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HOW TO BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR BY THE END OF THIS BLOG POST
So you want to become an entrepreneur, right? It’s understandable, startups are the hottest thing since the Beatles. Everyone wants to get their startup on. Even large companies want to start again and you know something is hot when HBO runs a TV series about Silicon...
read moreDIVERSITY IN STARTUPS, CHECK IN ON YOUR COMPANY CULTURE
Diversity may seem like the new buzz word in today’s global landscape, however in a world where talent is becoming harder to retain diversity is in fact a word for all business leaders and entrepreneurs to pay attention to. Many people consider diversity to be about...
read moreTOP 5 THINGS BIG COMPANIES CAN DO RIGHT NOW TO BENEFIT FROM A STARTUP CULTURE
We all know that startups have a different way of doing things to large established business. And many of these business practices have a significant advantage as the world around us changes at a rapid fire pace. So what to do about? Glad you asked. Here are 5 things...
read moreVEGEMITE AND STARTUPS
Can brands and startups make each other stronger? We are working with Mondelez International, the largest snack food company in the world, to give startups an 'unfair advantage' with a $40,000 grant (no equity) and access to the consumers of brands such as Cadburys...
read more6 STRATEGY LESSONS LARGE COMPANIES CAN LEARN FROM STARTUPS
There’s a whole lot of things that big business can learn from startups. Not because the people working in startups are necessarily more clever than those working in bigger, established businesses, but because we are living in times of rapid change. When any system is...
read moreIF DISRUPTION HURTS, YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG
I’ve recently been working with a large Australian company in the human resources sector, helping them think through the impacts of disruptive innovation on their existing, profitable business. The company, like many others, is facing some major competitive threats...
read moreTOP 10 THINGS EMPLOYEES MUST KNOW BEFORE MAKING THE LEAP TO BECOMING AN ENTREPRENEUR
I spent a large part of my career in a marketing capacity working for large consumer goods companies – in fact, two of the worlds biggest. In doing so, and through having such blue chip training I thought I knew a thing or two about business. I thought I’d march into...
read moreA LESSON FROM BATMAN FOR ENTREPRENEURS
Watch this scene from Batman: The Dark Knight Rises. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjffIi2Pl7M Bruce Wayne is trapped in an underground prison. There is a way out involving a perilous climb to the sunlight above. He, like others, has tried to reach the sunlight but...
read moreHOW TO MEDIA HACK YOUR STARTUP TO AWARENESS
It’s easy to mistake our own passion in our new startup. We’re so excited we think our mum, our spouse and even our friends might be as excited as we are as we enter the launch phase of our commercial baby. But the truth is that they don’t really care, and that it is...
read moreHOW TO BE A HERO WITH 1 KILLER FEATURE
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve seen the rise and rise of the GoPro camera. They’ve recently filed for a confidential IPO in the USA, and their most recent funding round had the company valued at $2.3 billion. I’m sure you know how awesome the cameras...
read moreAN INTRODUCTION TO THE STARTUP ECOSYSTEM IN MYANMAR
EDITOR'S NOTE: We're in Myanmar, designing the incubator program for Ideabox. It will be an amazing way to build your startup or partner to bring your existing business into South East Asia's next growth market. If you can't wait to start, here's some insights about...
read moreBEYOND THE SCREEN – HOW NON-SOFTWARE BUSINESSES CAN OUT-LEARN THE COMPETITION
In the past 10 years startup culture has started to infiltrate the entire business landscape. It’s not just a side show, and many of the new commercial powerhouses haven’t had their 10th birthday yet. Of the startups successes we’ve seen the large majority live in...
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