Kate Parker joined storied airline Ansett Australia fresh out of university; over the course of the next ten years, she would have the opportunity to work in many different roles, getting a wide breadth of experience across the business. The most surreal experience of all was working through what remains one of the biggest corporate… Read more »
They are now among the biggest names across the global tech landscape, having changed the way we work and play, but the likes of Dropbox and Airbnb were once little more than one of hundreds of early-stage companies pinning their hopes on gaining valuable mentorship and guidance through an accelerator program. Two of Airbnb’s cofounders,… Read more »
Living in a rural community can be isolating. There is the simple fact, first of all, that you are geographically isolated, with just a couple of thousand people in town and hours each way to the big smoke, but there can also be a sense of isolation in terms of thinking, of being the only… Read more »
“I’m a problem solver at heart, and sometimes that makes you a less than desirable employee.” She never got fired, Carmen Roberts clarified with a laugh, but acknowledging that fact led to the decision not to go back to working for someone else after having her youngest child. Instead, she looked at what she was… Read more »
We all know kids will think and believe some crazy things, but some things are crazier than others: a survey of year six kids conducted in 2012 for the Australian Council for Educational Research found 27 percent believe yoghurt grows on trees, while three quarters believe cotton is an animal product. Looking to fill these… Read more »
The nature of work is changing, and as more employers around the country become accustomed to the idea of outsourcing or hiring a remote worker, the opportunities for Australians living outside the business hubs in our major cities have never been greater. Aiming to help businesses tap into the wealth of expertise hidden around regional… Read more »
Growing up, Julie Boulton dreamed of being a brain surgeon, because she was fascinated by the way humans work. A couple of years into her medical degree, however, she was diagnosed with a brain disorder; having developed tremors, a career as a surgeon was suddenly off the table. “One day I was sitting on the… Read more »
For many Australians living in metropolitan areas, knowledge of life on a farm has come from a show like McLeod’s Daughters. Unfortunately, just as any doctor would tell you that no, Grey’s Anatomy does not accurately depict working in a hospital, a day in the life of a character on McLeod’s Daughters isn’t exactly the… Read more »
So what exactly is a Scaleup? For Trent Bagnall, co-founder of Slingshot Accelerator, Scaleups are simply mature Startups.
From a standing start a decade ago, Australia’s Startup landscape has grown exponentially over the last few years; there are more resources devoted to helping new Startups get off the ground than ever before, with coworking spaces, incubators, and accelerators aplenty, targeting every niche imaginable. On the surface, it may seem like all these efforts… Read more »
Country towns are stereotypically known for their close communities and friendliness, with neighbours always ready to give each other a helping hand. Launched late last year, The Rural Network is a platform looking to translate that community spirit online by bringing the task economy to the bush, starting with over 60 regional and rural communities… Read more »
Pioneering the task economy movement for the 1.3 million regional business owners across Australia is a fast-growing platform called The Rural Network.
Living on a farm on the Southern Highlands of NSW, freelance graphic designer Monika stumbled upon DesignCrowd by chance a few years ago.
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the future of work is going to be about individuals selling their unique set of skills – the more connected households become via technology, the less relevance things like offices and shopfronts will hold in society. We have seen many metro-centric platforms, such as Airtasker and Sidekicker appear in the last… Read more »
It was an old boss that eventually put Jessie on to Freelancer, seeing her join the growing ranks of ‘taskmasters’ working through a task economy platform.
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