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‘Tech for Good’ scholarships close soon to get an entrepreneur and investor to study at Harvard

- November 26, 2024 2 MIN READ

A group of Australian-based Harvard Alumni will fund two new scholarships to send an entrepreneur and an investor to attend the Harvard Business School Executive Education Course in February 2025. The scholarships are the brainchild of three graduates of Harvard College and senior technology industry executives: Antler Australia founding partner, Bede Moore; Unseen cofounder and… Read more »

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Prof Svetha Venkatesh receives Pearcey Medal, Dirak’s Andrew Dzurak joins Pearcey Hall of Fame as industry pioneers honoured

- November 23, 2024 4 MIN READ

The 2024 Pearcey Awards saw industry pioneers recognised and the 75th anniversary of the first Australian computer celebrated at a gala dinner in Brisbane on Tuesday night. Professor Svetha Venkatesh received the 2024 Pearcey Medal for her work in pattern recognition, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and was inducted into the Pearcey Hall of Fame. Canberra defence… Read more »

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Serial entreprenuer Dr Michelle Perugini heads to University of SA to commercialise research

- November 19, 2024 2 MIN READ

Health and technology entrepreneur Dr Michelle Perugini has joined the University of South Australia as its new Head of Commercialisation. The cancer researcher turned artificial intelligence (AI) expert cofounded two successful AI startups with her husband Dr Don Perguni, who was a research scientist for the Department of Defence, developing AI technology ISD Analytics, founded in 2008,… Read more »

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Canva finally gets a new CFO as IPO plans loom, hiring Zoom’s US-based finance boss

- November 19, 2024 3 MIN READ

More than nine months after the sudden departure of Canva’s chief financial officer, after nearly 8 years, the graphic design giant has found his replacement with Zoom’s Texas-based CFO, Kelly Steckelberg, signing on later this month. Steckelberg took Zoom to its public listing on the Nasdaq in 2019. She was previously CEO of online dating… Read more »

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SafetyCulture founder Luke Anear steps down as CEO

- November 18, 2024 2 MIN READ

The founder of Sydney workplace tech scaleup SafetyCulture, Luke Anear, will finish up as CEO at the end of the year after leading the business he founded in a Queensland garage for two decades. Anear will shift into the new role of executive chairman from January 1, with former SafetyCulture customer Kelly Vohs, most recently… Read more »

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Research reveals billionaire Elon Musk’s social media posts had a ‘sudden boost’ once he backed Donald Trump

- November 4, 2024 3 MIN READ

On July 13, shortly after Donald Trump was targeted by an assassination attempt, Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X (formerly Twitter), tweeted to his more than 200 million followers: I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery. Musk’s efforts to influence who wins next week’s US presidential election have continued. For… Read more »

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A $92,000 furniture bill has cost WiseTech founder Richard White billions – and a lot more

- October 22, 2024 3 MIN READ

Multi-billionaire Richard White’s early career was famously rock n roll as a guitar technician for AC/DC, but over the past month his life story has become more Shakespearean, with a sprinkling of Streisand effect, that’s taken the WiseTech Global founder from the business section to front pages amid lurid details of his personal life. It… Read more »

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Atlassian’s Scott Farquhar sold the house next door to his cofounder for $130 million

- October 17, 2024 2 MIN READ

In real estate terms, Elaine, the 1863 waterfront mansion in Sydney’s Point Piper, could be described as a bit of a fixer-upper, with plenty of potential. And that’s how Atlassian cofounder Scott Farquhar and his wife, venture capitalist Kim Jackson, saw it when they bought the seven-bedroom Victorian mansion, which once belonged to members of… Read more »

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Dope idea: LinkedIn names medicinal cannabis platform Montu as its top Australian startup

- September 25, 2024 6 MIN READ

Jobs social network LinkedIn has released the 2024 LinkedIn Top Startups Australia list, naming medicinal cannabis telehealth firm Montu as its top company The list is compiled from trawling data on the platform four core areas: employee growth, jobseeker interest, and member engagement within the company and its employees, as well as how well these startups… Read more »

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Ashleigh Greaves joins Queensland VC Tribe Global Ventures to wrangle investor relations

- September 12, 2024 2 MIN READ

Former JP Morgan banker Ashleigh Greaves has joined boutique Queensland B2B VC Tribe Global Ventures to manage investor relations. Greaves already has a strong track record on that front having spent several years within the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) at J.P. Morgan in New York where she managed relationships with hedge funds and quantitative trading managers.… Read more »