Startup

Not-for-profit StartupAUS today announced the return of the Startup Spring Festival, a festival of events and activities that aim to celebrate, promote and encourage the startup community.

Bill Gates has expressed his excitement over Eyenaemia, an Australian medical startup that won Microsoft’s 2014 Imagine Cup.

The National Roads & Motorists’ Association (NRMA) have partnered with Slingshot Accelerator to launch Jumpstart, a program offering 14 businesses a chance to earn $30,000 in seed funding.

Startup Blueprint, a startup program driven by PayPal and Braintree, will offer Australian tech startups the opportunity to monetize business and connect with 152 million active account holders.

In 2013, Google commissioned a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) research to identify ways to accelerate the growth of Australian tech startup sector. The research found that this sector has the potential to contribute $109 billion or 4% of GDP to the economy.

Australian startup CoinJar have unveiled the country’s first bitcoin EFTPOS card, which allows the digital currency to be be converted to Australian dollars and spent in virtually any retail outlet that offers debit card transactions.

As small business numbers increase and more entrepreneurs look for capital, a growing amount of organisations claiming to be affiliated with the Government are looking to take your money.

Nearly 70 per cent of SMEs that spend money on innovation expect to receive a return on their investment within one year and expect it to make a significant difference to their business. The July 2014 Bibby Financial Services Barometer shows that more than half of SMEs surveyed are currently focused on innovation in the […]

Running from September 1-6, a collaboration between the Queensland Government and independent stakeholders will play host to a dedicated week in support of small business.

The Australian Taxation Office has dealt a blow to businesses capitalising on the growth in crypto-currencies like Bitcoin by finding virtual currencies should not be treated as money. The move has triggered a push back with digital currency advocates warning of reduced competitiveness, weakened innovation and a further assault upon Australia’s struggling start-up sector. In […]

Victorians are gearing up for the second annual Support Small Business Day to be held on Saturday 4 October.

A joint initiative between coworking community River City Labs and Bank of Queensland (BOQ) is behind a new program to help entrepreneurs get their startup ideas out of their garage and onto the global market.

Fifty of Australia’s most successful Australian entrepreneurs – collectively worth more than $1 billion – are set to lend start-ups the benefit of their wisdom, experience and secrets in a free online five-day summit.

Statistics consistently demonstrate an under-representation of women working in IT – and limited improvement in the number of girls entering these fields after school.

One lucky top Aussie graduate stands to score a $100,000 employment package in what’s being called the “World’s Best Internship” by the start-up behind the offer.

The man in charge of the government’s financial system inquiry, David Murray, has warned that accommodating technological advancements that lift productivity and drive competition will prove a key future challenge. New innovation, particularly in the payments system, is disrupting the banking sector with emerging payment providers like PayPal and Google now competing with traditional institutions. […]

Five years ago when Canada hosted the G20, Toronto-based Farah Mohamed, the President & CEO of the G(irls)20 Summit, was determined to see her then brand new idea be a success.

It’s a concept that Ryan Trainor hopes will disrupt the education sector and provide budding entrepreneurs with the skills to succeed in business.

A meeting of young entrepreneurs from across the globe has agreed to a new action plan that supports start-ups and bolsters growth in the SME sector.

Retailers are being given the chance to cut business costs and boost energy efficiency thanks to free workshops being held around Australia.