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Two Australian startups selected for PepsiCo’s global supply chain program as corporate innovation push accelerates

ABRT Chair Eddie Griffith has a message for small business owners under pressure: if someone is offering you a single product as the fix to your financial stress, that is not advice, it is a sales pitch. 

Word of mouth is still the most powerful marketing tool a small business has. New CommBank data shows it beats social media, local markets and every other channel for discovery.

UNSW Founders has opened expressions of interest for Impact X, a free 10-week health pre-accelerator for women and founders from diverse backgrounds across NSW.

CEDA CEO Melinda Cilento says the real test of next week’s budget is whether the government can make disciplined, coherent policy choices in a volatile environment. Here is the four-point framework CEDA will use to assess it on budget night.

Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Discord, Reddit. PayPal’s 2026 eCommerce Index reveals which generations shop where and what SME owners need to do to keep up with shifting social commerce habits.

Australian small business sales rose 7.2% year-on-year in Q1 2026, despite back-to-back rate hikes and a fuel crisis, Xero data shows.

From fuel crisis vouchers to cyber resilience funding, COSBOA has outlined a practical set of Budget asks for Australia’s five million small business employees. 

From naturopath’s clinic to MECCA shelves, this week’s Founder Friday hears from Emily Carlstrom on how clinical frustration became SolBiome, and why leading with evidence beat following trends.

The next wave of AI value won’t come from buying more tools. Atlassian’s 2026 State of Teams report says it will come from better coordination at the team level.