Federal Labor’s recent suggestion of increasing the income and assets tests for the sophisticated investor exemption is one of the most infuriating examples of trying to fit a round peg in a square hole I’ve seen in a while. Currently, to qualify as a sophisticated investor, you need at least $2.5 million in assets or… Read more »
Angel investing in Australia is currently a boys club. A LinkedIn search for Angel Investor, location Australia, results in page after page of a 9:1 male to female ratio. It’s not something they (the boys) did maliciously, but something that absolutely needs to be fixed. The data is all too real and familiar, we’ve all… Read more »
When the topic of regulations that need to change to increase angel investment in Australia, an excuse that often comes up is: “Retail investors aren’t prevented from investing in startups, there’s the 20/12 rule!” Well let me tell you why that’s largely unhelpful. I recently spoke with someone who told me they were looking to… Read more »
After a crazy year that had one more prize in store over the Christmas-New Year break, especially for people in Sydney and Victoria, we asked leaders in the startup and tech community to send 2020 a breakup letter. It’s time to move on. As 2021 gets underway, Cheryl Mack, Head of Community at Stone &… Read more »
Welcome to our new, regular column, The Pitch Doctor, with Cheryl Mack, Head of Community at Stone & Chalk. When Mack appeared on the Startup Daily show recently on ausbiz, we asked her to name the best pitch deck she’d seen. She only half-jokingly replied “Fyre Festival”. You can read what she had to say about… Read more »
Welcome to our new, regular column, The Pitch Doctor, with Cheryl Mack, Head of Community at Stone & Chalk. When Mack appeared on the Startup Daily show recently on ausbiz, we asked her to name the best pitch deck she’d seen. She only half-jokingly replied “Fyre Festival”. So today, we’re launching The Pitch Doctor… Read more »
I’m very open about helping founders whenever possible. This means I often get asked to provide feedback on pitch decks. More often than not, the version I get is in fact a ‘pitch’ deck – a slide deck that would be used for a presentation. The issue is that it usually has no context for… Read more »
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