by Andrew Murphy | Oct 25, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs, Insights
So you’ve founded a startup with you and your buddies working around the table until 2am every night. But before you go on tour, let’s talk about keeping the band together. First, look across the table. Before you commit to bringing anyone on board, make sure you are...
by Tristonne Forbes | Oct 18, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs, Insights
So much can ride on delivering a good pitch but what distinguishes a really good pitch from an average one? Very few people score a follow up meeting with an investor. Want to know the top 3 unspoken reasons you’re likely to miss out? Let’s break it down…...
by Tim Parsons | Oct 13, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs
FINANCE IS RIGID, INFLEXIBLE AND NOT KEEPING UP If there’s one Australian industry that urgently needs re-invention, finance would have to be close to the top of the list. It often feels as if not a lot has changed since the first bank opened its doors here in 1817...
by Phil Morle | Sep 13, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs, Insights
When we have created our first hypothesis of a business model and described it on a lean canvas, we have a state we call HYPOTHESIS ZERO. This is the first articulation of the model in its riskiest state – where we don’t yet have evidence to support it....
by Nicola Farrell | Aug 9, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs
Looking for money is always hard. Here is a list of the options we know of in Australia. ACCELERATORS Startmate Startmate is a group of startup executives offering mentorship and seed financing to founders of Internet and software businesses based in Australia. The...
by Tim Parsons | Aug 1, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs
We are proud to announce our partnership with the national My Big Idea project! A national initiative aiming to shape Australia’s tomorrow, My Big Idea is asking Australians to submit ideas to improve life in Australia, and vote on the ones that they feel passionate...
by Steve Sammartino | Jul 27, 2015 | For Entrepreneurs
There two things we can all agree on when it comes to big data. 1. Startups think they’ll make a fortune accumulating it 2. Big companies think they need to be using it. Both of these might be true, but there is one thing I know to be true for sure: There is a lot of...
by Steve Sammartino | Jun 24, 2015 | For Entrepreneurs
Then vs Now Whenever we have a look at a successful business, it’s easy to admire how all the moving parts, features and services seem to work in harmony to make a great company. Food companies like Nestle have an incredible set of related product formats. Their giant...
by Steve Sammartino | Jun 2, 2015 | For Entrepreneurs
Noticing the Patterns I’ve been a surfer for many years. In the time I went from a teenager to married man with children most of my old surfing buddies gave the sport away. But I’m one of those die hard surfers who still goes surfing winter or summer. For years I...
by Steve Sammartino | May 15, 2015 | For Entrepreneurs
Every startup or project I have ever worked on has managed to get ‘free media’. All the way up to TV and even international coverage. There is a trick to it, a formula and it never fails. I’ve even got TV coverage on something as boring as a book here and here. But I...
by Sam Birmingham | May 12, 2015 | For Entrepreneurs
In last week’s newsletter I shared a little quote from this article: “The more wrong paths you can figure out quickly, the sooner you’ll find the right path.” A few people wrote in to say how much it resonated with them. More interesting, though, was this response on...
by Fernando Parra | Mar 23, 2015 | For Entrepreneurs
You did your homework. You have preliminary evidence that your idea works on a small scale, and now you are determined to build something that resembles a fully functional, high fidelity prototype. You hire an engineer to lead product development, and you set a hard...
