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How The disruptive Uber Business Model Is Changing the Way Business Owners Think
“Uber changed the way business owners think and work in more ways than are instantly noticeable,” says Maria Bellissimo-Magrin, CEO of creative marketing agency Belgrin. Here she examines what business owners can learn from Uber’s actions. Launched in San Francisco in 2010, Uber quickly became one of the world’s most valued tech companies and widely-known brands and their […]
Small businesses failing to satisfy customer expectations by resisting digital technology
Small businesses are falling short of meeting the needs and wants of digital-savvy customers due to a reliance on gut feelings and traditional ways of operating, according to Telstra Executive Director, Small Business, Brendan Donohoe. Commenting on the 2018 Telstra Small Business Intelligence Report, Donohoe said there was a gap between what customers want and […]
GoGet launches new carshare-enabled airport
GoGet are continuing to realise their vision for a national network of carshare-enabled airports, with the introduction of their car sharing service at Adelaide Airport, following on from Melbourne Airport a year earlier. Founded in 2003 by Nic Lowe and Bruce Jeffreys, GoGet (originally Newtown CarShare) was Australia’s first car sharing service, and now has 2,300 vehicles […]
When the Human and Digital Worlds Converge
In the past 150 years of telephone technology, there are three landmark dates: 1876, when A. G. Bell first shouted, ‘Mr. Watson, come here’ into a mouthpiece; 1984, when Motorola introduced the first mobile phone; and 2007, when smartphones went mainstream. Smartphones had been available prior to 2007, but they were generally considered the instruments […]
Avoiding downtime in an on-demand business
The internet is now a critical part of any business and as more business make the move to the cloud the need to avoid unnecessary downtime has never been more important. While most business use network monitoring as a tool for discovering issues within internal IT infrastructure, many are unaware that network monitoring software can also […]
Five reasons to tap into the freelance economy
Whether you call it the ‘sharing’, ‘gig’, ‘freelance’ or ‘on demand’ economy, the way we work and hire has changed significantly in the past few years. Now, 30% of Australians are undertaking some form of flexible freelance work. Over in the US, around 35% of the workforce is now considered ‘contingent’, with that number estimated […]
Transform your business through mobile tech
Not a single day goes by without a new technology being available in the market to help organisations perform more efficiently. Many organisations are in a race against time to embrace new technologies for a variety of reasons including compliance, legislation, the activity of competitors or perceived business opportunity. The choice of technology deployed is […]
Deliveroo’s Perth expansion has opened up doors in other states, says country manager
By expanding its on-demand food delivery service into Perth, Deliveroo has created new opportunities for growth in the other Australian capitals where it operates, according to country manager, Levi Aron. Founded in 2013 by William Shu and Greg Orlowski, the London-based company hit it’s 100th city milestone, last Tuesday, when it launched in Perth. Deliveroo’s […]
Small business banking in the on-demand economy: Curtains on nine-to-five services
In today’s always-on, always connected world, the swift and immediate provisioning of goods and services is no longer a nice-to-have, but an absolute necessity. Small business owners, just like consumers, are becoming far more empowered, connected and informed than ever thanks to the accessibility of information anytime, anywhere. The result? They enjoy almost infinite variety […]
Quickflix gets new life with Presto partnership
It was only yesterday that we saw Quickflix lock in a trading halt on the ASX, and now the company is coming back to life thanks to a partnership with Foxtel’s Presto on-demand streaming service.