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NSW Government launches innovation strategy
Months after closing the public consultation period on the development of an innovation strategy, the NSW Government has today released the final product.
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Pause is cross-pollinating ideas across creative, tech and business industries
Pause Festival 2017 looks to ignite conversations across creative, tech and businesses industries and has divided the three-day event into each theme. While each day is focused on a specific theme, Pause is all about sharing and cross-pollinating ideas and showing its attendees how industries come together and push one another to innovate.
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Sydney startup Revoir is bringing the high end fashion consignment store online
Sydney startup Revoir is more than just a listing service, instead taking the consignment model online to be a store itself.
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Regional-focused and telco advocacy groups launch coalition to end the ‘data drought’ in country Australia
Over a dozen advocacy groups have come together to launch a coalition focused on ending the ‘data drought’ and championing better communications services for consumers and small businesses in rural, remote, or regional areas around Australia.
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WATCH: The changing landscape for women in Australian tech
MYOB last week partnered with Startup Daily to host a panel on women in tech at the Michael Crouch Innovation Centre at the University of NSW.
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Aussie Founders Network launches in Silicon Valley to support Australians building businesses overseas
The Aussie Founders Network is looking to support founders, investors, and industry advisors with the aim of building a network of Australian-founded tech companies globally with a valuation of $100 billion.
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HR Partner is being built by cofounders working remotely in Darwin and rural Alaska
Cofounders of HR Partner Devan Sabaratnam and Hannah Wright met, of all places, on Reddit earlier this year on a thread discussing startups.
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Love Merino allows customers to trace garments back to the sheep the wool came from
In 2015 Pip, along with her brother-in-law Ian Smith, decided to launch a new venture they both say was 120 years in the making. Together they launched Love Merino, an ecommerce / ethical fashion startup. It’s a company that represents the hard work of over six generations of Smiths that have lived and worked on the farm, laying the foundations to be able to produce a premium wool product through their approach to how they farmed the land and cared for the animals.
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Government launches ICT Procurement Taskforce to explore how to better do business with startups
The Federal Government has launched an ICT Procurement Taskforce to garner feedback from startups on how government ICT contracts can be made more accessible to small innovators.
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Effective communication with its team, investors, and customers has fuelled Brosa’s growth
Brosa has gone through MAP, raised $2 million in funding, grown its team to 50 staff members, and announced YoY growth of more than 400 percent.
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R.M. Williams embraces tech to blend its trademark craftsmanship with the customer’s personal style
Founded in 1932 by Reginald Murray Williams, the brand R.M. Williams is one of our country’s most recognised lifestyle brands, sitting comfortably next to the likes of other iconic brand names like Akubra, Driza-Bone, and Hard Yakka on the world stage.
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JetGo announces new weekly flight schedule between Wagga and Brisbane
In a move that will be sure to please startups and small businesses in the Riverina that have east coast expansion as part of their growth plans, regional-focused airline JetGo announced that it will officially be launching return flights between Wagga Wagga and Brisbane from February 13th 2017.
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Rosterfy rebrands to Event Workforce Group as it targets US growth after signing on Super Bowl 2018
Victorian event staff rostering and management startup Rosterfy has announced a rebrand as it gears up to open an office in the United States after signing on clients including the 2018 Super Bowl, the Aspen Ski World Cup, and the City of Minneapolis
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Government launches new attempt to change equity crowdfunding regulations
After a few months on the shelf, the Government has returned to the issue of equity crowdfunding, introducing a new bill into Parliament yesterday.
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Ecommerce startup Cool Clutch wins Bendigo Pitchfest as AusPost announces national rollout in 2017
The top prize for the night went to ecommerce startup Cool Clutch, founded by Suzanne Carroll, which manufactures and sells handbags and clutches that contain ‘discreet’ cooler bag compartments
