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Why Australian startups should forget Silicon Valley and leverage new opportunities in Asia
It’s a startling experience to arrive at work, only to realise that my entire team had suddenly taken two weeks of undeclared leave. I was working in Cambodia, and had I been more aware of the culture, I would have known that my team was celebrating their New Year. It’s not an official holiday, hence […]
Why meetings are killing innovation
The average manager’s workday is divided into one hour blocks. This is not due to humans naturally working best in one hour increments but because meetings, those seemingly necessary events that seem to dominate the days of office workers everywhere, tend to be scheduled in one hour blocks. Diaries covered in meetings have become so […]
“Prank your parents, learn to code:” Teenaged innovator crowned regional pitchfest champ
Michael Nixon – a 14-year-old entrepreneur from Wagga Wagga, NSW – has out-pitched seven startups to be crowned the first-ever Australia Post Regional Pitchfest national champion. Impressing the judges with his innovation, The Amazing Annoyatron – an educational kit that introduces kids and teens to electronics and coding – the EduKits founder was awarded $7,500 […]
Are all unicorns born in Silicon Valley?
As the innovation capital of the world, Silicon Valley has given birth to some of the world’s most successful start-ups. Organisations that have grown to be the big brands infiltrating every aspect of our lives – Netflix, Facebook, Apple, eBay, among them. There are many more. It makes you wonder, is there something in the […]
Silicon Valley not the only start-up hot zone
While Silicon Valley is still the centre of the start-up world, attracting entrepreneurs from around the globe – Aussie entrepreneurs are making their start-ups work closer to home.
Canva CEO Melanie Perkins’ top 3 tips for raising investment dollars
Melanie Perkins, the young gun behind Canva, shares her top three tips for raising investment dollars.
Win a $30,000 scholarship to study in Silicon Valley
Australia is calling for its brightest entrepreneurial minds to enter this years Global Impact Competition to win a scholarship to study at Silicon Valley’s renowned Singularity University.
Is Queensland Australia’s very own Silicon Valley?
Queensland is fast becoming a new hub for tech startups in Australia, creating what could soon be the country’s own Silicon Valley. We spoke to the people getting going in the sunshine state to see what’s making the techies tick.