Eucalyptus cofounder Tim Doyle has revealed that the best way to get a job at his health startup is to solve his dildo problem. He wants you to slide into his LinkedIn DMs to solve the “dildo mountain” he has in a warehouse – the result in a pledge in his startup’s early days. Doyle… Read more »
Showpo founder Jane Lu knows what it’s like to ride the rollercoaster of startup life better than most. The only child to Chinese-Australian parents, she was living up to their expectations with an accounting career at the Big 4 consultancy firms. But it wasn’t her cup of tea, so Lu left to launch her first… Read more »
Blackbird’s annual startup gathering, Sunrise, kicks off in Sydney tomorrow, culminating with Startmate Demo Day on Thursday night. The Summer ’25 Accelerator cohort of 16 startups will take the stage at Carriageworks to showcase their hard work over the last three months, with the event once again sold out. The ideas developed come from as… Read more »
Elon Musk says he will “significantly” reduce his work advising the United States government in May to allocate “far more” of his time to Tesla, following the company’s 71% drop in quarterly profits. “The large slug of work” establishing the so-called US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for US President Donald Trump had been mostly… Read more »
Amid debates about housing, migration, the cost of living pressures and energy during the federal election campaign, there’s been a deafening silence from both the government and opposition when it comes to tech, startups and innovation policy. It’s something ACS, the voice of Australia’s technology sector, is hoping to change. ACS CEO Josh Griggs joined… Read more »
Zero Co, the cleaning products startup will close at the end of the month with founder and CEO Mike Smith pulling down the shutters because they can’t find a pathway to profitability. The six-year-old startup set records in 2021 when it raised a record $5 million in just six hours on the Birchal crowd-sourced funding… Read more »
Industry body the Australian Computer Society (ACS), which represents around 50,000 members in tech, said whoever forms government after the May 3 election needs to take urgent, coordinated action on digital skills reform and research commercialisation to secure the nation’s economic future. The recent ACS 2025 Election Forum in Sydney brought together leaders from industry,… Read more »
Back in 2023, SafetyCulture founder Luke Anear had a vision – a four-part documentary series with profiling the founders of some of Australia’s most successful tech companies, including himself. It was an insight into the highs and lows and drama of local startup life, which was released as a pay-per-view on Apple TV, Prime… Read more »
The startup world thrives on innovation – new ideas, fresh perspectives, and bold solutions to problems others overlook. Queer-led businesses have been driving that kind of innovation for decades, yet we remain one of the most underfunded, undervalued, and underestimated forces in the ecosystem. Right now, we’re experiencing a critical moment where the progress we’ve… Read more »
Last year at SXSW Sydney, Startup Daily editor Simon Thomsen collaborated on a panel about parenting as a founder. Those who were there said it was powerful and one of the best sessions of the week. With both kids now adults and at uni, Thomsen can assure anyone in the thick of it there is… Read more »
To understand a little bit of what women founders deal with in the hunt for investment, consider the comments from a VC that got back to Camille Goldstone-Henry, cofounder of biodiversity startup Xylo Systems, on episode 9 of Startup 360. Xylo helps companies address environmental protection alongside development, and landed a major international client. The… Read more »
High-level tech workers looking for work and accepting lower-tier jobs has seen salaries in the tech sector decline over the last year, according to a new report. The 2025 Morgan McKinley Australian Salary Guide includes the average salaries for a range of jobs in the tech sector, along with a survey of more than 2,750 workers and… Read more »
Teenage entrepreneur Liam Fuller thought it would be funny to take a photo of him taking a client call and working on his laptop sitting in a toilet cubicle at school. The world did too, with more than 1.5 million viewed his posts on LinkedIn six months ago. The school principal was less impressed and… Read more »
Most of Canva’s technical writing team has been laid off as the company continues to expand its use of artificial intelligence, but the graphic design giant does not see the redundancies as a result of its increasing AI use. Technical writers are typically responsible for writing and updating documents such as guides and manuals for… Read more »
The founders of data analytics startup WhyHive are swarming at the end of the month, shutting down on April 28. The Melbourne startup, which described itself as “like Canva, but for data”, let users can upload surveys, sales, product reviews or spreadsheets and other data sources to the WhyHive app and create a quick and… Read more »
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