{"id":42006,"date":"2023-10-20T15:18:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/all-going-to-plan-for-plando-despite-the-naysayers-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:18:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:18:03","slug":"all-going-to-plan-for-plando-despite-the-naysayers-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/all-going-to-plan-for-plando-despite-the-naysayers-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"All going to plan for PlanDo despite the naysayers – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tech startup PlanDo has secured more than $900,000 in an oversubscribed funding round to help roll out its career-tracking platform across Australia.<\/p>\n

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Founder and CEO Anne Moore says the nature of employment is changing, with employees expected to hold several positions over the course of their working life.<\/p>\n

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The product allows employees to set career goals which can be carried from one workplace to another, as well as giving employers a way to track their staff\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n

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Moore says that the annual performance review traditionally conducted by employers is no longer considered effective.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEnterprise is finally recognising their employees don\u2019t like annual reviews and the metabolic rate of business is such you don\u2019t get any benefit out of it,\u201d Moore tells StartupSmart<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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And by encouraging people to \u201cbe more at the driver\u2019s wheel\u201d of their own careers, she says workplace satisfaction will increase.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen people are more self-directed and more autonomous, their levels of accountability go up and they perform better,\u201d Moore says.<\/p>\n

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While she says investors in the human resources sector \u201cgot it immediately\u201d, not everyone was forthcoming with support for PlanDo.<\/p>\n

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The Australian Financial Review<\/i> reported earlier this month that, while seeking support for PlanDo, Moore was told by one venture capitalist, \u201cyou need to be 35, male and cutting code to be successful in this business\u201d.<\/p>\n

But Moore says she prefers to focus on her positive capital-raising experiences.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe people who have said no to us were people who don\u2019t understand what is happening in the new world of work,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhere they\u2019ve enjoyed a more traditional 20th<\/sup> century career path, it\u2019s more difficult for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But she says the recent innovation statement out of Canberra challenges that sort of conservative thinking.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s as though people have been given permission to breathe deeply and take risks,\u201d Moore says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was almost overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Do you know more on this story or have a tip of your own? Raising capital or launching a startup? Let us know. Follow StartupSmart on<\/i> Facebook<\/i>,<\/i> Twitter<\/i>, and<\/i> LinkedIn<\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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