The startup scene is unrelenting, with thousands of innovators and big thinkers competing for relevance and jostling for funding in an industry where competition is high and business life-expectancy is low. In what is a volatile industry, there are two ways in which these businesses operate. The first approach is more orthodox, marked by the… Read more »
Let’s consider whether adding another connection to another stranger is actually going to help you achieve anything, or whether the value of your time is actually all going to Microsoft (which owns LinkedIn). How many contacts can you really stay up-to-date with? LinkedIn says I’m connected to 7,881 people. If they all just post an… Read more »
An exciting weekend of football Grand Finals ahead. Sadly my team, Port Adelaide, failed at the last hurdle to make it to the AFL’s big dance. As President since 2013, it has been fascinating to be part of a professional sports organisation and observing how high-performance teams operate. And I reckon all business owners can… Read more »
Whether it’s for personal or professional purposes, our reliance on technology has never been greater. From ordering groceries or joining a social media craze like TikTok, to running a business or simply safely visiting a restaurant, chances are you’ve become accustomed to uploading your personal information online over the past six months. While this reliance… Read more »
We’ve all heard of the startup that was founded out of a garage. But what about the incubator that was created in the back of a train carriage? In the year 2000, when most of the country was celebrating the Olympics, a collaboration of our leading universities had something else on their minds. This was… Read more »
Throughout our lifetimes we consume, collate, curate, host and produce a staggering quantity of data – some by our own hand, some by others on our behalf, and some without our knowledge or consent. Collectively, our “digital footprints” represent who we are and who we were. Our digital legacies are immortal and can impact those… Read more »
There has been a clash of clans in mobile gaming, with angry birds Apple, Google and Epic Games in a saga over in-app payments. Video game developer Epic’s massively popular “battle royale” game Fortnite was removed from Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store last week. Android players can still download the game directly… Read more »
For many, COVID-19 has been a time for self-reflection. It’s been a time for understanding who we are and what drives us. A time to consider what’s important. We’ve noticed this changing tide through the growing interest we’re seeing in impact investing and the question of how we can be more conscious with how we… Read more »
Technology has relentlessly driven the future of the workplace, even work itself. For most of history, this evolution of work has been natural. Natural evolution tends to happen at a slower pace as technologies emerge and mature, sometimes taking winding paths that may even reverse. All this allows companies and workers to adapt, sometimes over… Read more »
Last night I dreamt I was back in the office for the first time. Our long communal tables in the kitchen were gone. My desk was surrounded on all sides by plexiglass – including overhead, which, for a guy my height, means stooped shoulders and a future riddled with chiropractic appointments. Nobody talked to each… Read more »
Australia’s long-awaited cybersecurity strategy, pledges to spend A$1.67 billion over the next ten years to improve online protection for businesses, individuals and the country as a whole. The lion’s share of the cash will go towards policing and intelligence, with smaller amounts set aside for a grab bag of programs from cybersecurity training to digital… Read more »
Despite statistics screaming high failure rates, every founder believes their startup will be among the minority to survive the first year. And it’s more than blind luck that makes the successful ones survive. Surviving the first year is a nightmare for all startups. It’s a cut-throat killing field. As the year progresses and the… Read more »
The Australian Government released Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy for 2020 this week. It outlines an investment in our nation’s cyber capabilities of $1.67 billion over the next 10 years, advocates for collaboration, and articulates actions required across government, businesses, and the community to make Australia more resilient to cyber incidents. The strategy is a win for… Read more »
In what seems to be a common occurrence, Chinese video-sharing app TikTok is once again in the headlines. After months of speculation about national security risks and users’ data being harvested by the Chinese Communist Party, US President Donald Trump has announced plans to ban TikTok in the United States any day now. In response,… Read more »
That COVID is hurting young workers more than older ones is widely recognised. What’s less well known is that even before COVID-19, in the decade leading up to it, incomes for young people (aged 15 to 34) were falling in real terms while incomes for others continued to climb. A graph that was created by… Read more »
CBA-backed BNPL Klarna raised $1.3 billion to become the world’s 2nd biggest fintech
Afterpay is leading tech stocks over the cliff today after upping its raise to $1.5 billion
How Code Camp staged its comeback to teach kids code after a devastating 2020
Telehealth is transforming healthcare, but there’s an even bigger change coming
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