When you talk to Pete Horsley about his career in tech, it doesn’t take long to see that his work is deeply personal. His eldest sister, Jo, was born blind, autistic, and with an intellectual disability. That experience shaped the way he views the world, as he explains to Majella Campbell on episode 29 of… Read more »
Midway through a difficult discussion in her performance review, an employee named Jane finally cracks, and the tears start. Her boss doesn’t know what to do and handles the situation awkwardly. Ask yourself: how would you react in this situation? And would you have the same reaction if it were not Jane who was crying… Read more »
Cybersecurity workers in Australia are losing more hours of productivity to stress and burnout than they were just a year ago, with artificial intelligence both helping and hindering the situation according to a survey commissioned by cybersecurity firm Sophos. Industry professionals have lost 4.8 hours per week to stress and burnout in 2025 — a… Read more »
When Katherine Ruiz launched People Haircare, she didn’t tiptoe into the market. She went straight into over 800 Coles stores nationally. No soft launch. No boutique trial. Just premium, high-performing haircare on the shelves of one of Australia’s biggest retailers – right from day one. “From day one, Coles was part of the vision,” she… Read more »
Yesterday, there were numerous articles written about the fact that a couple large VC funds missed their gender targets for new investments. We do ask our VC funds for more transparency and effort, and then low key shame them when they don’t meet their goals and state it publicly, even if they are moving the… Read more »
Last year I attended a panel on generative AI in education. In a memorable moment, one presenter asked: “What’s the big deal? Generative AI is like a calculator. It’s just a tool.” The analogy is an increasingly common one. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman himself has referred to ChatGPT as “a calculator for words” and… Read more »
Eckhart Tolle once said, “Awareness is the greatest agent for change.” In a world that’s moving faster than ever, this quote couldn’t be more relevant – especially for leaders and staff burning the candle at both ends, both professionally and personally. Having a front row seat to leaders and businesses for the past decade as… Read more »
From reinventing the workspace to bringing sports star power to disability support, these four entrepreneurs have won praise for how they’re tackling the problems of today with a sharp eye on the future. As the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ program marks its 25th year of supporting Australian entrepreneurship, Startup Daily is profiling the exceptional… Read more »
Sydney Startup Hub shuts down today, after seven years, thanks to the NSW government. And right now it’s clear that when it comes to startups, the government couldn’t organise a piss-up in a brewery, to use one of the more polite versions of the idiom. Another way of explaining it is that they’ve bombed the… Read more »
Episode 28 of Startup 360 is a little different, with cohost Simon away at a company offsite and Majella busy with the Sydney Startup Hub closure. So we’ve picked out two of our favourite interviews of the last six months to shine a light on them once again. Irish-Australian teenager Liam Fuller starred on Startup… Read more »
An Australian compliance training company has been accused of turning the laptops of its workers into listening devices to surveil them while they worked from home. Online compliance training provider Safetrac deployed employee monitoring software earlier this year that recorded the audio and screens of some of its workers, which picked up online team meetings… Read more »
South West Sydney’s brightest innovators were given a chance to tell their stories at Pitch Night South West at the Liverpool Powerhouse. The initiative was led by UNSW Founders and featured eight finalists who pitched their business and social change ideas tackling key societal challenges. They ranged from harnessing the benefits of AI and giving… Read more »
So your boss wants you in the office more? If this makes you anxious, you’re not alone. Return-to-work tensions aren’t simply resistance to change. They reflect deeper questions about how different people work best and what modern organisations actually need to succeed. After COVID, return-to-office rates stabilised by around June 2023, without much movement since.… Read more »
DAVOS, Switzerland — A coalition of tech executives, venture capitalists, and innovation self‑describers warned this week that unless governments immediately provide free electricity to the artificial intelligence sector, civilisation’s fragile future could collapse into what one investor called “a really compromised vibe.” “Making AI innovators pay for electricity is legacy thinking,” declared OpenAI CEO Sam… Read more »
As the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ program celebrates 25 years of spotlighting the best of Australian entrepreneurship, Startup Daily is profiling the finalists of one of our nation’s most prestigious business awards, to be held on October 15. Today, we meet the four finalists in the Social Impact category. From improving youth mental health… Read more »
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