#David Thodey
Sydney named the best location in the Asia Pacific for startup ecosystem connectedness
Sydney is the number one location in the Asia Pacific for startup founders to connect and building strong relationships, the results of a global startup survey show. [Related: “Huge coup for Sydney” – $35m startup hub to host exclusive Microsoft accelerator program, The NSW Government is launching a $35 million innovation hub; the startup […]
“Define innovation too tightly and it loses its essence”: Former IBM, Telstra CEO David Thodey
Former StartupAUS CEO and chair Peter Bradd, whose enterprise innovation consultancy Beanstalk Factory was named one of Westpac’s Businesses of Tomorrow, recently sat down with former IBM (ANZ) and Telstra CEO David Thodey to discuss the the value of (and barriers to) innovation plus the need for processes that ‘allow people to move faster’. Asked by Bradd to define ‘innovation’, Thodey, […]
People, processes and culture: don’t let these three innovation enablers become roadblocks
Businesses, both small and large, should know by now that innovation is the key to competing in the digital age, and that longevity isn’t possible without a culture that is inherently innovative A report by IBM provides evidence that creativity is at the heart of innovation, revealing that executive leaders consider creativity the most crucial […]
NSW Govt pushing for ‘born global’ start-ups
Start-ups and fast-growing SMEs are being encouraged by the NSW Government to adopt a global export focus, not only to accelerate business growth but generate new jobs. Speaking to an audience of start-ups, yesterday, at Haymarket HQ, a not-for-profit incubator in Sydney’s Chinatown, Deputy Premier and Minister for Small Business, John Barilaro said the state’s […]
Telstra 4G LTE mobile broadband network to launch by the end of 2011
Telstra will launch a 4G mobile broadband network that in testing has achieved 100Mpbs download speeds later this year, upgrading it’s existing NextG mobile network to support ‘Long Term Evolution’ (LTE) technology in all Australian CBD’s and selected regional centres by the end of 2011.
Telstra joins in NBN fray under $11 billion deal with Govt
Telstra will come on board for the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN), after signing a non-binding Financial Heads of Agreement with NBN Co.