{"id":43687,"date":"2023-10-20T15:30:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/how-the-quiet-achiever-of-the-australian-startup-sector-is-plotting-world-domination-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:30:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:30:25","slug":"how-the-quiet-achiever-of-the-australian-startup-sector-is-plotting-world-domination-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/how-the-quiet-achiever-of-the-australian-startup-sector-is-plotting-world-domination-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"How the quiet achiever of the Australian startup sector is plotting world domination – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Sydney startup has announced plans to aggressively expand into the US after growing into 73 countries and bringing in 10,000 clients in seven years.<\/p>\n
Workplace management software company Deputy has opened new offices in Atlanta and Los Angeles with the hopes of cracking one of the world\u2019s biggest job markets.<\/p>\n
The quiet achiever of the Australian startup sector has enjoyed rapid growth recently, with founder Steve Shelley saying the tech company has enjoyed \u201cconsistent\u201d year-on-year growth of 200%.<\/p>\n
Deputy is also looking to expand its operations in Europe, focusing especially on Germany and the UK.<\/p>\n
Shelley says a key to the startup\u2019s success has been the fact that it is offering an \u201cagnostic\u201d product.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe researched and identified all of the key touch point areas that are troublesome and time consuming for business large or small,\u201d Shelley tells StartupSmart.<\/em><\/p>\n Looking around the world at various markets and sectors, Shelley says businesses generally face the same issues.<\/p>\n Deputy addresses time-wasting issues faced by businesses such as scheduling, performance management, payroll and communication.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re trying to allow businesses and employees to have a very democratic relationship,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n The cross-sector usability of their product has enabled Deputy to scale across multiple verticals from hospitality to healthcare and more recently even security, he says.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you look at what our solution does, it doesn\u2019t really matter where you are or what language you speak,\u201d Shelley says.<\/p>\n