Smart Energy co-founders Beau Savage, Elliot Hayes & Jasper Boyschau When we started our solar company Smart Energy three years ago we had just enough money to sign a lease on a warehouse in Byron Bay and buy one pallet of solar panels. We needed every penny we could get so we saved money… Read more »
Founders regularly ask me about the metrics that truly matter to venture capital (VC) investors. Although there are a number of metrics that are standard across all startups, there are many tools that can be used to measure performance. In the early due diligence stages VCs will often look at the big picture –… Read more »
It’s rarely easy for angel investors to figure out which startups are worth the time and investment. Once you’ve built a reputation as an active and trusted investor, you may find yourself buried under a vast number of approaches, all which require you to do due diligence research or to spend an inordinate amount of… Read more »
Like most entrepreneurs, there’s not a day that goes past when I don’t come up with a new idea for a business, product or service. I’ve always been passionate about building things from the ground up and began my career as an architect – but soon saw an opportunity to build something different. I… Read more »
Australian educational institutions have long succeeded in attracting ever-increasing numbers of international students. Armed with enthusiasm and drive, they relish the opportunity to take advantage of our first-rate tertiary education. The challenge we face as a nation is finding better ways to keep the most entrepreneurial of them here after graduation. Fostering skills… Read more »
Wait! You can’t quit Facebook, you’re a business owner is how people reacted when happiness hacker, Penny Locaso told them she was pulling stumps on the social media giant. “It’s like ripping off a bandaid” was her reply. “It was funny because when I told people I was thinking about deleting my account they’d say,… Read more »
UTS Director of Entrepreneurship Murray Hurps. Photo: Guy Degen Many in the startup sector may know Murray Hurps from his three years as CEO of Fishburners. He’s also co-founder, director and former CEO of Startup Muster. In 2018, Hurps headed to academia as the Director of Entrepreneurship at University of Technology Sydney, charged with… Read more »
Charlie Thompson (left), with her Clean Collective co-founders Charli Ferrand and Georgia Lawson. Photo: supplied. It’s no secret that raising funds as a female founder is tough. A Boston Consulting Group survey concluded that just 2% of venture capital funding reaches female-led companies – a statistic made louder last week by Kim Jackson passionately… Read more »
Top legal experts share the 8 reasons startup founders lose out even when they build a good company. We meet a lot of excellent founders at Zambesi. They come to us to spend time with leaders from companies like Canva, Facebook, Showpo, TEDxSydney and Koala to learn how to grow their startups, pitch their ideas,… Read more »
Australia has long been renowned for having a resilient economy, and it’s seen a big shift over the past decade. Local and federal governments are now significantly investing in technology through various initiatives, helping our local economy flourish, especially via innovation. A multitude of technology incubators and coworking spaces are emerging all over the… Read more »
Bridges are said to be a monument to progress. For many start-ups, bridging rounds of capital are exactly this – a step towards success. They may not have been part of the original game plan, but they are often a necessity in the unpredictable world of entrepreneurialism. Reasons for a bridging round can be varied.… Read more »
Brands that are failing to run controlled website and mobile app experiments in order to understand their customers and convert impressions into transactions are falling behind. Research from Forrester supports this, revealing that the cohort who embed experimentation into their business will earn 1.8 trillion dollars by 2021 and grow eight times faster than the… Read more »
With a population of over 327 million people, the largest economy in the world, and a market that is distinctly English-speaking, the United States is a lucrative market for Australian startups. However, it is not as simple as wanting to expand an Aussie company to America — there are a lot of inside… Read more »
I pride myself on seeing things through, my word is part of who I am, so when I say I’m going to do something, I follow through. However, I have a confession to make, I recently quit what could be perceived as one of the most amazing opportunities I’ve had. Antler is a technology accelerator,… Read more »
Members of the Draper Venture Network – an alliance of independent venture capital firms – gathered in Chile, Argentina, and Brazil recently to learn about the region’s entrepreneurial communities. We met with top-performing billion-dollar companies and government officials, and as investors we discussed the critical success factors and commonalities observed in the outstanding founders… Read more »
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