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Taskmaster versus the futurologists
4:00PM | Friday, 11 April 2014 | Taskmaster
From time to time, when journalists are doing a story on tech – be it in print, on TV or on the radio – they’ll wheel out a futurologist. The Taskmaster remains a sceptic.
Planning | Business planning | InnovationFaking it ‘til you make it
4:42PM | Friday, 11 April 2014 | Bronwen Clune
We asked a number of well-known Australian entrepreneurs to share their stories around “faking it ‘til you make it”. Here’s what they had to say.
| PlanningMeet the Australian startup planning to run the skies with their drones
4:31PM | Friday, 11 April 2014 | Rose Powell
It takes a gusty entrepreneur to start a pitch claiming Amazon’s plans for drone deliveries are vaporware, and then that his tiny team can and is pulling it off.
| PlanningNational INCUBATE university accelerator program to pitch at Google Demo Day
4:34AM | Friday, 11 April 2014 | Rose Powell
Fifteen early-stage startups manned by students from four universities will pitch at the National Demo Day for the INCUBATE program during a Google for Entrepreneurs event today.
| Planning | Business planning | Financing a business | Venture Capital | Business advice and educationBarriers are imaginary: A lesson from my childhood
4:37PM | Thursday, 10 April 2014 | Rebekah Campbell
As a 13-year-old New Zealander, I wanted to become prime minister. Here's the lesson I learnt by meeting the PM.
| Planning | Business planning | Mentor | Rebekah CampbellStartup founder’s struggle inspires initiative to help troubled teens
4:44PM | Wednesday, 2 April 2014 | Rose Powell
When Jamie Druitt’s wife left him several years ago, he desperately wanted to speak to other people who had been through the same thing. From that moment of pain, an online platform for teenagers struggling with mental health challenges was born.
| Planning | Business planning | Growth | Start-up ProfilesNumber of businesses in Australia slumps: ABS
4:29PM | Tuesday, 1 April 2014 | Cara Waters
The number of businesses in Australia slumped to just under 2.1 million as at June 2013, a fall of 2.9% according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
| PlanningCommercialisation Australia grants on hold: where the $200 million+ has gone
4:00AM | Tuesday, 1 April 2014 | Rose Powell
The federal government’s venture capital organisation is on hold, with the Department of Industry announcing applications will not be accepted or processed until after the May 2014 budget.
| Planning | Business Grants | Government and RegulationWhen your customer is not a consumer
4:00AM | Tuesday, 1 April 2014 | Taskmaster
“Customer” and “consumer” often get muddled up and used interchangeably. However, if you’re about to launch a business, there are some crucial differences between the two terms you need to be aware of.
| Planning | Business planning | Marketing | Sales and marketing | SalesCybersecurity: Time to think like a fox to fend off the hedgehogs
3:18PM | Monday, 31 March 2014 | Bronwen Clune
A report into cybercrime and stolen data has highlighted the risks for online companies saying that “the ability to stage cyber-attacks will likely outpace the ability to defend against them”.
| Planning | Business ideas | Business planningStartmate graduates hit the pitching treadmill: here’s what they’ve learnt so far
3:18PM | Monday, 31 March 2014 | Rose Powell
The latest intake in the Startmate accelerator is getting to the business end of the program: pitch days in Sydney, Melbourne and San Francisco.
| Planning | Growth | Innovation | How I did it | Business advice and educationGlobal Startup Wiki launches, but with doubts Australia will embrace it
3:06PM | Monday, 31 March 2014 | Bronwen Clune
There have been attempts at creating a snapshot of the Australian startup scene, but will a Startup Wiki do the job?
| Planning | Business ideas | Business planning | How to start a...Tin Alley internship program is back, with newer companies and no pay for tech interns
3:21PM | Monday, 31 March 2014 | Rose Powell
Internship program Tin Alley has introduced a new winter program that places 10 interns in brand new companies, the significant difference to its summer program being that these interns aren’t paid.
| Planning | Business ideas | Business planning | How to start a...The News Wrap: Telstra set to roll out fibre-to-the-node pilot for NBN
3:33AM | Monday, 31 March 2014 | Bronwen Clune
Telstra looks set to have a big role in the construction of the national broadband network, with negotiations on a fibre-to-the-node pilot due to be completed within a month.
| Planning | Technology | Tech | Government and RegulationWhen net promoter scores turn absurd
3:00AM | Wednesday, 26 March 2014 | Taskmaster
Every few years, a new management trend sweeps through MBA land. A recent example has been “net promoter scores”.
| Planning | Business planning | Marketing | Sales and marketing | Advertising | Online and email marketing | Sales | Leadership | ManagementMAP14 launches, announcing it’s now more than just an accelerator
3:23PM | Tuesday, 25 March 2014 | Bronwen Clune
Melbourne University’s startup accelerator MAP will officially launch for the year at an event tonight.
| Planning | Business advice and educationFive Quora answers every startup founder should read
3:46PM | Monday, 24 March 2014 | Bronwen Clune
Quora is a treasure trove of great advice for entrepreneurs. Here are some of the top answers every founder should read.
| Planning | Business planningAustralia beats Silicon Valley on almost every entrepreneurial trait: Global accelerator
3:42PM | Monday, 24 March 2014 | Rose Powell
Australian founders are emotionally stable. That was the finding of The Founder Institute’s psychometric tests that all candidates are required to complete, with Australia coming out on top for several qualities.
| Planning | Business planning | Sole traderJobs on the agenda for G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance Summit
3:09PM | Friday, 21 March 2014 | StartupSmart
Entrepreneurs 40 years old and under are urged to apply for the G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance (YEA) Summit Australia 2014, before registrations close on March 31, 2014.
| Planning | Business planningGet started on a new business with this one day action plan
3:23PM | Wednesday, 19 March 2014 | Phil Morle
As long as your startup is in your mind and not in the world, it will stay a dream. This is an action plan to get your new business started.
| Planning | Business planning | Sole trader