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Entrepreneurship hinges on money and education: Report
10:24PM | Wednesday, 19 October 2011 | Michelle HammondEighty percent of entrepreneurs believe governments should improve access to funding, a new report reveals, while 70% say students should follow specific entrepreneurial training.
Growth | Financing a business | Venture Capital | Business advice and educationVC firm to contribute to $150k YCombinator fund
10:22PM | Tuesday, 18 October 2011 | Michelle HammondUS-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has teamed up with start-up incubator Y Combinator, promising to contribute $50,000 of the $150,000 awarded to every Start Fund participant.
| Financing a business | Venture CapitalRoamz launches following $3.5m funding drive
10:00AM | Tuesday, 18 October 2011 | Oliver MilmanRoamz, an Australian social media-driven location-based app, has debuted in California today after securing more than $3.5 million in funding prior to launch.
| Financing a business | Venture CapitalVeokami among 500 Startups’ latest intake
10:07PM | Monday, 17 October 2011 | Michelle HammondAustralian-founded tech start-up Veokami is among the latest batch of companies to participate in the 500 Startups program, as it prepares for an investor pitch early next year.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | Financing a business | Venture CapitalVic Gov pledges $55m for biotech as IBM plans R&D hub
10:01PM | Monday, 17 October 2011 | Michelle HammondThe Victorian Government plans to spend more than $50 million on the state’s biotechnology sector, just days after IBM announced a new R&D lab to strengthen Victoria’s ICT industry.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | Financing a business | Venture Capital | TechnologySecurity franchise slashes fees by $50k as industry struggles continue
10:51PM | Monday, 17 October 2011 | Michelle HammondOzSpy Security Solutions is the latest franchise to heavily discount its start-up fees, reducing the establishment costs by $50,000, as recruitment issues continue to plague the industry.
| Franchising | Becoming a franchisee | Financing a businessThe price and value conundrum
10:41PM | Monday, 17 October 2011 | Greg HayesIn a perfect market, price and value are the same thing. But we don’t operate in a perfect market. BY GREG HAYES.
| Planning | Business planning | Growth | Buy a business | Financing a business | Blogs | Greg Hayes | Planning stage | Starting | GrowingMake sure you’re asking your accountant the right tax questions
10:25PM | Monday, 17 October 2011 | TaskmasterFailure to watch payroll tax issues can be fatal, as a prominent restaurant entrepreneur has discovered. Don't fall into the same trap.
| Financing a business | Tax | LeadershipSA drug company wins $100k Enterprize competition
10:07PM | Friday, 14 October 2011 | Michelle HammondSouth Australian drug company Calpain Therapeutics is $100,000 richer after winning Enterprize, a University of Queensland competition held every year for start-ups.
| Growth | Financing a business | Venture Capital | How I did itTop Sydney chef Tony Bilson to shut restaurants after payroll tax bill forces him into administration
10:47PM | Friday, 14 October 2011 | Angela PriestleyIt wasn't that regulars found other, more suitable venues for their power lunches, but rather an unexpected tax bill that brought Tony Bilson's ultimate creation, Bilson's Restaurant, to its knees.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | Financing a business | Cashflow | TaxCrowdsource design giant 99designs launches $99,999 student fund
10:42PM | Thursday, 13 October 2011 | Michelle HammondCrowdsource design giant 99designs has launched a $99,999 fund for design students, promising cash for winning entries, as it celebrates its 99,999th design contest.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | Financing a business | Venture CapitalNew $3m fund for NSW creative digital projects
10:38PM | Thursday, 13 October 2011 | Michelle HammondThe NSW Government has announced a new $3 million fund to support creative digital content, including electronic games and transmedia projects, offering recipients up to $250,000 each.
| Financing a business | Venture Capital | TechnologyVictorian Government to provide $6m for broadband projects
10:44PM | Wednesday, 12 October 2011 | Michelle HammondThe Victorian Government will provide up to $6 million to projects that develop innovative broadband solutions, with applications now being sought from Victorian-based businesses.
| Financing a business | Venture Capital | Technology | ITAbbott vows to repeal carbon tax
10:25PM | Wednesday, 12 October 2011 | Michelle HammondOpposition leader Tony Abbott has renewed his pledge to repeal the carbon tax, which passed through the House of Representatives yesterday, in a move that could compromise SMEs’ long-term plans.
| Planning | Business planning | Financing a business | TaxStart some early carbon tax planning
10:06PM | Wednesday, 12 October 2011 | TaskmasterWhile the vast majority of SMEs will not be directly impacted by the Gillard Government’s new carbon tax, it will pay to start thinking about the indirect impacts on your business.
| Financing a business | TaxBusiness conditions and confidence improve amid rate cut talk
10:18PM | Tuesday, 11 October 2011 | Michelle HammondBusiness conditions perked up in September amid talk of an interest rate cut and the falling Australian dollar, the latest NAB survey shows, but global uncertainty is still having an impact.
| Planning | Business planning | Financing a business | CashflowXero investor funds 10-month old start-up Go Vocab
10:22PM | Tuesday, 11 October 2011 | Michelle HammondXero investor and serial entrepreneur Rowan Simpson has invested an undisclosed amount in New Zealand start-up Go Vocab, which plans to internationalise its online language platform.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | Financing a business | Venture Capital | Technology | Websites | ITInsolvencies soar 14% in August, second-highest reading on record
10:20PM | Monday, 10 October 2011 | Michelle HammondThe number of companies entering external administration jumped nearly 14% to 1,049 in August, the second-highest reading on record, new figures show.
| Planning | Business planning | Financing a business | CashflowWeTeachMe founders go from strangers to Silicon Valley in six months
10:42PM | Friday, 7 October 2011 | Oliver MilmanAn Australian start-up is currently touring Silicon Valley in a bid to secure $3 million in funding, just six months after the five founders met each other at a tech industry event.
| Financing a business | Venture Capital | Technology | Websites | ITFuture Capital to open doors to new Melbourne start-up incubator
10:11PM | Thursday, 6 October 2011 | Oliver MilmanFuture Capital Development Fund is set to expand its presence in the start-up incubation market by securing office space in Melbourne that will play host to up to 30 early-stage ventures.
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