KPMG Australia’s High Growth Ventures is conducting its annual research into the physical and mental wellbeing of startup founders and is keen to hear from them as the sector prepares to gear up for 2021. Amanda Price, Head of High Growth Ventures, said the personal performance of founders is a major factor for the success… Read more »
Physicist and CSIRO chief scientist Dr Cathy Foley will become Australia’s next Chief Scientist, replacing Dr Alan Finkel in 2021. She’s just the second woman to lead the nation’s scientific endeavours, 13 years after Professor Penny Sackett ‘s tenure from 2008-2011. Dr Foley was appointed the CSIRO’s chief scientist in 2018, having risen through the… Read more »
Digital travel industry veteran Hichame Assi has been chosen to replace Envato founder Collis Ta’eed as CEO of the Melbourne-based tech marketplace. The choice of the former HotelsCombined.com boss, who has a Masters in eCommerce from the University of London, follows a year-long global search. Ta’eed announced in August that he would step down… Read more »
Today is Father’s Day and for many families, a very different Sunday to previous years. Whether you’re with your dad today or not (because right now, Covid-19 means you can’t be together), the important this is carrying him in your heart – and the values he taught you in the way you take on the… Read more »
Launching a startup means hustle. And that’s hard. The demands are high, the hours long, and the stresses can at times make you feel like you’re about to explode. So how to entrepreneurs cope with all of those pressures and avoid burnout? We spoke to seven founders and CEOs about their strategies to avoid burnout,… Read more »
Entrepreneur and angel investor Trevor Folsom is joining UNSW Founders program as Entrepreneur in Residence to support early stage startups. Folsom is co-founder of Investible as well as Club Investible – its global network of active early stage investors – making more than 80 direct investments. He was an early investor in Canva and chairs… Read more »
Startmate has announced two key appointments that increase diversity in senior roles. Reinventure’s Partner of Platform, Lauren Capelin, has moved to Startmate as Principal, while New Zealand-based Blackbird partner and Startmate alumnus Samantha Wong will join the board, replacing her Blackbird colleague Nick Crocker, who is stepping down after three years. Capelin, who is also… Read more »
This week’s announcement that Buildkite has completed a raise at a valuation of $200 million was excellent to wake up to. It’s very exciting for me personally, because not only did I have a small role at the very beginning, but I’ve been able to witness the choices and events they’ve navigated over the past… Read more »
The economic crisis brought on by COVID-19 is unlike anything the startup sector and broader business community experienced before. The economic rule book has been thrown out the window and Australian government’s response reflects gravity of the situation, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison announcing a massive $130 billion stimulus package yesterday, worth 11% of annual… Read more »
Entrepreneur Cyan Ta’eed was a student at SCEGGS in Sydney in the 1990s. On the 20th anniversary of her graduation, the SCEGGS Old Girl was invited back to the school in December 2019 to deliver the keynote address at the 124th Annual Distribution of Prizes. This is what she told the girls. When I… Read more »
When Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht went looking for a brilliant technology co-founder, they turned to Cameron Adams, a Googler, who’d worked on Wave, as well as previously founding the email startup Fluent. Cam is now Canva’s Chief Product Officer, the design genius behind the global graphic design tech giant. As part of our summer… Read more »
Anna Reeves co-founded the live & online TV series That Startup Show in 2017, to focus on Australia’s fast- growing entrepreneurial boom and the culture that surrounds it. That Startup Show is hosted by Rae Johnston and Benjamin Law and features comedy, banter and rising startups being “live mentored”. Find out more here. As… Read more »
As part of our summer series, Startup Daily spoke to ACS President Yohan Ramasundara about a busy year and what’s ahead.
Birth Beat’s Edwina Sharrock Resilient, innovative and passionate; three words to live by when you’re a woman running a small business in rural Australia. And they are words worth contemplating on Tuesday, October 15, “International Rural Women’s Day”, a day to celebrate the invaluable contribution women make to rural regions across the globe. There are 275,000… Read more »
An Australian rural startup has devised a planting technique for farmers that can potentially boost crop yields by up to 10% simply by measuring the amount of moisture in the soil when they’re planted. And with water and the ongoing drought playing a critical role in the viability of local farms, the agtech solution by Orange-based… Read more »
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