The nature of work is changing, and as more employers around the country become accustomed to the idea of outsourcing or hiring a remote worker, the opportunities for Australians living outside the business hubs in our major cities have never been greater. Aiming to help businesses tap into the wealth of expertise hidden around regional… Read more »
Growing up, Julie Boulton dreamed of being a brain surgeon, because she was fascinated by the way humans work. A couple of years into her medical degree, however, she was diagnosed with a brain disorder; having developed tremors, a career as a surgeon was suddenly off the table. “One day I was sitting on the… Read more »
For many Australians living in metropolitan areas, knowledge of life on a farm has come from a show like McLeod’s Daughters. Unfortunately, just as any doctor would tell you that no, Grey’s Anatomy does not accurately depict working in a hospital, a day in the life of a character on McLeod’s Daughters isn’t exactly the… Read more »
So what exactly is a Scaleup? For Trent Bagnall, co-founder of Slingshot Accelerator, Scaleups are simply mature Startups.
From a standing start a decade ago, Australia’s Startup landscape has grown exponentially over the last few years; there are more resources devoted to helping new Startups get off the ground than ever before, with coworking spaces, incubators, and accelerators aplenty, targeting every niche imaginable. On the surface, it may seem like all these efforts… Read more »
Country towns are stereotypically known for their close communities and friendliness, with neighbours always ready to give each other a helping hand. Launched late last year, The Rural Network is a platform looking to translate that community spirit online by bringing the task economy to the bush, starting with over 60 regional and rural communities… Read more »
Pioneering the task economy movement for the 1.3 million regional business owners across Australia is a fast-growing platform called The Rural Network.
Living on a farm on the Southern Highlands of NSW, freelance graphic designer Monika stumbled upon DesignCrowd by chance a few years ago.
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the future of work is going to be about individuals selling their unique set of skills – the more connected households become via technology, the less relevance things like offices and shopfronts will hold in society. We have seen many metro-centric platforms, such as Airtasker and Sidekicker appear in the last… Read more »
It was an old boss that eventually put Jessie on to Freelancer, seeing her join the growing ranks of ‘taskmasters’ working through a task economy platform.
Last December, Rani decided to make some extra money on the side by becoming an Uber driver. After a few weeks, she gave up her full time job in favour of driving every day.
The end of financial year rush may still be a few months off, but April 30 should be circled in bright red on every startup’s calendar: it’s the last day to submit your R&D Tax Incentive claim. Though startups are often working on products and services that may one day end up changing the world,… Read more »
Over the last few years, universities around Australia have begun to see the value in investing in spaces and programs aimed at pushing innovation, both internally and outside the universities themselves. Among those that began investing early on is the University of New South Wales. As well as its Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and… Read more »
NASA engineer Matthew Noyes will be taking Pause 2017 attendees through NASA’s work with VR during a keynote on Tech Day.
For Dropbox, the process of encouraging innovation internally has been distilled into a systemised recipe, finessed over years of experimentation.
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