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| Jun 27, 2019 | Sydney Sees Startup Success in Edtech and Fintech | Sydney is recognized as Australia’s global city and represents 7% of the country’s economy. With talent coming in from the University of Technology Sydney and startup communities such as Tech Sydney connecting founders and innovators, it’s ... |
| Mar 5, 2019 | Salesforce Ventures launches $50 million Australia Trailblazer Fund to empower Australian startups in the Salesforce ecosystem | Salesforce, through its global corporate investment arm, Salesforce Ventures, yesterday launched new $50 million fund to empower Australian startups in the Salesforce ecosystem. The new fund, which is called the Australia Trailblazer Fund, ... |
| Dec 20, 2018 | MyHealthRecord highlights the benefit of big data, writes AirTree’s James Cameron | Source: The startup photo library.
For years Australia has been considered a global hotspot for medical research and innovation. Many of our universities and research labs are considered absolute world-class, in fields from cancer research ... |
| Dec 20, 2018 | The tech taboo: Why we need to talk about startup salaries | Source: That Startup Show.
A few weeks ago I was speaking with the co-founder of an 18-month-old startup. Their business has 40 staff, amazing revenue, and the foundations for being a significant global business. As we were discussing hirin... |
| Dec 13, 2018 | Aussie startups want to be a part of it: New York, New York | New York, New York.
The US remains one of our most compelling offshore opportunities.
With limited resources, focus is incredibly important when expanding offshore. So, where’s the first port of call?
Each business will need to weigh up fac... |
| Dec 10, 2018 | In a perfect world: Canva’s Melanie Perkins dreams about the future of Australian startups | Canva co-founder Melanie Perkins.
For a moment, let’s imagine we are in a privileged position where both sides of the government realise the immense importance of startups to Australia’s future and the incredible amount of job creation star... |
| Mar 23, 2017 | Australia Shelves Copyright Safe Harbor For Google, Facebook, et al | Due to what some have described as a drafting error in Australia’s implementation of the Australia – US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA), so-called safe harbor provisions currently only apply to commercial Internet service providers Down Under... |
| Nov 8, 2016 | It’s ON: Connecting Science and Entrepreneurship in Australia | Last year, Australia was ranked second to last for collaboration between research and industry by the OECD, despite the high level of innovative research produced by Australian academics.
Australia’s national body for science and innovation... |
| Sep 7, 2016 | StartupAUS CEO Alex McCauley on Australia’s next $100 billion industry and how startups can take advantage of it | Stereotypes of startups are easy enough to find. Young people in trendy urban settings splitting their limited time and attention between their unpronounceable coffee order and their indecipherable business idea.
Agriculture, on the other h... |
| Aug 3, 2016 | Are you ready for the jobs of the future? | By Ron Johnston
The flow of reports about the impact of automation, mostly dire, continues. The latest is from StartupAUS, Australia’s national startup advocacy group.
This report follows the now familiar line captured in the phrase “expone... |
| Aug 2, 2016 | Are you ready for the jobs of the future? | |
| Jul 19, 2016 | National Startup Group Welcomes New Government Ministers | Australia’s national startup advocacy group, StartupAUS, has welcomed Greg Hunt as the newly appointed Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science and Craig Laundy as the Assistant Minister for Innovation.
CEO of StartupAUS, Alex McCauley... |
| May 18, 2016 | StartupAUS to receive $360,000 in government funding to produce research on entrepreneurship and innovation | As week two of the election campaign rolls on, StartupAUS has announced a partnership with the Federal Government to produce research on a range of topics covering entrepreneurship and innovation, receiving up to $360,000 in funding across ... |
| Mar 1, 2016 | Will the government’s $11 million landing pads be thriving hubs of innovation or expensive empty rooms? | There’s been a lot of talk recently about “landing pads”.
Two weeks ago newly appointed trade minister Steven Ciobo officially launched the Australian government’s first landing pad at RocketSpace in San Francisco and last week Shanghai joi... |
| Feb 17, 2016 | What Australia can learn from Israel’s secret sauce for startups | Israel has one of the world’s most potent startup and innovation ecosystems. Israelis will tell you with great pride that they have more companies listed on the NASDAQ than any country except the US and China and on a per capita basis Israe... |
| Feb 17, 2016 | The three things the new StartupAUS CEO wants to get done | New StartupAUS CEO Alex McCauley says he wants to make startups part of the broader national conversation.
McCauley, a former diplomat, took over as CEO of the peak representative body on Wednesday from interim head Peter Bradd.
“It’s about... |
| Feb 1, 2016 | How Australia can be a magnet for the world’s top tech talent | When people think about great technology companies they often focus on the product – the piece of hardware, the app, or the software that the company makes. But companies of all stripes rely very heavily on their people – and technology com... |
| Jan 19, 2016 | Innovation statement is only the beginning of an economic transformation | Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s innovation statement, delivered in December last year, positioned technology entrepreneurship and innovation as key economic policy priorities for Australia. It capped off a very big year for Aussie startup... |
| Dec 7, 2015 | Becoming an innovation nation | Since the appointment of Malcolm Turnbull as our new PM we knew there was a change in the air. In his first prime ministerial speech he positioned technology entrepreneurship and innovation in its rightful place as one of the most important... |
| Nov 9, 2015 | Joining the dots – ways to partner unis, government and industry in promoting entrepreneurship | Unless you have been living under a rock these past few months, it’s pretty clear that technology, innovation and disruption are the words on everyone’s lips.
