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Lachlan Donald knows better than most just how much the local startup ecosystem has grown, having worked with graphic design startup 99designs in Australia before heading to San Francisco for three years.

After a year of uncertainty waiting for the federal political situation to stabilise, Australian businesses are feeling positive about the future.

This Saturday 19 October the Victorian Government is playing host to Support Small Business Day. The initiative is aimed at raising the profile of the contribution small business makes to the economy.

The Internet is the greatest tool available to any business, but the majority of Aussie business owners still don’t know how to make the most of it.

Keeping employees engaged, and in turn productive, can sometimes be one of the toughest challenges facing business leaders.

Law firms could be wasting hundreds of hours each year and miscalculating tens of thousands of hours in billable time due to problems with new technologies.

There’s a lot to consider when hiring new team members, like how they will fit in with your company culture and determining what their exact role will be.

The roll out of the National Broadband Network (NBN) is the cornerstone project for his department, and Turnbull pulled no punches with his criticisms of Labor’s handling of the NBN thus far.

In the last year, a growing number of businesses have started placing social media communication in the hands of customer service staff, rather than marketing personnel, with promising results.

Walk through any CBD at lunchtime and you’ll pass hundreds of men in expensive – and often ill-fitting – suits.

Hundreds of leaders within business, government and sustainability converged in Melbourne for the 2nd Australian Sustainability Conference held over the 9th and 10th of October.

It’s nearly time to start putting out Christmas stock, and therefore important to start thinking about your holiday marketing now.

Any business owner will understand the importance of planning for the unknown. There are many areas that can go wrong and affect the business negatively, such as natural disasters, human error or technological failure.

Regardless of whether you believe privacy concerns are warranted, there’s a decent ROI for those businesses who address them.

Call it laziness, call it a sheer shortage of time – or perhaps a combination of both – but many Australian business owners haven’t updated their business model since the GFC.

The naysayers label blogs the graffiti of the Internet – a way to indulge in discussions about our pet passions or hobbies.

If you’ve got a great idea for an innovation that would benefit Australia’s primary industries, then this could be an award for you.

The silly season is already creeping up on us and 2014 is only a few short months away.

St.George bank has pledged a worthwhile offer to support small business – and you don’t even need to be a customer.

While many SMB owners believe the economic outlook is bright, they’re missing out on a range of resources that can help their businesses grow.