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STARTUP MUSTER: R&D worries, funding and cozzie lives keep startup founders awake at night

- December 10, 2024 3 MIN READ

R&D incentive uncertainty, migration changes, and the cost of living crisis are slamming the Australian startup community, according to the 2024 Startup Muster report. Launched on Monday, the 2024 report found Australians are starting ventures at an increasingly older age with more looking at overseas markets and investors. The cost of living crisis, however, was… Read more »

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New research looking into mental health in startups and how founders and investors interact needs your views

- December 4, 2024 2 MIN READ

A new Australian research initiative aiming to shed light on the often-overlooked mental health challenges facing founders and their relationship with investors, to address a critical knowledge gap in the startup community wants to know what you think. Recent international studies have revealed a significant disconnect between founders’ mental health struggles and their willingness to… Read more »

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She shoots, she scores! Robyn and Victoria Denholm now own a whole basketball league

- November 21, 2024 2 MIN READ

Tesla chair and Blackbird partner Robyn Denholm, has one-upped Atlassian’s Mike Cannon-Brookes, part owner of US NBA team the Utah Jazz, by buying an entire basketball league, the WNBL. The deal between the Wollemi Capital Group Syndicate (WCGS) and Larry Kestelman’s National Basketball League (NBL) consortium to acquire a majority stake in the Women’s National… Read more »

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Raising in 2024: Why Australian startups are turning to Singapore for VC

- October 28, 2024 4 MIN READ

More and more Australian startups are chasing capital from VCs in Singapore—and for good reason. Unlike Australian VCs, who risk losing tax concessions if they invest too heavily outside Australia, Singapore-based investors face no such restrictions and are actively deploying capital across global markets. That’s why we decided to ask some of APAC’s most influential… Read more »

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Data centres have an energy problem. Here’s what needs to be done about it

- August 6, 2024 4 MIN READ

Our insatiable demand for digital content and services has been driving a rise in energy-hungry data centres. The International Energy Agency reports global data centre electricity consumption could double in a few short years, reaching 1,000 terawatt hours (TWh) by 2026. That’s roughly the same as generated by the whole of Japan per year. Some… Read more »

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Researchers found an easy way to detect companies that perform poorly – the number of government grants they receive

- July 18, 2024 3 MIN READ

Australia hands out the best part of A$1 billion per year in grants to businesses. Many of these come with no strings attached, meaning there is no need to evaluate whether the grants boost employment, help the recipients become more efficient, or benefit the nation. To test what good these grants do, my team at… Read more »

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C-rap: the most talked about part of Canva Create isn’t the product (but it totally is) because of a song

- May 27, 2024 4 MIN READ

There’s a famous maxim in advertising, courtesy of industry legend David Ogilvy that: “If you have nothing to say, sing it”. Combine that with Oscar Wilde’s observation that: “There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about”, and you have the defining moment of Canva… Read more »

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The Ignition Lane Wrap: Sunrise. Demise. No more pies.

- November 28, 2022 5 MIN READ

Welcome to Ignition Lane’s Tech Wrap, where they cut through the noise to bring you their favourite insights from the technology and startup world.  Ignition Lane works with ambitious business leaders to apply the Startup Mindset to their technology, product and commercialisation problems.  This wrap goes out free to subscribers. Don’t forget you can catch Gavin Appel every… Read more »