by Phil Morle | Dec 13, 2012 | Opinion, Resources, Uncategorized
It’s that time of year where we’re flooded with stories about the year that was — everyone always loves the ‘wrap-up’ season. Twitter built its own Twitter in 2012 website. Google created its own zeitgeist too. This week, FLT got along to...
by Phil Morle | Dec 5, 2012 | Opinion, Uncategorized
While there are good signs of life for the Australian startup scene, there’s also cause for concern. The good news? Sydney is now ranked 12th in the world when it comes to startups, outpacing cities like Berlin and Waterloo. Melbourne is not far behind, at 18th....
by Phil Morle | Dec 3, 2012 | Opinion, Resources, Uncategorized
The number and value of venture capital (VC) investments in the technology and communications industry increased by 54% in the 2012 financial year, according to new research from AVCAL, the peak association for VC and private equity in Australia. However, the number...
by Phil Morle | Nov 20, 2012 | Opinion, Uncategorized
Here’s a SoundCloud recording of an interview this afternoon with our own Zach Kitschke on Eagle Waves with Mat Beeche of Shoestring Media and Shona Mackin of Social Face on the findings from this week’s research report Silicon Beach: a study of the...
by Phil Morle | Nov 20, 2012 | Opinion, Uncategorized
Only 4.8% of Australian technology startups grow into successful, global companies whereas many more Silicon Valley (8%) and New York (6.7%) based startups reach scale, according to new research released today by From Little Things — Silicon Beach: a study of the...
by Phil Morle | Oct 30, 2012 | Opinion, Uncategorized
There seems to be an increasing number of tech startups creating hardware, in what’s being dubbed by some entrepreneurs and investors as a ‘hardware renaissance’. It’s something we’ve been following with interest — the recent Australian...
by Phil Morle | Sep 25, 2012 | Opinion, Uncategorized
In this post, Maria Sipka, CEO of Aussie startup Linqia, shares some invaluable lessons from her experience immediately after announcing a successful USD3.5M investment round in the US. Maria’s generously agreed to let us run this, adapted from her original post...
by Phil Morle | Sep 25, 2012 | Opinion, Uncategorized
Welcome to From Little Things (FLT), an industry news source and an ongoing series of events, initially covering Australia and Singapore and in time, the rest of the Asia Pacific region. There are already tech startup publications and events out there, so do we really...
