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Startup Daily TV: ShineHub launches Australia’s first choose-your-own-retailer virtual power plant

- September 9, 2020 2 MIN READ

ShineHub, a solar energy startup, has launched Australia’s first choose-your-own-retailer virtual power plant (VPP), giving homes with a battery the chance to make more money supplying electricity when it’s needed most. Co-founder Alex Georgiou said ShineHub set out to reduce the complexity, confusion and financial barriers for access to solar and battery solutions and joined… Read more »

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Startup Daily TV: Spacenow CEO on the flexible workspace boom sparked by covid-19

- August 31, 2020 < 1 MIN READ

Daniel Gunning is co-founder and CEO of flexible commercial space marketplace Spacenow Since March 2020, the national startup has seen new customers increase by more than 290%  with a more than 550% increase in enquiries from large corporations, SMBs, startups and sole traders looking for short-term, flexible office space options closer to home. The Spacenow… Read more »

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Startup Daily TV: Bootstrapped surgery training app ScrubUp is looking for investors and a hospital to trial its lifesaving healthtech

- August 25, 2020 < 1 MIN READ

ScrubUp is a cloud-based surgical preparation app that bridges the gap between hands-on experience for nurses and brushing up on best practice procedures in their own time. Surgical nurse and educator Marrianne McGhee founded ScrubUp in 2016 and has taken the healthtech app global to help instruct surgical technicians and nurses on the correct preparation procedures… Read more »

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Startup Daily TV: University of NSW is putting 7 startups through its 10x Accelerator program

- August 25, 2020 < 1 MIN READ

The UNSW Founders has invested $140,000 in seven startups as part of its 2020 10x Accelerator program, currently under, albeit remotely in the covid-19 era, through the University of NSW. David Burt, Director of Entrepreneurship at UNSW, said the 2020 cohort ranges from a robotic gripper that mimics human dexterity,  to a mobile docketing system… Read more »

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Startup Daily TV: Cynch Security is helping smaller companies get cyber fit as cybercrime grows

- August 12, 2020 < 1 MIN READ

Cybersecurity firm Cynch Security says small business owners can take some simple measures to be better protected from the rising tide of scammers and hacks that have emerged in 2020. Susie Jones, co-founder and CEO of Cynch Security, said the number one scam targeting small companies involves fake invoice. The move to online means scammers… Read more »

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ICYMI: Startup Daily TV, Tuesday – lean startups, proptech, going carbon neutral, and helping businesses thrive

- August 12, 2020 2 MIN READ

On Tuesday’s Startup Daily show on ausbiz on Tuesday, regular guest Ben Chong from Right Click Capital explored lean startup theory and the ideas developed by its founding father, Steve Blank.  In Ben’s most recent column for Startup Daily about building lean and keeping customers keen, he outlined the four stages to getting a startup off… Read more »

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Startup Daily TV: RentBetter is helping landlords save money and disrupting property rental

- July 28, 2020 < 1 MIN READ

Rentbetter is an online real estate startup leading the disruption of the residential rental market providing a simple solution for landlords and tenants, from finding a tenant to managing them. The startup launched in 2016 and has since established itself as the market leader with a strong customer base. Jeremy Goldschmidt is RentBetter‘s founder and… Read more »

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STARTUP DAILY TV: Amazon Launchpad’s $80,000 innovation grants are now open

- July 27, 2020 < 1 MIN READ

Applications for the Amazon Launchpad Innovation Grants fare now open with five grant packages up for grabs. Each package is worth more than $80,000 and includes a $20,000 cash grant, Amazon marketing support, AWS Activate credits, and exclusive access to mentors such as Amazon leadership and entrepreneur experts from Australia and HQ in Seattle; time… Read more »

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Startup Daily TV: Pathzero lets companies take control of their carbon footprint

- July 14, 2020 < 1 MIN READ

Pathzero is a new startup out of the Antler Accelerator that helps small and medium-sized businesses understand their carbon footprint, set a path to carbon neutrality and share their climate commitment with confidence. They’ve designed a solution that is as effective as getting consultants in, but simpler and more affordable and can happen in a… Read more »

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Startup Daily TV: ResButler is the tech restaurants need to maximise bookings in the Covid-19 era

- June 23, 2020 2 MIN READ

One of the biggest challenges restaurateur Peter Petroulas faced over nearly two decades of running top restaurants at Sydney’s GPO, including Intermezzo, Postales and Prime, was organising to bookings to maximise the use of the dining spaces. Five years ago he decided to develop his own solution to the problem, knowing that existing booking platforms… Read more »

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Startup Daily TV: Australian tech is in danger as the US and China fight for supremacy

- June 22, 2020 < 1 MIN READ

Technology is now a central weapon in the Trump administration’s self-professed “strategic competition” with China and the battle between the two giants has the potential to cause major problems for Australian tech companies according to Brendan Thomas-Noone, a research fellow at Sydney University’s United States Studies Centre. Thomas-Noone authored Tech Wars: US-China tech competition and… Read more »

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Startup Daily TV: Fine Defender, which challenges unjust fines, is crowdfunding

- June 18, 2020 < 1 MIN READ

Fine Defender was founded by Adam Cockayne in 2016 after he saw first-hand the challenges related to unjust fines. So he developed software to help assess and challenge fines issued for everything from parking to traffic, public transport and more recently Covid-19, charging a $25-$35 fee to launch the challenge after they’ve completed an online… Read more »