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Three secrets to how Sydney start-up Canva raised $3 million
4:23PM | Monday, 22 April 2013 | Melanie Perkins
You need to be ready for adventure and prepared to seize every opportunity as a start-up – even if that means kite surfing in freezing conditions!
Planning | Financing a businessCan the Munchkin Snack Catcher really keep kids’ food floor-free?
4:07PM | Monday, 22 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
One of the inevitabilities of having a toddler is that most of their food will end up on the floor. Thankfully, a new product called the Munchkin Snack Catcher can help to keep your kitchen floor clean.
| Planning | Business ideasDoes it matter if you aren’t good friends with your business partner?
4:51PM | Friday, 19 April 2013 | Franz Madlener
Business relationships and personal relationships are just about one and the same. To pick wisely, you need to find common interests, goals, drivers, likes and values.
| Planning | Business planning | Mentor | Franz MadlenerThe “girlfriend coat” has a feminine touch
4:40PM | Friday, 19 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
Are you struggling to find the perfect girlfriend? A group of Japanese students claim to have created the next best thing – a new coat.
| Planning | Business ideasUnique insights from the ‘Spinal Tap of start-ups’
4:00AM | Friday, 19 April 2013 | Oliver MilmanThe US tech start-up world is ripe for satirising, a cause enthusiastically taken up by Vooza, a video comic strip dubbed the ‘Spinal Tap of start-ups’ that is a great guide on how not to do it. In this episode, designer Sarah Ebersol explains how birds and trees inspire her.
| Business planning | TechnologyMeet the new breed of start-up agency
4:44PM | Thursday, 18 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
They offer everything from mentoring to marketing. We speak to some of the emerging businesses that are looking to help start-ups get up and running to find out what value they bring.
| Planning | Business planningCo-working space WeCo to charge members based on levels of collaboration
4:57PM | Thursday, 18 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
Newly launched co-working space WeCo is trialling a new pricing model whereby members’ fees are determined by their level of collaboration and shared value within the space.
| Planning | Business planning | Sole traderSaying sayonara to your start-up
4:37PM | Thursday, 18 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
The harsh reality is that while not every business is successful, it can sometimes be hard to tell when to pull the plug. Here’s a guide to help you determine when it’s time to call it quits.
| Planning | Business planning | Exit StrategyThe Proposal Expert has a nice (wedding) ring to it
4:29PM | Thursday, 18 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
Did your partner put enough effort into asking you to marry him? If not, there could be a business proposal in your very near future.
| Planning | Business ideasGoogle-backed #startupAUS goes into bat for Aussie tech ventures
4:21AM | Thursday, 18 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
A first industry group for Australia’s tech start-ups is beginning to take shape, with the Google-backed #startupAUS appointing its first six directors from some of the nation’s leading digital ventures.
| Planning | Business planning | TechnologyOnline sporting goods sales to exceed $1 billion by 2018: Report
4:26PM | Wednesday, 17 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
Australia’s ageing population is just one of the factors fuelling growth in the online sporting and physical recreation goods sales industry, with revenue forecast to increase by an annualised 6.3% over the next five years.
| Planning | Business planning | TechnologyHome beer dispenser Tap King – froth or substance?
4:09PM | Wednesday, 17 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
Do you love the taste of an icy cold pub beer, but struggle to find time to visit your local? With Lion’s new Tap King dispenser, the next round could be as close as your sofa.
| Planning | Business ideasThe Stabilizer offers super smooth footage
4:06PM | Tuesday, 16 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
Do you yearn to take professional-looking videos but lack the technical expertise to use a camera stabilizer? It might be time to view the Supraflux Video Camera Stabilizer.
| Planning | Business ideasATP Innovations to host Australia’s first-ever ‘biohackathon’
4:46PM | Monday, 15 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
ATP Innovations will host Australia’s first ‘biohackathon’ later this week, when 11 teams will compete for the chance to win a $3000 cash prize.
| Planning | Business planning | Technology | Business GrantsA dating website for dog-lovers
4:40PM | Monday, 15 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
Is your love life driving you barking mad? If so, a new dating website for dog owners could get you out of your rough patch.
| Planning | Business ideasGolden-i computer headset has Robocop qualities
4:42PM | Friday, 12 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
The police have a new weapon in the war on crime, with a Google Glass-style headset that allows them hands-free access to information. The advanced Golden-i headset even allows law enforcers to see through walls.
| Planning | Business ideasWhy ‘middle Australia’ is still prime selling territory for start-ups
4:36PM | Friday, 12 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
Leading demographer Bernard Salt has warned start-ups not to deviate from selling to ‘middle Australia’ after new Australian Bureau of Statistics figures showed that the average Australian is a married, 37-year-old woman.
| Planning | Business planning | Technology | Sole traderSessions limbers up for global growth after funding from US investors
4:05PM | Thursday, 11 April 2013 | Oliver Milman
An entrepreneurial Australian duo are rolling out a new online health and fitness venture called Sessions in their homeland before global expansion, after getting financial backing from a group of US-based investors.
| Planning | Business planning | TechnologyThe relationship rules of business partnerships
4:14PM | Thursday, 11 April 2013 | Greg Hayes
Shareholder disagreements can cause a business to enter a legal deadlock, where it’s unable to even roll over a bank loan. However, with a little legal planning, you can prevent this from happening to you.
| Planning | Business planning | Mentor | Greg Hayes | Legal4D printing could trigger ‘self-assembling’ furniture
4:01PM | Thursday, 11 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
You might have heard about 3D printers, which allow a computer to ‘print’ a physical object. Now scientists are working on taking the technology into the fourth dimension.
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