Profiles
How a “healthy paranoia” about the competition keeps Carsales innovating
Carsales CIO Jason Blackman said the Melbourne company has sought to maintain the startup ethos it set out with upon launch in 1997.
News & Analysis
Refugee entrepreneurs can provide significant economic benefits to Australia, report finds
A report examining the existing and potential contribution of refugee entrepreneurs to the nation’s economy and society has found refugee entrepreneurs can provide significant economic benefits.
News & Analysis
River City Labs to host Brisbane edition of Global Startup Weekend series
River City Labs has announced it will be hosting the next iteration of Startup Weekend Brisbane on November 18 to 20. The event will run as part of the Global Startup Weekend series, with over 200 events to be held across November 11-13 and 18-20.
News & Analysis
Virtual reality experience Social Qs takes out first prize in Sydney leg of LadyProblems hackathon
Social Qs, a team looking to help men understand and develop empathy for the lived experiences of women in the workplace through VR and gamification, took out first prize at the Australian leg of the LadyProblems hackathon over the weekend.
News & Analysis
Girl Geek Academy launches SheMakes 2016 event to help women explore emerging technologies
Girl Geek Academy has announced the launch of its next SheMakes event, aiming to introduce more women to the concepts of making and wearables.
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Wagga Wagga to host agricultural hackathon Agrihack
Agrihack is an initiative of the RGTC Group, run by director Dianna Somerville, which wants to help position the Riverina as the agriculture centre of regional innovation.
News & Analysis
Mercedes-Benz Vans launches Hack My Van hackathon to reimagine the inside of the Vito van
Mercedes-Benz Vans has become the latest corporate to launch a hackathon, inviting participants to ‘reimagine’ or customise the inside of its Vito van and how the van drives business at its upcoming Hack My Van event.
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Walkley Foundation partners with GEN and Google to host hackathon on data-driven storytelling
The Walkley Foundation has partnered with the Global Editors Network and Google to host the first Editors Lab in Australia, a hackathon focused on creating innovative news prototypes.
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Techfugees Hackathon will have hackers and refugees work side by side to create solutions
Though the tech community is constantly working on products, services, and events through which it hopes to make a difference in society, for whatever reason, the success rate of these efforts is often mixed. By having hackers learn about the problems they need to solve directly from the people who experienced them, this month’s Techfugees Hackathon aims to help tech teams develop real solutions to the issues facing refugees settled in Australia.
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Tanda hackathon reveals different habits of male and female employees
Women get to work on average a minute earlier than their male colleagues, though men stay back an average of five minutes more at the end of the day, according to new insights from Tanda.
