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Innovators offered $70k prize pot for bright ideas
8:44PM | Tuesday, 23 August 2011 | Michelle HammondStart-ups are being invited to enter the Innovation Challenge for the chance to share in $70,000, with categories covering everything from high-tech design to backyard innovation.
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8:36PM | Monday, 22 August 2011 | Michelle HammondNikita Novikov, co-founder of a new promotional search engine, talks to StartupSmart about creating a connection between consumers and retailers.
| Growth | Start-up ProfilesGovernment launches $558m staff training fund
8:54PM | Monday, 22 August 2011 | Michelle HammondEmployers are being encouraged to apply for government funding as part of the new $558 million National Workforce Development Fund, enabling businesses to purchase training for workers.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | Financing a business | Venture CapitalMYOB claims $1.2bn sale will benefit customers
8:49PM | Monday, 22 August 2011 | Michelle HammondThe acquisition of business management software provider MYOB will strengthen the company’s CRM strategy and aid the growth of its portfolio, chief executive Tim Reed says.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | Sell a business | Technology | IT | How I did itUniQuest Trailblazer winners unveiled
8:45PM | Monday, 22 August 2011 | Michelle HammondUniQuest has announced this year’s winners of its $50,000 Trailblazer competition, with winning ideas ranging from a new therapy for bone cancer to a safer way to extract copper.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | Financing a business | Venture CapitalThe Wild West of the music industry
8:09PM | Monday, 22 August 2011 | Kate SallaiFrustrated after being rejected by record companies, enterprising Canadian band the Barr Brothers made this video about their experiences of the music industry. The move paid off – their first album is out in September.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | How I did itGlobal seed fund Angel Holdings set to launch
8:36PM | Friday, 19 August 2011 | Michelle HammondDublin-based seed fund Angel Holdings will launch in November, coinciding with Global Entrepreneurship Week, with the fund aimed at start-ups from across the globe and in all sectors.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | Financing a business | Venture CapitalRetail giant AMP backs QuickerFeet app
8:22PM | Friday, 19 August 2011 | Michelle HammondSydney start-up QuickerFeet has partnered with AMP Capital Shopping Centres to bring its location-based promotion app to bricks-and-mortar retailers looking to boost in-store traffic.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | TechnologyPicking the right venture
8:51PM | Friday, 19 August 2011 | Michelle HammondFor those entrepreneurs that choose to start a business simply for the challenge, it can be quite overwhelming deciding which path to choose. Vito Russo faced this hurdle when he was setting up his business, Expanda Van Homes.
| Planning | Business planning | Growth | My Best MistakeBespoke business could suit
8:39PM | Friday, 19 August 2011 | Michelle HammondMore men are starting to suit up in blazers and button-up shirts, putting a structured edge on casual fashion, and there’s an emerging trend of having them specially made.
| Planning | Business ideas | GrowthVictorian Government’s biotech support slammed for lack of strategy
8:30PM | Thursday, 18 August 2011 | Michelle HammondThe Victorian Government’s $772 million investment in biotechnology has failed to produce any clear benefits due to a severe lack of strategy, according to a new report
| Growth | Growth Strategy | Financing a business | Venture CapitalInvasion of the big brands
8:27PM | Wednesday, 17 August 2011 | Alexandra CainDespite the doom and gloom in the retail sector, there’s been a plethora of large, overseas brands enter the Australian market recently. So what does this mean for homegrown start-ups?
| Planning | Business planning | Growth | Growth Strategy | Growing | RetailBugHerd pitches to global audience at 500 Startups
8:48PM | Wednesday, 17 August 2011 | Michelle HammondUS tech accelerator 500 Startups held its second-ever Demo Day earlier this week, attended by 31 start-ups from around the globe, including Australian start-up BugHerd.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | TechnologyWeTeachMe
8:33PM | Wednesday, 17 August 2011 | Oliver MilmanMartin Kemka is part of a five-strong team that recently founded online resource site WeTeachMe. He speaks to StartupSmart about the early lessons in business that he’s been learning.
| Growth | Start-up Profiles“Indulgent” food franchises tipped to benefit from tough times
8:14PM | Wednesday, 17 August 2011 | Michelle HammondFood franchises with “indulgent” menus are more likely to resonate with consumers in the current economic climate, an industry expert says, in light of Retail Food Group’s record profit.
| Planning | Business planning | Growth | Buy a business | Franchising | Becoming a franchisorWooboard woos angel group Elevation Capital
8:48PM | Tuesday, 16 August 2011 | Michelle HammondAngel investment group Elevation Capital has taken a minority stake in Pollenizer-backed online human resource tool Wooboard, with plans to take the business global.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | Financing a business | Venture CapitalCommercialising Australia
8:30PM | Tuesday, 16 August 2011 | Oliver MilmanStartupSmart spoke to Commercialisation Australia CEO Doron Ben-Meir about the challenges faced by start-ups attempting to get government funding, as well as get his tips on how to land a grant.
| Planning | Business planning | Growth | Growth Strategy | Financing a business | Venture CapitalGroup buying set for consolidation as Cudo put up for sale
8:12PM | Tuesday, 16 August 2011 | Michelle HammondGroup buying site Cudo is up for sale for more than $60 million, according to reports, less than 12 months after it was launched by Nine Entertainment.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | Sell a business | Technology | WebsitesGoogle-Motorola deal to “supercharge” Android platform
8:51PM | Tuesday, 16 August 2011 | Michelle HammondGoogle’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility will “supercharge” the Android ecosystem, according to the company, but an industry expert claims the deal will have no major impact on developers.
| Growth | Growth Strategy | TechnologyGovt opens $126m fund for green energy companies
8:00AM | Tuesday, 16 August 2011 | Michelle HammondClean energy start-ups are being invited to apply for the Federal Government’s new $126 million Emerging Renewables program, which aims to boost innovation and skills in the sector.
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