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News Small firms less likely to innovate online: ABS

Large businesses are twice as likely to undertake innovative online activity as micro businesses, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

News Innovation fund gets UK academics’ stamp of approval

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.

News Nights in are now the norm for Aussie consumers: Report

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.

News Carbon price will drive green innovation: Garnaut

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.

Features Moving beyond pricing

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.

News Tech start-ups to vie for $150k at Tech23

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.

Start-up TV Want to be a pretend entrepreneur?

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.

News CSIRO awards $2m funding to manufacturing start-up

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.

News Energy efficiency ripe for Australian innovation

Energy efficiency has been identified as a major growth area for Australian tech companies at the Federal Government’s Innovation Australia Showcase.

News Social networking app Color raises $41m

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.

Features Top 10 start-ups to emerge from SXSW

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.

News SXSW Startup Bus unveils entrepreneurial winners

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.

News $3 million fund opened for Victorian SMEs

The Victorian Government has made $3 million available to small businesses as part of its Competitive Business Fund.

News Government grants pump $13 million into new inventions

Commercialisation Australia backs 34 organisations in 2011 funding round with grants of up to $2 million each.

News NSW Export Lab launched for export-ready enterprises

The NSW Government has launched NSW Export Lab, a program designed to help businesses improve their export efforts.

News Disability scheme could lead to lucrative market

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.

Features The crowd-source king

Mark Harbottle happily admits he’s a “start-up guy”, relied upon to come up with a sector-defining online idea.

Features Driving change in consumer habits

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.

Start-up TV Why isn’t the environment factored into economic growth?

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.

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