Friday, 01 July 2011
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By
Kate Sallai
If you’ve been itching to see the iPhone 5, wait no longer. Here are the features on the eagerly-awaited Apple device (all fruit-based).
Friday, 24 June 2011
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By
Michelle Hammond
Large businesses are twice as likely to undertake innovative online activity as micro businesses, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Tuesday, 07 June 2011
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By
Michelle Hammond
A new report shows the Australian Government’s Innovation Investment Fund allows start-ups more scope for follow-on investments and has contributed to the supply of high-potential businesses.
Monday, 06 June 2011
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By
Michelle Hammond
New research reveals Australians are more likely to stay at home and use electronic devices than dine out, with industry experts saying consumer-focused businesses shouldn’t take customers for granted amid these long-term trends.
Wednesday, 01 June 2011
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By
Michelle Hammond
The Federal Government should spend up to $2.5 billion a year generated from the carbon tax to foster innovation in clean technologies, according to climate change expert Ross Garnaut.
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
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By
Ruslan Kogan
Every business, whether an online retailer, a big bricks and mortar retailer, a financial institution, or your local pie store will succeed if they do one thing: innovate.
Tuesday, 03 May 2011
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By
Michelle Hammond
Tech start-ups are being encouraged to exhibit at innovation showcase Tech23 for the chance to win one of five awards worth a total of $150,000.
Friday, 15 April 2011
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By
Kate Sallai
If launching a real life start-up terrifies you, you should check out Startup Fever, a new board game. You can create an imaginary product, poach fictional staff and earn pretend money. The time consumed when you could be planning a real business is, however, very real.
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
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By
Michelle Hammond
An organic manufacturer has secured almost $2 million in government funding to aid its ambitions to take a slice of the multibillion dollar global export pallet market.
Thursday, 31 March 2011
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By
Michelle Hammond
Energy efficiency has been identified as a major growth area for Australian tech companies at the Federal Government’s Innovation Australia Showcase.
Friday, 25 March 2011
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By
Michelle Hammond
The creators of a new social networking app have raised $41 million in venture capital from a host of investors, with the company planning to take the service global.
Friday, 18 March 2011
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By
Oliver Milman
If you’re keen to find out the next start-up to emerge from nowhere to threaten global domination, the South by Southwest festival is a good place to start.
Friday, 18 March 2011
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By
Oliver Milman
A team led by an Australian lawyer has been named as a joint winner of the Startup Bus competition, which saw 38 teams devise start-ups on their way to the SXSW festival in Texas this week.
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
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By
Michelle Hammond
The Victorian Government has made $3 million available to small businesses as part of its Competitive Business Fund.
Monday, 07 March 2011
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By
Michelle Hammond
Commercialisation Australia backs 34 organisations in 2011 funding round with grants of up to $2 million each.
Thursday, 03 March 2011
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By
Michelle Hammond
The NSW Government has launched NSW Export Lab, a program designed to help businesses improve their export efforts.
Wednesday, 02 March 2011
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By
Michelle Hammond
The disability sector is tipped to become a multi-billion dollar market with the proposal of a $12 billion insurance scheme, which seeks to treat disabled people as consumers rather than patients.
Tuesday, 01 March 2011
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By
Oliver Milman
Mark Harbottle happily admits he’s a “start-up guy”, relied upon to come up with a sector-defining online idea.
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
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By
Oliver Milman
Influencing consumer behaviour is a challenge for entrepreneurs at the best of times, but the ingrained habit of car ownership has been a particular hurdle for car sharing firm Flexicar.
Friday, 18 February 2011
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By
Kate Sallai
In a speech to TEDxMelbourne, Charles Burger of the Australian Conservation Foundation argues that the way we have to measure economic growth will have to radically change in the future.