A fresh perspective is vital to any business leader, but even more so for startup founders looking to find their feet as they grow their business. For me, this opportunity came when I was lucky enough to receive a CSIRO-Stanford Australia Foundation Fellowship after taking part in the ON Accelerate5 Program in 2019. With a… Read more »
2020 will be year of electric car according to automotive analysts and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has, this week, confirmed that with the launch of numerous electric vehicles from Ford, Nissan, Ariya and Fiat and Mercedes-Benz to name a few. While the rest of the world seems to be surging ahead with its embrace… Read more »
“Machines will be capable, within twenty years, of doing any work a man can do” – Herbert Simon (1965). As a researcher in artificial intelligence (AI), people ask me about the ‘robot revolution’, often with serious misgivings about how the future could look for themselves or their children. Considering the hype surrounding AI, automation and… Read more »
It’s been a massive year for Xinja, the Sydney-based independent, 100% digital neobank. In September, Xinja received its full banking license and opened to customers. In this guest post from Chief Executive and Founder, Eric Wilson, he looks back on the year, candidly shares where things went wrong and outlines what’s to come. The 3 best… Read more »
A growing number of start-ups are accessing venture debt to fund the growth of their business. With the primary appeal of limiting equity dilution, it’s easy to see why founders might jump on board the venture debt train. But venture debt has been linked to a number of collapsing startups both here and in… Read more »
On Thursday the federal government responded to the recommendations of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) “world-leading” Digital Platforms Inquiry. The response, however, is a less-than world-leading roadmap for reform. Few dispute the ACCC’s inquiry was ground breaking, as it held to account tech giants including Google and Facebook, and the power they wield… Read more »
The next battleground in the disruption of transport will be arguably its most important – safety. Uber has recently been refused a new licence to operate in London by UK capital’s transport authorities which cited breaches placing “passengers and their safety at risk”. This comes after it controversially released a new safety measure allowing riders… Read more »
Australian astronomy punches well above its weight, in terms of the research it leads and the facilities it houses. We have made remarkable discoveries in the past year alone. Our scientists have recently narrowed down the time frame for the first light in the universe. We have established that the black hole in the Milky… Read more »
Sam Wood, founder of 28 by Sam Wood. Consumer expectations are changing, valuing access and outcomes over ownership. Today, consumers are less willing to pay large amounts for products or services upfront — look at the rise of buy now, pay later platforms like Zip and Afterpay. It’s not necessarily about spreading the cost out… Read more »
One of the biggest challenges for any startup is finding the right talent. In big cities, they must compete with large, well known or global organisations that are appealing to job seekers due to their competitive salaries and bonuses. This can be intimidating and present challenges in the recruitment process. However, there are distinguishable career… Read more »
In politics, when you have little to show for your achievements, you can release a “roadmap” for what will supposedly be achieved in the future. You can look on the bright side. Use phrases such as “ontology of capabilities”, and disregard a number of crashes, traffic jams, protests and policy detours. This is what we’re… Read more »
Terminator: Dark Fate In this edited extract from their new new book, Innovation + Equality: How to Create a Future That Is More Star Trek Than Terminator (MIT Press) Dr Andrew Leigh and Professor Joshua Gans, explore the choices to be made as technology changes our lives for both better and worse. Across many countries,… Read more »
“We are leading the way in corporate innovation” is often a phrase trumpeted by large corporations, put forward with the aim of portraying themselves as forward-thinking, original or cutting-edge. But its overuse and broad application has meant that the phrase has lost its true meaning. In the rush to claim innovation, corporations have repurposed the… Read more »
Australia is becoming increasingly more attractive to develop and run startups with the recent Startup Ecosystem Rankings Report 2019 showing the nation jumping forward six places to become the fifth-most startup-friendly country in the world. But when you think of startup hubs, they’re typically centred around metropolitan areas — think Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane. This mentality… Read more »
Peter Fleming, University of Technology Sydney; Carl Rhodes, University of Technology Sydney, and Kyoung-Hee Yu, University of Technology Sydney The effective exclusion of Uber from London, one of the digital platform’s most lucrative markets, adds to a small but significant list of places putting up roadblocks to “uberisation”. Governments in Bulgaria, China, Denmark, Hungary and… Read more »
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