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In a four-part series, Dynamic Business talks to The Sharing Hub’s startup community about their businesses and their story with using an accelerator programme. In part 2 of the 4 part series, we speak to Michael Rosenbaum, Founder and CEO of Spacer and Co-Founder of The Sharing Hub itself. The Sharing Hub is a community […]
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell has reminded small businesses they have until 30 September to adopt Single Touch Payroll (STP). Small businesses with 19 employees or less are required to make the transition to STP by the deadline in two weeks. STP became mandatory for small employers on 1 July […]
Stripe, which builds economic infrastructure for the internet, is raising $250 million in additional funding—at a new pre-money valuation of $35 billion—from investors including General Catalyst, Sequoia, and Andreessen Horowitz, among others. Stripe will use the capital to accelerate its growth in three key areas: accelerating international expansion; growing its product suite; and extending its […]
All four of the big banks expect another cut to the country’s cash rate when the Reserve Bank of Australia meets on October 1. NAB analysts on Friday revised their initial forecasts of cuts in November and February to October and December, predicting the cash rate – currently at a record low of 1.0 per […]
Gemma Crowe founded Infamous Swim, an online swimwear brand for women, men and their children, in 2018. She witnessed her business’s Instagram blow up overnight – literally – with hundreds of thousands of users (now a 233k following!) clicking the follow button. The brand was launched initially with no more than a few thousand followers, […]
Australians are encouraged to thank and nominate successful women in business to be part of a significant milestone – the 25th Telstra Business Women’s Awards. Nominations are now open for the program, which celebrates and recognises exceptional women in leadership across all sectors, including: small, medium and large businesses, public sector, academia, for purpose and social […]
Xero, the global small business platform, reports that late payments to Australian small businesses have seen an improvement. An analysis of hundreds of thousands of anonymised invoices by Xero Small Business Insights reveals a nearly 2.5-day decline in late-payment times in July across Australia. This is the biggest June-to-July drop in three years. Businesses waited […]
Bosses who deliberately steal money from their employees’ pay will face criminal penalties, but genuine mistakes won’t be punished. But Attorney-General Christian Porter says employers who make genuine mistakes and fix them quickly will avoid a criminal record. The coalition government is releasing a discussion paper on Thursday looking for community feedback about wage theft. […]
In this podcast episode, we interview and chat with Olivia Molesworth, who is the youngest female fintech entrepreneur in Australia at age 23. Olivia founded Bromleigh Capital last year when she identified a need for young Australian eCommerce startups to access capital in order to scale. Bromleigh Capital is the first ethical financier for eCommerce […]
Australia’s startup scene is booming. In fact, it is quickly becoming recognised as one of the most attractive countries in the world to launch a startup and was named fifth in the StartupBlink Startup Ecosystem Rankings 2019 report. Although the failure rate of 90% can be daunting, there are a number of ventures that make it past […]
