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99dresses founder Nikki Durkin joins Y Combinator
11:44PM | Friday, 18 November 2011 | Michelle HammondTwenty-year-old Australian entrepreneur Nikki Durkin will participate in the fabled Y Combinator program in the United States, as she seeks to replace eBay as the world’s premier online fashion portal.
Growth | Growth Strategy | Financing a business | Venture Capital | How I did it | Business advice and educationDealing with a nosedive in client spending
11:12PM | Friday, 18 November 2011 | Michelle HammondRandall Deer knows all too well what it’s like to launch a business during a severe downturn. His second business, My Holiday Centre, was launched at the height of the GFC.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | Financing a business | Cashflow | My Best MistakeiiNet founder Michael Malone named Entrepreneur of the Year
11:09PM | Friday, 18 November 2011 | Michelle HammondiiNet founder and chief executive Michael Malone has told Australian start-ups “it’s all about the product”, after being named 2011 Australian Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
| Growth | Technology | Websites | How I did itYelp files for $100 million IPO despite no profit
11:00PM | Friday, 18 November 2011 | Michelle HammondUS-based local reviews website Yelp has filed for a $100 million IPO, with reports suggesting a valuation of up to $2 billion, seven years after it was founded by two former PayPal employees.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | Financing a business | Technology | WebsitesHow my perseverance paid off
11:02PM | Friday, 18 November 2011 | Kate SallaiHalle Tecco, founder of seed accelerator RockHealth, explains how she dealt with continual rejection of her idea.
| Growth | Growth StrategyLaunch an idea of the month award
11:51PM | Thursday, 17 November 2011 | TaskmasterGenerating good ideas and acting on them is a constant challenge in any business.
| Business planning | Growth | LeadershipStartUp Cup attracts worldwide interest
11:15PM | Thursday, 17 November 2011 | Michelle HammondThe StartUp Cup, a competition format for aspiring entrepreneurs, has already attracted interest in the US and UK, just days after launching globally.
| Planning | Business planning | Growth | Growth Strategy10 buzz phrases your start-up should never use
11:54PM | Thursday, 17 November 2011 | Oliver MilmanStart-ups from all industries should be reminded of the need to keep language clear and simple, to avoid alienating investors and customers. With this in mind, here are the 10 phrases you should think very carefully about before uttering.
| Marketing | Growth | Growth Strategy | Sales and marketing | Financing a business | Venture Capital | Leadership | Planning stage | Starting | Growing$18 million Australia-China research fund to strengthen ties
11:49PM | Thursday, 17 November 2011 | Michelle HammondAustralia’s ties with China look set to strengthen even more, with Australia-China research collaborations to receive an addition $18 million under a new government-funded initiative.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | Financing a business | Venture CapitalAustralia’s student start-ups “compare well to Europe”
11:45PM | Thursday, 17 November 2011 | Michelle HammondThe leader of a local student entrepreneurship group has likened Australian student-start-ups to those in Scandinavian countries, claiming there are more similarities than there are differences.
| Planning | Business planning | Growth | Business advice and educationEx-Myspace CEO Mike Jones launches start-up incubator Science
11:41PM | Thursday, 17 November 2011 | Michelle HammondFormer Myspace chief Mike Jones has launched a new start-up incubator known as Science, joining the plethora of tech entrepreneurs who have launched accelerators.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | TechnologySensis to host $10k hackathon at York Butter Factory
11:37PM | Thursday, 17 November 2011 | Michelle HammondAustralian search engine Sensis will host a start-up “hackathon” at Melbourne’s York Butter Factory this weekend, in the latest move by a large company to embrace start-up events.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | TechnologyIdea Pitch winners share in $15k prize pool
11:12PM | Wednesday, 16 November 2011 | Michelle HammondStudent Entrepreneurs has unveiled the 2011 winners of its Idea Pitch competition, which saw 20 student start-ups from Victorian universities compete for prizes worth more than $15,000.
| Planning | Business planning | Growth | Business advice and educationOn the Gro set for growth after SA entrepreneurship award win
11:09PM | Wednesday, 16 November 2011 | Oliver MilmanA South Australian entrepreneur has been named the state’s leading young business builder after coming up with a baby-focused venture, On the Gro, that is set to expand internationally barely a year after launch.
| Growth | How I did itLupe
11:54PM | Wednesday, 16 November 2011 | Oliver MilmanAttending a festival in Melbourne, Georgia Beattie was struck by an unusual idea – why not try to sell single-serve portions of wine to consumers?
| Growth | Start-up ProfilesOrionVM secures funding from entrepreneur duo
11:15PM | Wednesday, 16 November 2011 | Michelle HammondCloud computing start-up OrionVM has secured funding from serial entrepreneur Stephen Baxter and computing pioneer Gordon Bell, understood to be less than $1 million.
| Growth | Financing a business | Venture Capital | Technology | IT | How I did it | Business advice and educationIconic Australian surfwear brand Hot Tuna up for sale
11:10PM | Wednesday, 16 November 2011 | Michelle HammondAustralian-founded surfwear brand Hot Tuna is up for sale due to slow growth and a stagnant market, according to reports.
| Growth | Sell a business | Financing a business | CashflowService franchises trump food retail in popularity stakes
11:02PM | Wednesday, 16 November 2011 | Michelle HammondService-based businesses have trumped food retail as the most popular type of franchise for new franchisees, new research reveals, due to smaller start-up costs and stronger trading conditions.
| Growth | Buy a business | Franchising | Becoming a franchiseeStart-up exporting woe
11:47PM | Tuesday, 15 November 2011 | Oliver MilmanAustralian start-ups may be regularly told that they are playing in an increasingly global marketplace, but the view beyond our shores currently isn’t very enticing.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | Starting | GrowingStart-up numbers could fall as graduate salaries rebound
11:55PM | Tuesday, 15 November 2011 | Michelle HammondUniversity graduates may become even more inclined to work for a company rather than start their own business, with a new report showing graduate salaries are on the rebound.
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