Tag: Investment

Australian start-ups looking for funding no longer have to head overseas to find investors, with a new program to raise $5 million for local start-ups being launched recently.

Gold Coast entrepreneur Dan Murray was just 17 when he started Sly Underwear. He tells how the burgeoning business came together with a little help from his friends.

A program designed to attract investment to the Gold Coast has resulted in a boost for the Queensland city’s economy to the tune of more than $100,000 day for the past two years.

In order for a taxpayer to be considered a “share trader”, a person must establish that the share trading activities constitute the carrying on of a business.

One of my favourite shows lately is Dragons’ Den on BBC sees entrepreneurs pitching their ideas to a group of savvy investors in order to obtain financial backing to get their innovation off the ground.

A few months ago, when her partner Rich was having trouble finding work, Jasmine Costello encouraged him to learn chess as a way of taking his mind off the constant flow of job rejections he was getting.

You may have the view that there is no glass ceiling and being female won’t hold you back. But you can’t argue with the statistics. So, how can we change things?

Women are proving to do better when investing in the share market than their male counterparts, if one leading analyst is to be believed.

Christopher Koch, formerly a high profile motivational speaker, has been sentenced to 13 years jail after being found guilty in the Melbourne County Court on charges brought by ASIC. Christopher Koch, formerly a high profile motivational speaker, has been sentenced to 13 years jail after being found guilty in the Melbourne County Court on charges brought by ASIC.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to users of the service who are upset with the company over privacy issues and threatened to delete their accounts on May 31st.