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Melbourne’s indie game scene gets a funding boost
7:11PM | Wednesday, 23 July 2014 | Kye White
When friends Jake Strasser, Stuart Gillespie-Cook, Michael McMaster and Nico Disseldorp decided to develop a game to kill time over summer, they never thought it would lead them to San Francisco.
Planning | Business ideasYoung entrepreneur to launch a startup that helps you get tasks done in less than four hours
7:01PM | Wednesday, 23 July 2014 | Broede Carmody
Speedlancer is a new platform that will allow users to outsource miscellaneous tasks to experienced freelancers. But there’s a catch – projects will be finished within four hours.
| Planning | Business ideasFrom ‘GigaCat’ to ‘L1m3Monk3y’: Simple tips for naming your startup
7:28PM | Monday, 21 July 2014 | Taskmaster
The great news is that even if you are lazy or creatively bankrupt, you can still choose a great startup name. The Taskmaster shows you how.
| Planning | Business planning | Marketing | Sales and marketing | Advertising | Leadership | ManagementAttention tech startups! DVI wants to hear from you
7:18PM | Monday, 21 July 2014 | Kye White
Disruptive Investment Group (DVI) has almost $2 million in the bank and is actively looking for startups to invest in.
| Planning | Business planning | Financing a business | Venture CapitalFRIDAY TIDBITS: The fox in the fish house, #ubericecream and Baillieu’s bungle
7:07PM | Friday, 18 July 2014 | Bronwen Clune
Just as there was speculation that Rupert Murdoch had fallen out of love with Twitter, he has resurfaced at Sydney incubation hub, Fishburners.
| PlanningGetting to $1 million: Naomi Simson
7:19PM | Friday, 18 July 2014 | StartupSmart
In the second of this Friday series we talk to Entrepreneurs' Organization member Naomi Simson, RedBalloon founder, about cracking the $1 million revenue mark.
| PlanningBEST OF THE WEB: Computers are broken, why the GDP is useless, the economics of Transformers 4, and the ‘nice internet’
7:48PM | Friday, 18 July 2014 | Bronwen Clune
At the annual KV CEO Summit, both Larry Page and Sergey Brin sat down to discuss a wide range of topics including the acquisition that never was, why computers today are still pretty bad, their partnership over the last 16 years, and much more.
| PlanningNEWS WRAP: Microsoft confirms up to 18,000 jobs will go in ‘realignment’ of workforce
7:16AM | Friday, 18 July 2014 | Kye White
Microsoft chief executive officer Satya Nadella has confirmed the company will shed up to 18,000 jobs in the next year.
| PlanningApp monetisation: How Australian developers are turning apps into cash
7:30PM | Thursday, 17 July 2014 | Kye White
Apps with no upfront cost and a solid marketing plan have the best chance of being successful and making money, while games are the most lucrative, according to three Australian mobile app developers.
| Planning | Business planningCould Melbourne virtually be the startup capital of the world?
7:13PM | Thursday, 17 July 2014 | Kye White
Creating a culture of excellence in virtual reality startups could be the key to making Melbourne the startup capital of the world, according to a team of virtual reality enthusiasts.
| Planning | Business planningThe great smartphone internet shift
7:49PM | Thursday, 17 July 2014 | Andrew Sadauskas
During the ‘90s and most of the 2000s, the PC was the device people primarily used to access the internet. But it's no longer necessarily the case.
| Planning | Business planning | TechnologyMeet the startup behind The Australian’s 50th birthday celebrations
7:21PM | Wednesday, 16 July 2014 | Broede Carmody
A Sydney-based startup was behind a website that formed part of The Australian’s 50th birthday celebrations.
| Planning | Business ideasLessons learnt at the Founder Institute in Melbourne
7:59PM | Wednesday, 16 July 2014 | Jo Sayer
Jo Sayer shares her story of what she learnt at the Founder Institute and why she landed up leaving.
| Business ideasSurf gets a new meaning on the Gold Coast
7:39PM | Tuesday, 15 July 2014 | Kye White
Gold Coast-based startup incubator Silicon Lakes is set to launch a new startup accelerator.
| Business planning | Venture Capital | WorkspaceBlue Sky Venture Capital flags plans to invest in “cash-starved” VC sector
7:26PM | Monday, 14 July 2014 | StartupSmart
Competition for high quality venture capital deals in Australia is at an 11-year low, according to Blue Sky Venture Capital investment director Dr Elaine Stead.
| PlanningHospitality recruitment site in safe pair of hands
7:51PM | Monday, 14 July 2014 | Kye White
Like football fans around the world, Melbourne Victory goalkeeper Nathan Coe has had a busy couple of weeks following the World Cup, but he’s also got another reason to be bleary eyed.
| Planning | Business ideas | Business planning | Growth | How to start a... | StartingAussie startup aims to wrestle back its users’ personal data
7:18PM | Monday, 14 July 2014 | Broede Carmody
An Australian startup wants to help people control their personal information and understand their online identity.
| Planning | Business ideas | Business planning | How to start a...How getting the right domain name grew my business overnight
7:57PM | Monday, 14 July 2014 | Shaun McGowan
One night at a domain name conference I bought a domain name for $2000. It changed the direction my business was heading – in a good way.
| Planning | How I did it | Business advice and education | How to start a...FRIDAY TIDBITS: Posse, the future and GovHack
7:20PM | Friday, 11 July 2014 | Bronwen Clune
Posse chief executive Rebekah Campbell has ruffled some feathers with a post titled “Why I ditched my co-working space,” and not because of the subject.
| PlanningGovernment data hackathon smashes participation records with over 1000 participants nationwide
7:55PM | Friday, 11 July 2014 | Andrew Sadauskas
A hackathon aimed at getting developers to make use of government data sets has attracted a record number of participants across 11 events nationwide.
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