Of the eleven social entrepreneurs who participated in the recent Optus Future Makers Pitch Day, only five were awarded a $50k grant. Melbourne’s Marina Paronetto was one of those few, having impressed the judging panel with her digital innovation Biz: a peer-to-peer mobile app designed to equip teenage girls with the skills and confidence to succeed in business. […]
In order to reap the benefits of offshoring non-core competencies, SMBs must effectively communicate the process to onshore staff while ensuring there is cultural transference, according to Scott Stavretis, the CEO of Acquire BPO, Australia’s largest outsourcer to the Philippines. Stavretis recently spoke to Dynamic Business about offshoring including the advantages for businesses, his predictions for the […]
‘Corrine’ is a hard worker who consistently smashes her KPIs. Over time, she becomes invaluable to her employer, who rewards her by promoting her to a position of authority. It’s a well-deserved win – simply put, she’s the best person for the job. Corrine, however, doesn’t agree. She believes she has tricked her way into the C-suite and […]
Dubbed the ‘AirBnB of storage’ by its co-founder and CEO, Michael Rosenbaum, Spacer has experienced considerable growth, despite being a relative newcomer to the sharing economy. According to Michael, formerly the CEO of DealsDirect, Spacer is an opportunity for resource-poor start-ups to reduce their operating costs, freeing up capital for business growth. Co-founded […]
Five Aussie start-ups have taken up residence in San Francisco, where the Federal Government has just launched its first ‘Landing Pad’ for home-grown innovators. Australia’s Consul General and Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner in San Francisco, Chris Oldfield, said the new Landing Pad would put Australian entrepreneurs and start-ups ‘at the heart of technology and […]
Bohemian fashion label, Spell and The Gypsy Collective, was named Telstra’s Australian Business of the Year at a ceremony at Sydney’s Hilton Hotel on Monday night. The Byron Bay business also won the 2016 Telstra Australian Small Business Award. It took home the same honours at the Telstra NSW Business Awards, last month. Founded six years […]
Small and medium business (SMB) confidence has risen to a five-year high, largely due to an improved economic outlook, according to the latest Sensis Business Index survey. The views of 1,000 SMBS were captured by the Index, which is released by Sensis each quarter. The latest survey found that 60% of SMBS are confident while […]
CIOs are under a great deal of pressure to rapidly deliver outputs for their business and, in most cases, they are having to work within a limited IT budget, according to Rob Makin, Group Director, Enterprise Business Group, Lenovo ANZ. Part of the problem, Makin told Dynamic Business, is that digital disruption has resulted in huge […]
To thrive and survive in the modern age, corporates must consider working with – and harnessing the disruptive ideas of – start-ups, according to Karen Lawson, the newly appointed CEO of corporate start-up accelerator Slingshot. Dynamic Business spoke with Lawson, formerly the CEO of online job marketplace CareerOne, about opportunities for start-ups and corporates to collaborate […]
Melbourne-based edutech start-up Xplor recently raised $6 million in Series A funding. It’s a big win for founder and CEO Mark Woodland, who sees it as validation of his vision and business model. Having previously transformed his family-owned childcare centre into $22 million business, he’s determined to disrupt the early learning sector, here and abroad, by […]
