In October last year, entrepreneur Steve Hui founded travel startup iFLYflat after uncovering the secret formula for flying first-class at just a fraction of the retail cost, or in some circumstances, for ‘free’. Instead of paying up to $15,000 for a return flight, Hui guarantees to get the average consumer a first-class seat for just $6000 – less than half the retail cost.
No more back and forth emails trying to organise a time for business meetings. New calendar scheduler app Foogi automatically detects people’s availabilities for fast and easy book-ins.
No more printing vouchers, paying online or making reservations, because new app bigdeal brings it all to your fingertips! This all-women Aussie startup is going against the grain of other ‘deal’ providers by allowing users to redeem offers instantly from their smartphone.
After over 100 nominations, some seriously tough voting and an almost sold out awards night for the 26th of September for the Grand Announcement. The Top 10 Finalists for the Startup of the Year 2013 are being revealed. Congrats to those that made the list, you are in the running for the grand prize of the title, return flights to Silicon Valley, a tour of the Valley courtesy of 99 designs and hosting by ninefold.
Just a day after its launch, the quirky, empathy-based social network Moodswing ranked in the Top 20 Apps in the Australian AppStore – ahead of Facebook, Twitter & Pinterest. Three weeks later, with almost 50,000 users, it’s now the fastest growing social network.
Remember that old school graphics editing software called Photoshop and its countless buttons with tricky names that you hesitantly click on hoping one of them will do what you want it to? Well, forget it because Australian startup Canva has just announced the launch of their online graphic design platform that affords even the least technical person the ability to create professional designs free of charge.
“We live our lives through emotions, why not share them?” is the idea underlying a quirky, new, empathy-based social network that allows users to share the way they feel with friends and family.
In the heart of NSW’s Northern Beaches, a snazzy new co-working space is being launched for fast-growing technology and web companies to get their creativity flowing.
Here are 12 actionable ways non-technical founders can start their companies.
Those of us afflicted with first-world problems know exactly how frustrating it is when our phone battery goes flat or we’ve forgotten our earphones at home. But Queensland startup MobileCentral24/7 has developed a simple, yet ground-breaking solution!
Slango founders AJ Koch and Jake Cunningham saw a couple of major errors in them and as avid travellers who enjoy partying in Mexico they decided to create a product that solved them.
Puzzles and Dragons is currently the number one top grossing free to download application in Japan for iOS and Android. Reports suggest the app is currently making around USD$3.8 million a day or around USD$54 million per month.
Today we look at 50 influential people across the Australian startup space that you should know by name.
Success and profitability within the first 8 weeks is a huge priority for the agency, Subservice’s investment of team and process eliminates a lot of the variables that make starting a successful company on your own a near-impossible feat.
I have to admit, when it comes to setting up the legal side of things within your business, I am hesitant to use the basic template based offerings that currently exist in the market.
AI walks, meditation and rituals – the 5 things Canva cofounder Melanie Perkins does to prevent burnout 
Telstra makes $700 million bet on AI to transform its business in Accenture joint venture 
Cultivated meat startup Vow slices 25 jobs amid hunt for new funds 
Richard White sells more than $440 million worth of WiseTech shares 
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