Stephanie Zillman

In a market heavily dominated by software giant Adobe, it’s no mean feat for a small company founded in Melbourne to set their sights on becoming a legitimate competitor.

The question of whether listening to music at work impacts positively or negatively on productivity has been answered – yet some 20% of Australian offices prohibit music in the workplace.

Five thousand would-be franchisees have registered for a free, online course developed by Griffith University’s Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence.

Having a post go viral is like liquid gold for a business. To reach the same number of people, a business would have to spend millions of dollars in advertising.

If making a handmade, high quality, highly perishable product, on an island south of Tasmania – with your marketplace being the whole of Australia – sounds like a challenge, well you’d be right.

What happens when steadfast values like trust and loyalty collide with business? You get one of Australia’s most enduring family-run businesses.

Up until a couple of years ago, if you wanted a taxi – you hailed or phoned for one. Oh how times have changed.

Startup Spring 2013, the first nationwide festival for startups and entrepreneurs, begins today.

The man tipped to become the new small business minister has officially been handed the portfolio – Bruce Billson, member for Dunkley will take the reigns all the way to cabinet.

Alongside the normalisation of ‘corporate social responsibility’ as a business term, the idea of creating new enterprises on an ethical foundation is becoming more mainstream.