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Can we all just calm down with the ridiculous job titles in the ecommerce space?

- July 4, 2014 2 MIN READ

The other day I met someone who introduced themselves as a creative technologist. After 13 years working in the online world, I’ve been witness to the evolution of the online job title and it’s come a long way from it’s humble ‘e-business manager’ beginnings.

After doing a bit of research I came to the conclusion that there are nearly as many online job titles as there are salad dressing varieties and it’s starting to get confusing.

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TalkLife is perhaps one of the most important mobile products right now

- July 3, 2014 2 MIN READ

TalkLife is perhaps one of the most important mobile innovations for 2014.

The South Australian youth mental health start up, is a global social network that enables young people to open up about taboo issues including depression, self-harm and even suicide, has grown to 8,000 users per day across 125 countries in the last two years.

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Guy Kawasaki on why he wanted to work with Canva

- July 2, 2014 3 MIN READ

They only launched in August last year, but Canva this morning at a breakfast with newly appointed product evangelist Guy Kawasaki, gave some pretty impressive updates about their platform.

Canva has experienced rapid growth – becoming a daily tool for bloggers, marketers and small business owners worldwide. To date, over 4 million designs have been created on the platform, with 870 000 designs being created in June 2014 alone. They also have over 500,000 users on the application now, a number up from 330,000 just 8 weeks ago in April.

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Angel funding success makes Brisbane-based startup Zippy a beacon for local retailers

- June 20, 2014 2 MIN READ

BDS.com.au, a mobile deal and loyalty provider, is celebrating AUD$500,000 in angel funding led by Brisbane Angels. BDS intends to use the funds to accelerate the development of their Bluetooth Low Energy technology for their Zippy loyalty App, and the continued growth of retailer engagement across their home city of Brisbane, Australia. Australian cash back website… Read more »

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New hyperlocal app Swoop helping SMBs boost foot traffic

- June 17, 2014 4 MIN READ

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.

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Australia Post: Secret Mule of the Internet Drug Lords

- June 16, 2014 3 MIN READ

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.

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Are you a startup vampire or a werewolf?

- June 13, 2014 4 MIN READ

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.