Despite being in the online job market for just one-tenth the time of SEEK, Found has begun nipping at the heels of the incumbent platform. Established by Andrew Joyce and Peter Marchiori in April 2015, the Sydney-based start-up has attracted a total of $4.5 million in funding for its mobile platform, most recently closing a […]
For many Australians, our passions go well beyond our day jobs – and turning them into viable business ventures has never been easier. Last year, my company’s research found that 1 in 4 small business owners started their venture as a side project while being employed elsewhere. And research commissioned by the NBN revealed that […]
Having recently graduated from leading US fintech program, Envestnet Yodlee Incubator, Melbourne-based start-up Finch has today launched its first offering to the Australian market – a social payment app that gives millennials a clearer picture of their spending habits. Shahirah Gardner, who co-founded Finch with her husband Toby Gardner and their friend Eric Kuhn in […]
Award-winning app developer Buzinga has been placed into liquidation, this month, because it was reportedly unable to sustain costs it had incurred to fuel continued growth. The Melbourne-based start-up had averaged 30% year-on-year growth, employed around thirty people and developed several chart-topping apps, including FoodSwitch. In addition to securing Gold wins at the Australian […]
When it first launched, NZ start-up Invert Robotics had a “solution in search of a market”. Today, it’s enjoying significant year-on-year growth, having adapted it robotics technology for use by multiple industries across multiple countries Founded out of New Zealand’s University of Canterbury in 2011, Invert Robotics employs robots which are capable of climbing various surfaces, […]
When I decided to start my own accountancy business ten years ago, my ambitions were modest. Like many female entrepreneurs, I felt torn between my intense work commitments and a growing family, and I wanted more control and a more balanced lifestyle. [Editor’s note: This is the first in an ongoing series, by serial entrepreneur Tanya […]
In the course of developing technology to generate efficiencies in their own ‘fragmented” sector, the co-CEOs of Scooter Tutor, Cameron Schmidt and Sam Robertson, have been helping organisations from other industries to better manage remote workforces and customer service. Scooter Tutor is a software-driven tutoring organisation that enables the parents of primary and secondary students […]
Well known ride-sharing app, Uber, has been headlining publications globally as its company policies, CEO and business model are being called into question. Uber’s recent transgressions relating to sexual harassment, discrimination, unprofessionalism, bullying, employment structures and a toxic workplace culture in America challenge many Australian employment laws. The issues at hand allow Australian businesses, small […]
When can a startup rightly call itself scaleup and what value do scaleups and corporates derive from partnering with one another? Trent Bagnall, the co-founder of corporate accelerator Slingshot, provided Dynamic Business with answers. Bagnall said Slingshot doesn’t rely on the official OECD definition of scaleup, which is essentially a company with year-on-year growth of […]
In my first business, SE Net, I balked at going to industry conferences interstate. They were expensive, there was no airline competition – Adelaide-Sydney on special was $700 return and you HAD to stay a Saturday night due to local tourist board subsidies! And in general, whilst I had a hand in helping the local Internet […]
