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Star-studded event series helps entrepreneurs face the Startup Grind
2:40AM | Wednesday, 27 FebruaryThe US-founded Startup Grind event series continues to grow in Australia, with the Sydney and Melbourne chapters set to host the founders of Atlassian and Zendesk respectively.
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin shares five insights into the social network’s future
3:42AM | Friday, 15 MarchOnce the brainchild of Harvard classmates, Facebook is now a multi-billion dollar company connecting everyone and everything.
Airbnb prompts wave of like-minded start-ups
2:01AM | Thursday, 21 FebruaryA number of new start-ups have likened themselves to US-based company Airbnb, the leader in travel rentals, which has booked more than 10 million nights of accommodation worldwide.
How we spin the Feedback Loop
11:21PM | Tuesday, 27 NovemberYes, I promised that this week, I'd share tips on raising capital in Silicon Valley. But I've postponed that post.
Mark Zuckerberg speaks at start-up school – here are three top tips
3:35AM | Tuesday, 12 MarchFacebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has imparted some new words of wisdom to start-ups, insisting the desire to solve a problem must always be greater than the desire to start a company.
Why Australia’s start-up scene is getting social
10:02AM | Monday, 8 OctoberThe business world is littered with inspiring tales of entrepreneurs who, through their innovation and hard work, overcame humble beginnings to strike it rich.
Australia’s innovation performance dubbed “appalling”
5:29AM | Wednesday, 16 MayAustralia’s innovation performance is “appalling” compared to other countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, according to a former chief scientist.
Accelerators seem to want a lot of equity for little funding – is it worth applying?
5:10AM | Thursday, 3 MayI’m thinking about applying for a start-up accelerator program, but it seems like a lot of equity for not much funding. How can I be sure that the program will be worth it?
April’s top business book
4:21AM | Sunday, 29 AprilIconoclast, by Gregory Berns (Harvard Business Press, 2010, 250pp, RRP$29.99) According to author Gregory Berns, an iconoclast is a person who does something that others say can’t be done.
Five steps to gain a better customer focus
5:25AM | Wednesday, 2 MayWe all know that in order to establish a successful business you need to focus on delivering a solution to your target market.
Three start-ups to watch in Y Combinator’s latest batch
3:16AM | Thursday, 29 MarchStart-up incubator Y Combinator has held its 14th demo day for 65 start-ups, with many start-ups fielding investment offers following their presentations.
Learning from Oink: Execution isn’t everything
3:30AM | Sunday, 18 MarchKevin Rose had everything going for him. A strong personal brand and network, $1.7 million in funding and a team of super smart people that could probably build any consumer web/mobile concept you threw at them – and build it well.
Edible food packaging now on the menu
3:00AM | Wednesday, 14 MarchMany businesses have strived to bolster their green credentials by reducing the amount of packaging they use, but what about eliminating the need for plastic packaging for food products entirely?
Liquid-free caffeine hit
2:44AM | Friday, 17 FebruaryMove over coffee and Red Bull, people could soon be inhaling their caffeine fix from a lipstick-sized tube. The AeroShot product went on the market late last month in the US for $3.
Major GymPact for lazy gym-goers
3:48AM | Friday, 15 MarchA new iPhone app uses fines to get people into the gym, literally making people pay every time they skip a workout, in order to keep them motivated.
Australia’s untapped university innovation
5:52AM | Wednesday, 2 MayV-Tol Aerospace, a Queensland based company that develops unmanned aircraft systems, has teamed up with the University of Queensland to launch the Australian Unmanned Systems Academy (AUSA).
June’s top business books
2:06AM | Friday, 10 FebruaryAdapt: Why success always starts with failure by Tim Harford (Little Brown, RRP$17.82) Failure is a fashionable topic. No less than the Harvard Business Review recently devoted an entire edition to the issue.
Entrepreneurship is child’s play
4:28AM | Saturday, 28 AprilEntrepreneurs are getting younger and younger – it seems every second day there’s a news story of a school kid who’s developed a multi-million dollar smartphone app.
THE NEWS WRAP: Former Harvard contemporaries of Mark Zuckerberg lose appeal
4:01AM | Tuesday, 12 AprilIndependent MP Andrew Wilkie has branded a $20 million marketing push by the clubs industry against curbs on poker machines as “dishonest.”
Research industry trends
3:17AM | Friday, 25 MarchThis afternoon you are going to block out two hours of time, close the door to your office and start surfing.
