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Tesla chair Robyn Denholm is leading a new, high-powered Australian tech lobby group that wants to create 190,000 jobs by 2025

Simon Thomsen - August 11, 2021 4 MIN READ

A new industry lobby group pushing for greater support for the growth and investment in Australia’s tech sector has been formed by the nation’s leading tech unicorns and venture capitalists. The Tech Council of Australia has 23 founding members, including Canva, Afterpay, Atlassian, Safety Culture and Culture Amp, as well as US tech giants Google,… Read more »

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Tesla’s global chair, Robyn Denholm, worries Australia’s grown complacent and afraid of risk

Simon Thomsen - December 5, 2019 3 MIN READ

Robyn Denholm, the Australian businesswoman who’s now global chair of Elon Musk’s tech company Tesla, wants everyone in her homeland to embrace risk and is worried the nearly three decades of uninterrupted economic growth has made people complacent. Denholm (pictured above), who grew up in the western Sydney suburb of Milperra and rose to… Read more »

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CROSSROADS 2019: Australia’s startup sector is booming – and that’s great news for jobs

Simon Thomsen - December 5, 2019 6 MIN READ

The annual report into Australia’s startup ecosytem predicts 3 new unicorn tech companies in 2020 The sector created 4,500 jobs last year from $2 billion in investment While later stage investment is booming, concern about a decline in both the number and levels of investment in early stage startups is growing Founding locally creates high… Read more »

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StartupAUS is worried about the ACCC’s take on big business buying startups

Simon Thomsen - August 2, 2019 2 MIN READ

StartupAus CEO Alex McCauley. Photo: supplied StartupAUS is concerned about the damage last week’s ACCC report into digital platforms could cause to the startup sector if the competition watchdog’s views on mergers and acquisitions are implemented. The landmark inquiry and its 620-page report, which focused in part on the power of Facebook and Google, raised concerns… Read more »

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Australia’s startup ecosystem is falling behind the global pack

Simon Thomsen - May 10, 2019 5 MIN READ

The annual Startup Genome Global Startup Ecosystem Report sees Sydney fall in the top 30 rankings Melbourne’s ecosystem is on the rise as a “challenger” to crack the top 30 The Sydney result is ‘disappointing’ and the city has now slipped from 16th in 2015 While there is growth overall, Australia is lagging behind global… Read more »

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What we learned from launching our app in five months with a $5k budget

Ronan Mason - April 30, 2019 6 MIN READ

We doubled down for five months, and I thought I’d share how we got our app live under our $5,000 budget and the lessons we learned along the way.

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[PODCAST] Startup Meet Corporate – Episode 28: Mirvac

Startup Daily - April 17, 2019 < 1 MIN READ

On this episode, we chat about office space with Paul Edwards, General Manager of Workplace Experiences at Mirvac.

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Irate customers and emotional colleagues: how to defuse workplace explosions

Marcela Slepica - March 1, 2019 3 MIN READ

Challenging behaviours in the workplace come in many forms. If not managed correctly, they can become a workplace hazard and impact on productivity.

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Birdsnest: from storefront to global online retail success story

Cec Busby - February 27, 2019 3 MIN READ

Based in the NSW country town of Cooma in the Snowy Mountains region, birdsnest has grown from simple shopfront to an online retail brand providing fashion to women all over the globe.

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New Zealand-founded 90 Seconds raises $28 million Series B round

Gina Baldassarre - February 25, 2019 2 MIN READ

New Zealand-founded, Singapore-based video production startup 90 Seconds has raised US$20 million ($28 million) in Series B funding.

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Real estate platform Negotiagent wants to give vendors more power

Gina Baldassarre - February 20, 2019 4 MIN READ

Given Australia’s love of everything property and real estate, it’s fitting that innovation in terms of real estate-focused startups is strong. Over the last few years we’ve seen a range of companies launch, doing everything from helping people find and rate an agent, easily create property listings, showcase off-market properties, allow vendors to sell their… Read more »

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Sydney HR startup Enboarder helps organisations create a more engaging onboarding process

Gina Baldassarre - February 15, 2019 3 MIN READ

Enboarder is an “experience-driven” onboarding platform guiding both new hires and their managers through the onboarding process.

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StartupAUS rallies industry to call for changes to “most egregious components” of AA Bill

Gina Baldassarre - February 12, 2019 2 MIN READ

Australian tech leaders have joined together to develop a submission in response to the government’s controversial Telecommunication and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018, or AA Bill.

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Just 25 percent of Australian business leaders believe innovation is core to their business

Gina Baldassarre - February 1, 2019 2 MIN READ

Only a quarter of Australian business leaders believe innovation is core to their business, a report from Ricoh has found.

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Matchsmith is an online dating support service for the swiping age

Gina Baldassarre - January 25, 2019 3 MIN READ

Lending a hand to those suffering from swipe fatigue is Australian dating service Matchsmith. Founded by Holly Bartter, Matchsmith provides clients with assistance in “navigating their online dating life”.

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