Kiwi startup founders take around 29 months on average to score their first pay cheque, but when they get there, they’re doing of okay, with 50% of them on more than NZ$195,000 (A$182k) according to the New Zealand Founder Pay Report 2025. The first deep dive into startup life in Aotearoa, by LiveRem and Oxygen Advisors,… Read more »
So you closed your Series A. Congrats. But if the champagne’s gone flat and growth’s not following the graph you pitched, welcome to the plateau. The Series A lull is where promising startups go to stall. And if you don’t rewire your mindset, ops, and culture, it’s where momentum quietly dies. Zing Coach’s been there:… Read more »
The Business Council of Australia doesn’t see artificial intelligence (AI) as a chance to improve CEO bonuses by firing a company’s workers, but rather a chance to finally lift national productivity after decades of stagnation. The industry lobby group has released a report, Accelerating Australia’s AI Agenda, arguing AI has the potential to reverse Australia’s… Read more »
The same-day delivery arm of Australia Post, StarTrack Courier, is experiencing a return of big customers – thanks to technology developed by Adiona Tech. The success story showcases just how much innovative technology can boost traditional businesses, keeping them competitive and most of all, their customers happy. Embracing tech Christopher Cano, National Business Improvement and… Read more »
As I sat at the second ever Systemic Investing Summit in London in March, among 180 hand-picked global wealth holders and controllers, philanthropists, academics and industry practitioners, one disturbing image kept coming to mind. While we discussed innovative financing models and systemic approaches to capital deployment that could save humanity from collapse, I couldn’t shake… Read more »
The following section is an excerpt from The Fundraising Blueprint by Abhishek Maran, focused on crafting your narrative and structuring your pitch deck. Fundraising is an emotional process, especially at the early stage. You need investors to feel a certain level of affinity towards you and your startup to stand a chance. Some people are natural… Read more »
The annual Tank Stream Labs S2S Summit returns this year in August for a third time, sending the Sydney Startup Hub off with a bang. The two-day event, August 20-21, 2025, is designed to empower entrepreneurs, innovators, and industry leaders with keynote presentations, panel discussions, interactive workshops, and networking opportunities. Tank Stream Labs has been… Read more »
So you’ve e-signed the docs, transferred the funds (nobody writes an actual cheque these days when they say “I’ve written a cheque”). You’ve joined the cap table. You’ve posted the obligatory celebratory LinkedIn update. Congratulations — you’re officially An Angel Investor™. But now what? If you’re a new angel investor, the post-investment phase can feel…… Read more »
Australia needs to reduce its “risk aversion” in order to improve its lagging research and development (R&D) sector and fragmented innovation ecosystem, according to industry experts. The nation has struggled to capitalise on innovations developed by universities and startups, and has seen their intellectual property taken overseas in search of greater funding, a panel of… Read more »
If you’re looking to hack your startup journey without burning through a fortune, you’re in the right place. Bootstrapping isn’t about scrimping on quality–it’s a tactical way to validate your ideas, gain traction and eventually secure the kind of funding that can propel you to the next level. Christie Whitehill, founder of Tech Ready Women… Read more »
This originally started as an interview for the Beyond the Event guide by The Community Collective and The Nudge Group, with key voices from ThePillars, Curious Media and So-Co Collective to name a few, but I’ve expanded it here with some extra insights so you can have it all in one place. After 15 years… Read more »
Julie Trell believes play makes you a better founder. American-born Julie has been helping startup teams around the world build their imaginations and sense of adventure for decades as the founder of Playful Purpose. One way she does it is with “Yes…. and…” She gives Startup 360 host Simon Thomsen and Kayla Medica a simple… Read more »
After leading product at several high-growth SaaS companies and advising even more, I’ve noticed a pattern that costs companies millions in wasted effort and missed opportunities. I call it the feedback fallacy – the illusion that with just enough customer data, organised just the right way, product decisions will become obvious and irrefutable. The perfect… Read more »
When do you know you’re CEO material? It’s the question Startup 360 host Simon Thomsen put to Majella Campbell, the newly appointed CEO of Fishburners, Australia’s pioneering startup coworking space. Majella talked about her mentor, Myles Baron-Hay, the former Sydney Swans CEO, saying “why not?” when she had her doubts. “When I was unsure about… Read more »
For founders, the day that someone comes to buy their startup can be bittersweet. Whilst many startups and scaleups forge their own independent path by continuing to grow their market share, for others, a successful exit will be a huge validation of what the whole team has built over the years. Given the hard work… Read more »
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