employees
Advice

How corporates can empower their employees to innovate

- May 3, 2017 3 MIN READ

Many companies struggle with innovation. A typical strategy for a large corporate that wants to be more innovative is to engage a corporate accelerator for its employees. They may pay hundreds of thousands or millions to fund spots for a few employees in an externally run corporate incubator program. The problem is that it doesn’t achieve the… Read more »

investment
Advice

How to spread your risk as an angel investor

- May 2, 2017 2 MIN READ

All investment is about risk and reward. The higher the risk, the higher the potential reward – and, of course, the potential for failure. This potential for failure seems to be where many investors get caught. I can’t tell you how many times investors and venture capitalists (VCs) say to me, “I really like this… Read more »

china
Advice

How to get Chinese investors interested in your startup

- April 28, 2017 4 MIN READ

They’re our biggest trade customer and have a market economy worth more than AU$10 trillion, but China is no longer just interested in our trade. They’re interested in our startups. Both the Australian and Chinese governments have actively committed to facilitating further involvement in Australian startups from China. And with our general relationship with China… Read more »