in 2013 as National Sales Director, then in January 2016, became Xero Australia & Asia Managing Director, just a decade after its genesis on an apartment dining room table in Wellington, New… Read more »
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How Justin Dry turned wine into startup gold with Vinomofo
Australia’s not short of people selling you booze, but in the space between discounted goon bags, and Shakespearean prose about the glories of $800 bottles of famous red, it seems most retailers forgot that sharing a bottle of wine with friends is about fun and conviviality. That’s where Vinomofo comes in and No. 6… Read more »
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11 startup founders reveal the best advice their mothers ever gave them
Mums became big news this week, with Labor leader Bill Shorten talking about how his mother was an inspiration to him and shaped his political views. Politicians aren’t the only ones with inspiring mums. Becoming an entrepreneur is often the result of hard work, sacrifice, love and more from parents who’ve raised their child with… Read more »
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How a crackdown on comparison websites led to this white label startup
The NSW government’s crackdown on businesses that operate comparison websites led Ankit Jain, CEO of startup CIMET, to build an online model that could be scaled across multiple sectors and integrated within existing businesses.
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Throwing a Gronade at the fear of AI
While millions of people the world over are fearing the disruption of the fourth industrial revolution, one Harbour City Labs’ startup, Gronade, is touting its benefits for all to hear.
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Cruiser Interactive takes collaboration to the next level at Harbour City Labs
It’s been four years since Dr Anthony Collins launched Cruiser Interactive, a spinoff of a technology research project developed at the University of Sydney. Cruiser Interactive delivers innovative solutions for meeting spaces, operations centres and cultural spaces offering organisations the ability to connect and collaborate at scale in real time. Collins tells Startup Daily the… Read more »
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Scaling great heights: River City Labs extends its reach launching Harbour City Labs at Barangaroo
As CEO of River City Labs (RCL) Peta Ellis knows a thing or two about startups. Now Ellis will be bringing her extraordinary skills to the the Sydney startup scene as River City Labs launches a local chapter at swank new premises in Barangaroo.
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School Bytes is taking the pain out of office admin
Young entrepreneur Blake Garrett has set about eliminating a pain point that will be dear to the heart of many a school principal. Garrett is the founder of School Bytes, a comprehensive cloud-based school management platform which allows a school’s front office staff to streamline their admin and operational processes. They say necessity is the… Read more »
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Saasyan Assure puts kids digital wellbeing and cyber safety in focus
One founder addressing the issue of digital wellbeing is AWS EdStart participant Greg Margossian. A father of one, Margossian is the originator of Saasyan Assure, an EdTech software company that offers a cyber welfare solution for schools. Saasyan Assure works with existing firewalls and allows schools to detect, monitor and report unusual behaviour online. It… Read more »
