It started with a whisper. Or maybe more accurately, a roaring muffler. Before the shiny awards, the cellar door in McLaren Vale, and the Asahi acquisition, Never Never Distilling Co. was just three mates, a busted Magna, and a big idea to shake up Australia’s gin scene. Co-founders Sean Baxter, Tim Boast and George Georgiadis… Read more »
While founders know how to scale a company, many are flying blind when it comes to their most important business asset: themselves. Entrepreneur, investor and podcast host Rohit Bhargava (Playbook Ventures, The Startup Playbook Podcast) has seen it all too often – founders neglect their health, energy, clarity and relationships, leading to quiet burnout, missed… Read more »
Frustration thrives as the promise of AI-empowered games gives way to redundancies, diminished job satisfaction and player boycotts. Solo Australian developer Joe Gibbs is excited about how artificial intelligence (AI) will transform his game. Partnering with an AI company, Gibbs intends to implement a dynamic branching story system into his real-time strategy game, Fall of… Read more »
When Bronte Campbell stepped up to the blocks at her first Olympics in 2012, she was just 18. What followed was more than a decade on the world stage: a four-time Olympian, triple Olympic gold medallist, and World Champion in the 50m and 100m freestyle. But the most remarkable part of her story isn’t what… Read more »
Happy horse’s birthday! The way the cofounders of podcasting community engagement startup Dome met is positively old-school in an era of swiping left and right. Sophie Greiner and Bella Filacuridi met at an International Women’s Day event in Sydney, and the mutual love for the pop culture podcast Shameless launched their friendship. Six months later,… Read more »
No spoilers here, but a tough time initially learning to play as DK gives way to one of the best closing segments of a game that I’ve played. The bananas are stacked against Donkey Kong Bananza. This is a fantastic platformer, up there with the highs and delights seen in Super Mario Odyssey—possibly even surpassing… Read more »
The kettle is a household staple practically everywhere – how else would we make our hot drinks? But is it okay to re-boil water that’s already in the kettle from last time? While bringing water to a boil disinfects it, you may have heard that boiling water more than once will somehow make the water… Read more »
It was crushing seeing two of my favourite video game characters reduced to receptionists. Diddy and Dixie Kong absolutely carry their own fandom. They had their own games back in the ’90s. But in the latest game, Donkey Kong Bananza, Nintendo made a decision to focus mainly on the big ape himself this time around,… Read more »
Usually the one doing the reporting, Startup Daily and its parent company Pinstripe Media is in the spotlight this week, having been acquired by SmartCompany’s Private Media. AJ Koch fills in for Simon to share how it came together. We also keep the celebratory theme going with two phenomenal guests behind some significant raises from… Read more »
If you spend any time in the wellness corners of TikTok or Instagram, you’ll see claims women need one to two hours more sleep than men. But what does the research actually say? And how does this relate to what’s going on in real life? As we’ll see, who gets to sleep, and for how… Read more »
The Australian government incidentally commissioned one of the country’s largest studies into the matter… and it wasn’t even focused on gaming. There’s a curious wrinkle with all of the studies that illustrate just how many people game: they are funded by the gaming industry or by peak bodies within it. Such is the case in… Read more »
The majority of women entrepreneurs aren’t building software – they’re quietly launching and scaling the breakout consumer brands that will define the next decade, without a cent of venture capital (VC). According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2022/23 Report: Less than 3% of women globally are building in ICT/tech sectors. Nearly 50% of women… Read more »
Have you ever gone to toss something into the recycling bin – a jam jar, a pizza box, a takeaway container encrusted with yesterday’s lunch – and wondered if you’re doing it right? Perhaps you asked yourself: should I scrub the jar with hot water? Scrape the mozzarella off the box? Wash off that palak… Read more »
Kish Modi had a rule with friends and family once he was out of intensive care and began his treatment for leukaemia: no crying when they came to visit. His mum , a 157cm (5′ 2″) powerhouse, laid down the law to everyone who came to visit Kish in hospital. “She’s like, no tears, zero… Read more »
A short and solid survival game that will get you thinking about your life choices, and then leave you at a crossroads about AI-use in games. We’ve all had moments where we wonder about the path not taken. What if I stayed? What if we didn’t break up? What if I took that job? Hypotheticals… Read more »
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