In his victory speech, the newly minted PM Malcolm Turnbull, said that “disruptio... |
| Oct 27, 2015 | Capital punishment: What’s holding the Aussie startup scene back | If Australia’s startup ecosystem pitched its credentials on the world stage today, how would we rate? My take would be: “a talented group, full of highly energetic people with some significant forward momentum, underestimates the impact of ... |
| Oct 14, 2015 | Some longer term policy ideas after jump-starting startup nation | StartupAUS, the peak body representing the Australian startup community, handed over its first three policy recommendations to the Australian government this week, but founders and investors also have many ideas for longer-term changes.
The... |
| Oct 13, 2015 | Startup sector pushes big three reforms | Founders and investors have welcomed the first policy recommendations put to the government by StartupAUS, saying they would help drive the startup ecosystem by creating local jobs and a culture that embraces risk and entrepreneurialism.
St... |
| Sep 21, 2015 | Mal content: Startup community welcomes Turnbull’s ‘cabinet for the future” | Malcolm Turnbull’s appointment as prime minister and the announcement of a “cabinet for the future” gives Australia a “once in a generation” opportunity to become a more innovative nation, SquarePeg Capital co-founder Paul Bassat says.
Turn... |
| Sep 15, 2015 | Tech sector cheers on new PM Malcolm Turnbull | The Australian startup community has welcomed new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s immediate focus on new technologies and “disruption” in his first speech on Monday night.
The former communications minister resigned from cabinet and calle... |
| Aug 4, 2015 | Cities make plans to be startup friendly | The City of Sydney Council wants to make the city a “vibrant startup destination”.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore introduced a new action plan this week that outlines what the city needs to do in order to be a “leader in the tech startup field”.
T... |
| Jul 29, 2015 | Spring it on – festival celebrates all things startup | Startup Spring, a three-week nationwide festival aiming to get Australians interested in startups and entrepreneurialism, will be returning for a third year in September.
Taking place across the country from September 10, the 20 day festiva... |
| Jul 27, 2015 | Labor vows to listen to wise startup advice | Labor has committed to establishing an advisory board for entrepreneurial issues as part of a series of commitments on startups and innovation that were incorporated into its national platform at last weekend’s party conference.
Ed Husic, w... |
| Jul 27, 2015 | New push for entrepreneurship visa | Now that employee share option scheme reform is done and dusted, StartupAUS is turning its attention to other policy measures that it believes can strengthen Australia’s startup ecosystem, and first on the list is entrepreneurship visas.
Ne... |
| Jul 15, 2015 | Hey SydStart, looking for female conference speakers? Here are almost 50 women you could call for starters | All-male panels have become an all too common sight.
Recently we’ve seen one of Australia’s biggest startup conferences, SydStart, announce its first round of speakers without any women featured, although they’re promising there are female ... |
| Jul 14, 2015 | Queensland government places startups front and centre of new economic policy | Startups have been placed front and centre in the Queensland government’s state budget, with a $24 million cash injection aiming to nurture the state’s entrepreneurs.
On Monday state premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced the Startup Queen... |
| Jun 19, 2015 | First CEO of StartupAUS wants to put startups and entrepreneurs on the national agenda | Promoting the value of entrepreneurship to the Australian economy will be the focus of new StartupAUS chief executive officer Peter Bradd.
On Friday, StartupAUS announced Bradd, a foundation member of its board, would become the organisatio... |
| May 8, 2015 | Move over Melbourne Cup – let’s start betting on Australian unicorns | Australians gamble more on the Melbourne Cup ($200 million, $9 per capita) than the entire venture capital industry invests in startups in a year ($100m, $4.55 per capita).
This disparity is especially concerning when we consider that in th... |
| Apr 27, 2015 | Sunrise Conference hopes to give schoolchildren some startup inspiration | The Sunrise Conference is back again for another year, this time with a separate program aimed at encouraging high school students to found their own startups.
The Sunrise Conference founder Niki Scevak says even he didn’t really hear about... |
| Apr 23, 2015 | Innovation at the heart of tackling the growing threat of economic inequality: Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen | Australia needs to spark a new age of entrepreneurialism or risk a rise in economic inequality, according to shadow treasurer Chris Bowen.
Speaking at Blue Chilli’s Sydney headquarters on Wednesday night, on the topic of Labor for Innovatio... |
| Mar 11, 2015 | Partnership between StartupAUS and Salesforce aims to “champion” local startup ecosystem | Salesforce has announced a partnership with StartupAUS to help the not-for-profit champion the industry, according to Salesforce head of startup relations Ludovic Ulrich.
