Gavin Larkin believed conversation could change a life. Despite losing his own life to an aggressive form of lymphoma in 2011, Larkin’s belief that a simple conversation could be the difference between life and death launched a crusade that has swept Australia. As the founder of R U OK? Larkin initiated a campaign that championed… Read more »
Jane Lu and the Showpo team. Photo: Supplied Fashion retailer Showpo has once again dominated the annual Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAS) scooping up three awards including a coveted ‘Hall of Fame’ gong at the event in Sydney. It is not the first time the iconic retailer has scored accolades. In 2018 the company and… Read more »
Entrepreneurship wasn’t the first choice for Barayamal founder Dean Foley. Growing up as a young indigenous boy in rural NSW, he had few local examples of entrepreneurs to draw inspiration. “Where I grew up, it was about just getting a job and finding enough money to pay the bills and save to buy a house… Read more »
Yume Food boss Katy Barfield The inaugural Kochie’s Business Builders Power List was launched in May who recognise 50 businesspeople the publication believes are having an impact on the small business and startup space. The list highlighted the incredible plethora of talen in the ecosystem, from small business advocates to startup success stories. The amazing… Read more »
Are you a woman in business? Do you have a startup idea that needs a funding injection? Then get set to enter the Be MPowered 2019 Pitch Competition. The Be MPowered Pitch Comp is the brainchild of Mums & Co. founder, Carrie Kwan, who knows first-hand what it’s like to try to attract funding… Read more »
Business leaders are ignoring the ethical challenges of emerging technologies according to the latest Trendlines report. In doing so, they risk losing the trust of both their customers and employees. The survey conducted by Avanade canvassed 1,200 C-suite, senior-level IT and business decision makers in 12 countries to reveal that while most respondents (82%) agreed digital… Read more »
Facebook has announced a suite of new tools aimed at small business owners to assist them in saving time and money when creating resources for their social media campaigns. The new tools include an Automated Ad feature which will easily allow small business owners to create a targeted campaign based on their unique goals; a… Read more »
Centre will pursue solutions for real world challenges Students to work with industry leaders to achieve social impact Intelligent data-driven health systems to improve support for patients Swinburne University of Technology has announced the launch of the Data for Social Good Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC), powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). The Centre will leverage… Read more »
While millions of people the world over are fearing the disruption of the fourth industrial revolution, one Harbour City Labs’ startup, Gronade, is touting its benefits for all to hear.
It’s been four years since Dr Anthony Collins launched Cruiser Interactive, a spinoff of a technology research project developed at the University of Sydney. Cruiser Interactive delivers innovative solutions for meeting spaces, operations centres and cultural spaces offering organisations the ability to connect and collaborate at scale in real time. Collins tells Startup Daily the… Read more »
As CEO of River City Labs (RCL) Peta Ellis knows a thing or two about startups. Now Ellis will be bringing her extraordinary skills to the the Sydney startup scene as River City Labs launches a local chapter at swank new premises in Barangaroo.
To celebrate Youth Week, Australia’s largest startup community, Fishburner, is coming together with Job Getter and Test-ED to hold an ‘Apprentice Pitch Fest in Sydney on April 12. The Pitch Fest will see over 50 high school students from all over NSW attend a pitch festival with Fishburners’ startups and representatives from industries that need… Read more »
Melbourne tech and innovation hub, YBF Ventures has joined forces with Australian logistics company Linfox to launch FuelHack. With FuelHack the dynamic duo are calling for innovators to take up the challenge to unlock new and innovative ways to further reduce environmental emissions by optimising fuel consumption Kicking off on Thursday 9 May 2019, FuelHack… Read more »
Young entrepreneur Blake Garrett has set about eliminating a pain point that will be dear to the heart of many a school principal. Garrett is the founder of School Bytes, a comprehensive cloud-based school management platform which allows a school’s front office staff to streamline their admin and operational processes. They say necessity is the… Read more »
One founder addressing the issue of digital wellbeing is AWS EdStart participant Greg Margossian. A father of one, Margossian is the originator of Saasyan Assure, an EdTech software company that offers a cyber welfare solution for schools. Saasyan Assure works with existing firewalls and allows schools to detect, monitor and report unusual behaviour online. It… Read more »
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