Tag: Start Up

DesignCrowd has nabbed a $3 million investment from local venture capital firm Starfish Ventures, which it plans to use to grow its client base in markets outside Australia.

The three founders of gaming start-up Rovio, responsible for creating the Angry Birds smartphone game, have announced their product has been downloaded half a billion times, making it one of the most downloaded games in history.

Entrepreneurs in the digital media and creative industries space will be the focus of think-tank X Media Lab’s annual Global Media Ideas conference, run as part of Vivid Sydney’s festival of light, music and ideas.

Brisbane born company Reload Media has nabbed a place in BRW’s Fast Starters list for 2011, on top of ranking 19 in the Startup Smart Awards earlier this year.

Australia’s number one online retailing group, CatchOfTheDay, which operates leading e-commerce sites CatchOfTheDay.com.au and Scoopon.com.au, has closed an investment for a minority stake in the company from New York-based Tiger Global Management and a group of leading Australian businessmen including James Packer’s Consolidated Press Holdings…

Sales managers are devoting too much time to late stage sales meetings and ‘firefighting’ to save deals at the expense of vital early stage opportunities, according to a new survey of 1409 sales managers, marketing executives and general managers.

Australian businesses feel they are performing better than in 2010 but confidence in the economy remains lukewarm and as a result businesses report only a marginal increase in confidence for the year ahead.

The commencement of the Fair Work Act (FWA) in 2009 brought with it the expansion of unfair dismissal rights to all employees, regardless of the size of the employer’s workforce. As a result, employers have to ensure that if they are considering dismissing an employee for non-performance, that they have appropriate performance management systems in place. This is just one of the reasons why performance management is back in fashion.

Dynamic Business is supporting a survey that analyses how you manage your money, and what types of content you find the most engaging on business websites.

Julian Smith of MYOB blogs about Aussie SME businesses becoming the ‘forgotten’ majority.

“So for those in government, here is a little reminder on behalf of 96% of all businesses in Australia ― may we please have lower small business tax rate that is available to every businesses (not just the minority that have a company structure) and a simplified BAS system and increased access to business finance!”