The announcement coincides with the launch of the company’s Salesforc... |
| Jan 22, 2015 | StartupAUS: What we learnt from Startup Muster | Startup Muster launched with quite a lot of fanfare in April last year. It was a highly ambitious project, which aimed to help show government, investors and the media what’s really happening in the Australian startup scene.
The fact that o... |
| Jan 20, 2015 | Lack of diversity and ambition still big problems: Startup Muster survey | The results from the latest Startup Muster survey indicate Australia still needs work when it comes to diversity in tech, as well the ambition of founders, according to a number of investors.
BlueChilli chief growth hacker Alan Jones says i... |
| Jan 20, 2015 | Survey shows Aussie startups should dream a little bigger | The majority of Australian startup founders are university educated, aged between 30 and 35, and too many aren’t targeting a big enough market, according to the results of Startup Muster.
Over the period of two weeks in February last year, ... |
| Oct 27, 2014 | State government kicks in $300,000 to boost Queensland’s startup scene | Queensland’s startup ecosystem will get a $300,000 boost from the Queensland government through a new initiative called Startup Queensland.
Through the program, not-for-profit startups that aim to help build and foster the Queensland startu... |
| Oct 9, 2014 | StartupSmart’s top 10 picks for this year’s Startup Spring festival | Startup Spring is gearing up for three weeks of events celebrating Australia’s vibrant tech startup community. Here are 10 of our top picks (in no particular order) for this year’s festival.
Startup Spring launch party Melbourne, October 10... |
| Oct 9, 2014 | Startup Spring Launch Party In Perth | Following the success of Startup Spring in 2013, StartupAUS is excited to announce that Startup Spring will be back in 2014.
Last year Startup Spring reached over 6,500 people around Australia with more than 160 events. This year will be ev... |
| Oct 8, 2014 | It’s getting warmer, which means it’s time for Startup Spring | Australia’s national startup festival Startup Spring returns this week promising to build upon the gains it made last year, when it helped push the industry further out onto the national stage.
The event, organised by StartupAUS, launches o... |
| Sep 15, 2014 | Do we need to concentrate on one city or build at a national level? | TL;DR – proximity is important for startups and startup ecosystems. Work local, connect nationally and sell global!
This is in response to Atlassian cofounder Mike Cannon-Brooke’s comments at Sydstart which sparked these discussions in Busi... |
| Sep 3, 2014 | Three steps to help secure Australia’s future as a startup hub | In light of the upcoming Entrepreneurs’ Infrastructure Program, which is slated to be launched on November 1, StartupAUS has penned an open letter to government, co-signed by AIIA and AVCAL, which calls on the new program to take three majo... |
| Aug 4, 2014 | StartupAus calls for creation of federal department of innovation to boost startup ecosystem | StartupAus is urging the federal government to create a dedicated agency responsible for innovation.
Such an agency is one of a number of characteristics of a successful startup ecosystem that Australia lacks, StartupAus says in a submissio... |
| Jul 15, 2014 | Proposed changes to employee share scheme laws could net $1.4 billion for the economy | Reform of Australia’s employee share scheme laws could potentially boost the economy by $1.4 billion in the long run, according to a report by Employee Ownership Australia and New Zealand (EOA).
The EOA chair and Link Market Services global... |
| Jul 14, 2014 | Proposed changes to employee share scheme laws could net $1.4 billion for the economy | Reform of Australia’s employee share scheme laws could potentially boost the economy by $1.4 billion in the long run, according to a report by Employee Ownership Australia and New Zealand (EOA).
The EOA chair and Link Market Services global... |
| Jun 30, 2014 | StartupAUS and AVCAL call government to task for funding shortfall | Both StartupAUS and the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) have called on the federal government to ensure adequate funding is provided to the Commercialising Ideas stream of the Entrepreneurs’ Infrastructure ... |
| Jun 25, 2014 | Startup stalwart Bill Bartee urges Australia to lift its game when it comes to STEM education | Increasing participation in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and computer science disciplines is critical to the success of Australia’s startup ecosystem, according to entrepreneur and investor Bill Bartee.
He says if Au... |
| Apr 15, 2014 | StartupAus Releases Call To Action Report | To say there is a bit of a movement in startup and entrepreneurial activities in Perth and the rest of Australia would be an understatement.
The past six years has seen the creation of numerous groups, co-working spaces, startup boot camp s... |
| Apr 14, 2014 | Here’s EXACTLY what the government can do to support the startup ecosystem | The Australian tech startup scene is ready to take off, but Australia might become globally irrelevant if our political leaders fail to grasp urgency of the opportunity and scale of required change, according to a report released today by p... |
| Sep 12, 2013 | Startup Spring Festival to include over 100 events | The first ever annual Startup Spring Festival, a celebration and awareness raising festival about the Australian tech start-up scene, now includes over 100 events.
The festival will include hackathons and start-up weekends, “walkabout” tour... |
| Aug 26, 2013 | Start-up scene prepares for showcase: Startup Spring Festival officially launched | The first ever three-week festival of start-up events in Australia has been officially launched to celebrate and raise the profile of technology start-ups and entrepreneurs.
More than 50 events have been listed as part of the Startup Spring... |
