Startup founders need to be aware of the legal pitfalls that joint ventures and strategic alliances can bring as they try to conserve cash now that technology valuations are falling. Any deal represents an opportunity for both parties to pursue their strategic goals with no acquisition risk. But the relationship needs the right structures in… Read more »
Welcome to Giant Leap’s Small Steps, a newsletter offering global insights and news on the impact startups landscape. We’ll be sharing an edited version with Startup Daily readers every fortnight. Giant Leap is Australia’s first impact venture fund, and they use this newsletter to surface the ideas and businesses that intrigue and inspire them and… Read more »
Should I offer cash or equity to a startup advisor? Cash whenever possible, and equity only if you truly must. As a general principle, offer cash/commission to people helping you close a one-off deal (like raising a round) and only offer advisory equity to people you’re confident are going to be ongoing advisors to the… Read more »
Sydney and Melbourne are the nation’s top two cities for startup and those ecosystems have have plenty going for them hubs. But as last week’s Startup Genome report revealed, Australia is also building strong alternative hubs outside the main capitals in cities where property is more affordable, the lifestyle is easier and talented tech people… Read more »
Welcome to Ignition Lane’s Tech Wrap, where they cut through the noise to bring you their favourite insights from the technology and startup world. Ignition Lane works with ambitious business leaders to apply the Startup Mindset to their technology, product and commercialisation problems. This wrap goes out free to subscribers. Don’t forget you can catch Gavin Appel… Read more »
I hear this a lot from founders: “I don’t need to do more customer research because I’m focused on solving the problem I experienced myself. I AM the customer!” Except you’re not, not any more. You haven’t been the customer since the time you first started thinking about solving this problem for others as a… Read more »
Last month, I mentioned a recent trip to North America where after meeting with many investors and founders across different stages and sectors, I counselled startup founders to brace for turbulence. Since the beginning of the year, major share market indices are down, with some tech company indices down even more. Inflation across developed countries… Read more »
Welcome to Giant Leap’s Small Steps, a newsletter offering global insights and news on the impact startups landscape. We’ll be sharing an edited version with Startup Daily readers every fortnight. Giant Leap is Australia’s first impact venture fund, and they use this newsletter to surface the ideas and businesses that intrigue and inspire them and… Read more »
There’s a time (usually in the future) and a place (bigger markets first) to register patents, but if you’re still getting used to fielding questions from VCs, this is probably not the time and place. So why does it still get asked? Not sure but I think it’s a legacy from days when VC would… Read more »
Welcome to our regular column on the important things to see and do for the ANZ startup community, brought to you by the director of the Spark Festival, Maxine Sherrin. She picks out 3 things worth putting in the diary for the week ahead. If you’d like to know more, sign up to the Weekly Sparks, Maxine’s… Read more »
The main way tech startups grow is through creating technology that solves valuable problems for their customers but another way they grow is through cutting smart deals with other companies. The first few deals I negotiated were content licensing deals, first for Microsoft’s online efforts and then for Yahoo, back in the mid-to-late 1990s. Since… Read more »
Welcome to Ignition Lane’s Tech Wrap, where they cut through the noise to bring you their favourite insights from the technology and startup world. Ignition Lane works with ambitious business leaders to apply the Startup Mindset to their technology, product and commercialisation problems. This wrap goes out free to subscribers on Saturdays. Don’t forget you can catch… Read more »
Scaleups and ASX-listed tech brands need to stop relying on product-centric functional marketing and embrace engaging brand messaging and communications if they wish to succeed. This is one of the central findings of a landmark research study conducted by Hotwire and the University of Sydney Business School. The study, Decoding Tech Brands, examined the use… Read more »
Ask any successful startup founder and they’ll tell you it didn’t happen overnight. It took countless hours, days, months, maybe even years to nail the idea, stick the landing, and hit crucial money milestones that make or break a business. Founders count ARRs in their sleep and how to hit those revenue targets will be… Read more »
Welcome to our regular column on the important things to see and do for the ANZ startup community, brought to you by the director of the Spark Festival, Maxine Sherrin. She picks out 3 things worth putting in the diary for the week ahead. If you’d like to know more, sign up to the Weekly Sparks,… Read more »
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