Growth Strategy

Online craft marketplace gets a handy $25,000 funding boost from QUT Creative Enterprise Australia

2:45PM | Friday, 27 February 2015 | Eisha Gupta

Handkrafted, the online marketplace that allows people to buy custom-made items from craftspeople and artisans, has attracted $25,000 in seed funding from QUT Creative Enterprise Australia.

Work out your core skills and let partnerships help you grow, says Moshcam chair

2:00PM | Wednesday, 25 February 2015 | Broede Carmody

Australian startups should more readily form partnerships with other companies in order to keep focusing on what they do best, according to the chair of streaming service Moshcam.

Getting your startup listed on Product Hunt: Tips from Speedlancer founder Adam Stone

2:27PM | Wednesday, 25 February 2015 | Broede Carmody

Getting your startup listed on Product Hunt is incredibly difficult but there are a few ways to increase your chances of success, according to the founder of Speedlancer.

Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane among the world’s most vibrant startup event scenes: Survey

2:33PM | Friday, 20 February 2015 | Andrew Sadauskas

Sydney and Melbourne are in the top 10 cities outside the US for meetup groups, with Brisbane and Auckland also in the top 20, according to figures from US data analytics firm RJMetrics.

Want to sell your startup for millions of dollars? Start planning yesterday

2:15PM | Wednesday, 18 February 2015 | Broede Carmody

Founders of Australian tech startups should be planning their exit early on, according to the founder of 1Form.

Sell it with a #hashtag: List.cc sets sights on classified giants like Gumtree and Craigslist

2:36PM | Wednesday, 18 February 2015 | Eisha Gupta

List.cc plans to take on online classified giants like Gumtree and Craigslist by going social.

News Corp partnership with Majoran Distillery shows potential of Adelaide startup scene

2:14PM | Friday, 13 February 2015 | Andrew Sadauskas

News Corp has announced a major partnership with coworking space Majoran Distillery, in a boost for the Adelaide scene.

Hackett-backed UltraServe cloud e-commerce platform checks social media to see when servers need to scale

2:31PM | Friday, 13 February 2015 | Andrew Sadauskas

UltraServe, an e-commerce platform backed by entrepreneur Simon Hackett, has added a new feature that tracks social media activity in order to pre-emptively scale its infrastructure before demand starts growing.

Aussie startup Kounta wants to counter perils of point-of-sale “lock-in” for SMEs

2:31PM | Thursday, 12 February 2015 | Broede Carmody

Australian startup Kounta has launched in the United States in order to stake a claim in the increasingly competitive point-of-sale software market.

Channel 10’s Shark Tank a sobering experience for entrepreneurs

2:49PM | Monday, 9 February 2015 | Broede Carmody

The first episode of Network Ten’s Shark Tank kicked-off on Sunday night, with Australians pitching their business ideas to a panel of industry leaders including the founder of River City Labs, Steve Baxter.

Startup founders on how to crack the Chinese market

1:57PM | Wednesday, 14 January 2015 | Broede Carmody

With a population of more than 1.3 billion, China represents one of the biggest and fastest growing markets in the world for Australian businesses – and tech startups are no exception.

Out with dickheads, in with grit-heads: How to build a culture that drives rapid growth

1:29PM | Wednesday, 14 January 2015 | Greg Ellis

Nimble is one of Australia’s fastest growing fintech startups with a team of 160 employees across two floors at its Gold Coast headquarters.

Startups will help solve the world’s health problems

1:37PM | Thursday, 8 January 2015 | Broede Carmody

Tech startups are the key to combating the world’s health problems, according to an Australian entrepreneur who is now product lead at MyFitnessPal.

Why you should humanise your startup’s brand

1:31PM | Wednesday, 7 January 2015 | Broede Carmody

Early-stage startups that want to appeal to customers and potential employees should focus on humanising their brand, according to an Australian marketing expert.

Flopportunity: Why failure is an opportunity

1:13PM | Tuesday, 6 January 2015 | Kunal Kalro

Don’t let the startup mantras and hashtags fool you. Failure is emotionally draining, physically exhausting and psychologically frustrating.

Four things to keep in mind when considering a pivot

1:31AM | Tuesday, 6 January 2015 | Broede Carmody

Many Australian startups have pivoted into successful companies. But how do you know it’s the right time to change the direction of your company, or the product or service it provides?