High-level tech workers looking for work and accepting lower-tier jobs has seen salaries in the tech sector decline over the last year, according to a new report. The 2025 Morgan McKinley Australian Salary Guide includes the average salaries for a range of jobs in the tech sector, along with a survey of more than 2,750 workers and… 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 »
As Australia builds up to the federal election, debates around sovereignty, national security, and economic resilience are taking centre stage. Concurrently, the startup ecosystem is awash with vibe-coded consumer apps. But coding with Lovable is just the start of a deeper shift: the AI opportunity in this decade won’t just be in frontend tools. It… Read more »
“I’m really not sure what to do anymore. I don’t have anyone I can talk to,” types a lonely user to an AI chatbot The bot responds: “I’m sorry, but we are going to have to change the topic. I won’t be able to engage in a conversation about your personal life.” Is this response… Read more »
Looking at the NSW Innovation Blueprint 2035, it’s disappointing to see how disconnected it is from the day-to-day realities of being an innovator. Just like magic beans – big on promises, but scant on mechanisms. Without knowing the responsible government executives, the funding, the timelines and specific actions, it’s very hard to believe it will… Read more »
Most of Canva’s technical writing team has been laid off as the company continues to expand its use of artificial intelligence, but the graphic design giant does not see the redundancies as a result of its increasing AI use. Technical writers are typically responsible for writing and updating documents such as guides and manuals for… Read more »
The NSW Innovation Blueprint finally dropped on Monday – 18 months after innovation, science and technology minister Anoulack Chanthivong first announced it in September 2023. And if you’re wondering if it was worth the wait, the feeling is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The Minns government needs to get cracking, and quickly. It has lost ground to make up… Read more »
For young people in the early stages of their career, the idea of waiting 40 years or more to retire might feel like a marathon. For those already feeling burnt out, it can be an excruciating thought. So – why not take a break or two somewhere along the way? The concept of “micro-retirement” is… Read more »
There is a prevailing belief that the 2025-2026 Federal Budget was a non-event for the majority of us in the Australian tech sector. But besides being a missed opportunity to move the dial for Australian founders, are there any risks to watch out for in the Budget? Well yes, actually. In our view, one particular… Read more »
The Australian startup ecosystem has all the ingredients for success: hardworking founders, world-class talent, and abundant capital. We have enormous amounts of potential, so how do we make sure we realise it? Most people think we are held back by our inherent tall-poppy syndrome. I think this has historically been true, but this is certainly… Read more »
“Empathy is for losers”, says the guy whose lack of empathy has lost him about 250 billion dollars in the last couple of weeks. Sorry, make that $260 billion… $270 billion… No, wait. $280 billion… Well, I could go on, just like the sell-off in Tesla shares. Elon Musk, the self-driving car crash in human… 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 »
Where would we be without knowledge? Everything from the building of spaceships to the development of new therapies has come about through the creation, sharing, and validation of knowledge. It is arguably our most valuable human commodity. From clay tablets to electronic tablets, technology has played an influential role in shaping human knowledge. Today we… 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 »
This year marks 20 years since Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook, having kicked it off as The Facebook in 2004. He was already notorious for Facemash, the “hot or not” site that ranked Harvard students by their attractiveness, which he created in late 2003. Zuckerberg hacked into house face book websites at the university to get… Read more »
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