WeTeachMe and ECAL two Melbourne-based startup companies have both taken out the top gong in Oxygen Ventures’ inaugural The Big Pitch event, with judges deciding they were unable to split the two finalists.
Launched earlier this month, Swoop offers small business operators the opportunity to boost foot traffic, sales and profit by targeting customers through GPS-linked app alerts that direct them to special deals and discounts as soon as they are within close proximity to a particular store.
Silk Road, contrary to mainstream communication is still alive and well and business is booming. Startup Daily conducted an investigation recently to try and uncover how these Darknet innovators worked within Australia and how exactly the “goods” made their way into customers’ hands undetected domestically.
The question I get asked the most, other than “Are you dancing?” is “How can I get a job in startup?” Many people ask me how I got started; they want my “foot-in-the-door” origin story. Unfortunately, there is no fairy tale, boy-meets-girl, tie-it-up-with-a-bow story behind it.
They say that imitation should be taken as flattery. It certainly helps in the process of validating your idea, however when it comes to original sales and marketing copy on your website turning up on another website – well folks, that’s stealing.
Today, Burston is preparing to facilitate a movement – under the moniker Rare Birds.
The company, which will launch officially later in the year, states its own purpose “to provide every woman globally with the choice to be an entrepreneur.”
There are days when we look at the work load that we have to get through and feel like throwing our hands in the air and yelling, “aaargh, but I’m only human.”
Mr. Goldberg, whom I immediately decided to call “Dave” in my head because that’s what I would call him if he was my husband, took us through his journey as an entrepreneur, his hiccups along the way and what the future held for Survey Monkey in Australia.
A new social network, Backpackr, is changing the scene and rapidly gaining traction – with 1,000 users gained in its first five days alone, and several investment proposals.
The changes these people are trying to make in the world are wide and varied, from cleaning up pollution of our waterways to continuing the fight for the status of women in our workforce. Each cause is important and each person is a true crusader giving a voice to many that are not fortunate enough to be in position to voice theirs.
Women’s participation and success in male-dominant industries is, at best, treated as an anomaly, and at worst, considered a farce.
Women in business’, ’women in tech’ and ‘women in politics’ have been the subject of debate for decades, with no end in sight.
And many men are tired of this conversation.
With three technology startups in her credits, Singapore-based entrepreneur Rosaline Koo is the centre of a rags-to-riches story.
A humble startup from Melbourne, Frank Body, is getting young women across Australia to strip down, lather up with caffeinated powder, and Instagram naked selfies, along with the brand’s unique social media hashtag #thefrankeffect.
We live in a culture of immediacy. The demand for instant results has seeped into every aspect of our lives – so much, that we don’t have the patience to wait for a sandwich or taxi, let alone business growth and profitability. Is it the same for late stage capital access in Australia? Sure we want it but do we need it yet?
Social Enterprises, unprofitable, unscalable and uninteresting.
That is, at least to the majority of Australian investors according to opinions of many innovators in the community that has now almost become a subset of the startup ecosystem we call social entrepreneurs.
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