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A number of Australian venture capital firms have banded together to draft a moral code of conduct for the local startup community.
Together with StartupAUS, Think & Grow are putting together a Founder’s Salary Guide which outlines suggested salary levels based on various factors, including their revenues/funding level, job function and level of seniority.
Student-led organisation Generation Entrepreneur has partnered with the NSW Department of Education to run iEntrepreneur, a business incubator program for high school students across Sydney.
The government has appointed four regional innovation facilitators to help guide the development of incubators in regional areas.
When things are moving fast and there is a lot at stake, reflecting on your leadership skills may not seem that important – but leadership can be a dealbreaker.
I’ve noticed a particular challenge that a lot of us have been grappling with now that Canva is at this particular stage of growth: staying focused and keeping control of our precious time.
Previously manager of the national innovation program at Deloitte, new Startup Victoria boss Anderson has been at Inventium since 2013.
After six years at the helm, Steve Baxter is set to move on from Brisbane coworking hub River City Labs, announcing he is looking for a new owner.
The review will help develop new metrics to accurately measure innovation to “guide evidence-based policy and better target investment in innovation”.
A few months on from raising a US$40 million ($51 million) round that saw its valuation push past the $1 billion mark, online design startup Canva has acquired Zeetings, a Sydney-founded startup helping users deliver interactive presentations. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
While no overall rankings released this year, the 2018 Startup Genome report has identified Australia cities as ecosystems to watch.
Australian VC firm Blackbird Ventures has announced the closing of its third fund, raising $225 million from the likes of Hostplus and the Future Fund.
While there is still a significant way to go to level the playing field, the Australian innovation ecosystem is home to countless women doing fascinating things and hustling to build the community.
At AirTree, we often get founders asking us how they can improve their sales performance and the answer always involves a deep dive into their sales funnel metrics.
At some point we had to sit back and ask ourselves, why is the mortality rate in the startup industry so high?