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Melbourne-based emerging tech company, UAM Tec (Underwater Autonomous Mapping Technology) has today announced the ambitious launch of its first product, Sub Mapping. The privately funded startup has created an underwater submarine that can autonomously map the world’s oceans, lakes, and waterways to become an underwater equivalent of “Google Maps Street View” which they call “WaterView” […]
Being a strong business owner and leading your business to success is perhaps the most important goal for business owners. To achieve this, business owners must display very specific attributes. The possession of these traits distinguishes the outstanding business owners from the average business owners. While many successful business owners share common and powerful attributes […]
Prushka Fast Debt Recovery, one of Australia’s largest debt recovery agencies, has released new data that shows there has been a slight decrease in company wind-up figures since the previous quarter (Apr-Jun), suggesting a more positive outlook on the horizon for Australian small businesses. The data is sourced from court records, and it reveals that […]
Liberal senator Hollie Hughes has launched a ‘Go Country for Christmas’ campaign to support drought-stricken regions. “We don’t need to buy from the usual suspects,” Senator Hughes said on Friday. “These businesses mainly exist because of the agriculture around them and when drought is devastating the land, we need to think laterally about other ways […]
Tech skills are in demand due the huge digital shift we are seeing across all industries, and tech teams within businesses are under pressure everyday to meet deadlines, deliver projects and solve problems. Patrick Hubbard, from SolarWinds, explains how IT professionals can overcome this pressure and high workload to ensure that they are continuing their […]
Entrepreneurs start businesses with a vision to fulfil a need currently not being met in the market. As they grow their businesses, they can often feel alone and struggle to get the expert insights that can make a difference and accelerate their growth. The brutal truth can often be that the realities of cash flow, […]
Sabri Suby has gone from cold calling in his bedroom to establishing Australia’s 28th fastest growing business, with clients all around the world. King Kong is a full-service digital marketing agency founded in 2014. Sabri has bootstrapped the business since day one, a conscious decision, with the whys behind doing so explained within our interview […]
Sabri Suby is a serial entrepreneur, founder of digital marketing agency King Kong, and author of international bestseller Sell Like Crazy. We interviewed Sabri to learn about his business journey; from his bedroom to achieving $20million+ in revenue with a team of 61. What we discovered was too good to put into one entrepreneur feature, and […]
‘There’s an app for that’ might be a commonly repeated phrase, but it’s also an incredibly true one. As of 2019, there were 2.46 million apps in the Google Play store and 1.96 million in Apple’s App Store. In almost every category you can think of, there’s an app to serve our exact needs. While […]
Whilst having a good understanding on the governance controls and financial duties of operating your SME are important a 2017 NAB (Character Traits of Successful SMEs) has found that its less about these and more about your passion, grit, resilience and developing a growth mindset that really matter. According to Kwanghui Lim, Associate professor of […]
A new global study carried out by MuleSoft, a software company for building application networks, shows that four out of five consumers are receiving ‘disconnected’ experiences from businesses. In Australia, 79% of consumers believe organisations in at least one of the five sectors surveyed – banking, insurance, retail, healthcare and public sector – provide a […]
It may not be noticeable to most, but AI is now rooted in many aspects of our lives. From voice assistants, to the cars we drive, to social media and shopping – AI is integrated into a multitude of everyday processes. It should be of little surprise that AI is also becoming heavily embedded in […]
A series of recent business failures highlight a skills gap that is widespread in business. The Royal Commissions into banking, aged care and disability; the celebrity chef wages scandal; and this month’s liquidation of domestic violence charity White Ribbon Australia are just some of the cases that highlight a flaw that is now common and […]
It’s 2019 and technology is always the talk of the town. Every business, and every person for that matter, uses technology in some way on a daily basis – whether dated or new, perhaps without even consciously realising. However, those in the small business world that are joining in that conversation around tech regularly are arguably […]
As we are all aware within the small business and startup world, most new businesses don’t make it past the three year mark and are forced to close up shop. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, it’s more than 60 per cent of small businesses that cease operating within their first three years – […]
Four years ago Joel McInnes found himself in a similar position to a lot of young families in Australia and New Zealand when he witnessed first-hand the difficulty of women returning to full-time work after maternity leave or caring for a child. In 2015, Joel’s wife was keen to return to the corporate world after […]
The latest American Express SME Pulse research reveals that more than 75 percent of Australian small businesses don’t have strategies in place to appeal to millennials or Generation Z (1). This is despite the fact that growing their market shares in this target area will dramatically boost their financial performance, even within just the next […]
Health-tech app Equalution is partnering with the emerging tech start-up, Devika, to deliver an agile Artificial Intelligence (AI) solution to their users. Devika will be supporting the Sydney based startup with the integration of AI into the already successful body transformation app as the company gears up for global expansion. The collaboration will streamline the Equalution platform’s user experience […]
In order to stay globally competitive, businesses need to invest in their staff, building future-ready and technology-focused skills. However, independent research by specialised recruiter Robert Half shows that Australian employers find it significantly more challenging to train and hire staff to implement new technologies compared to their global peers. 87% of Australian business leaders say […]
MOSH was founded after best mates David Narunsky and Gabe Baker recognised there was a significant gap in the Australian market for a men’s health-tech platform. Their vision was recognised by TINDER founders Sean Rad and Justin Mateen, who invested in MOSH and now act as advisors. In an industry historically plagued by unfair contracts and […]
