by Phil Morle | Nov 15, 2012 | Resources, Uncategorized
Venture capital firm OneVentures has invested in just six out of the 700 companies it’s seen in the past two years, through its $40 million Innovation Fund; the successful companies have included Paloma Mobile, a provider of data-efficient cloud applications for...
by Phil Morle | Nov 13, 2012 | Resources, Uncategorized
Startup education provider General Assembly, is calling for nominations for its inaugural Australian tech awards, to recognise the best local entrepreneurs and startups. Nominations for the Australian awards close at midnight on Wednesday 14 November....
by Phil Morle | Nov 13, 2012 | Pitching, Resources, Uncategorized
Matto Rochford is the guy responsible for communicating what Zeptonics does — not a simple task, considering the high-tech nature of the devices the company manufactures. Rochford describes himself as a tech-savvy ‘non-techy’, with a background in...
by Phil Morle | Nov 13, 2012 | Resources, Uncategorized
Guest post by Chris Hexton, co-founder of email marketing startup Vero. Starting an internet company really boils down to two things: building stuff and talking to customers. The engineer in me loves the fun of bashing out new features. While building a kick-arse...
by Phil Morle | Nov 12, 2012 | Resources, Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Online marketer, Steven Noble, decided to move his family from Sydney to Gerringong, a small coastal town two hours away, so that he could afford to focus on Testivate; the startup he has worked on full-time since September this year. Testivate is a benchmarking tool,...
by Phil Morle | Nov 6, 2012 | Resources, Uncategorized
It’s become an annual undertaking — each year Andrew Stead, Director of Business Development at Sydney-based incubator ATP Innovations — pieces together an overview of the state of investment in Australia for investors and founders. He’s just completed a...
by Phil Morle | Oct 30, 2012 | Resources, Uncategorized
A few days ago we came across this post from Rebekah Campbell, Founder of Posse.com. In a nutshell, Campbell explained the only mistake she really regrets is giving away too much equity to people who were there at the start, but didn’t end up pulling their...
by Phil Morle | Oct 29, 2012 | Resources, Uncategorized
On Friday afternoon, I went to a talk by Euan Semple, former Director of Knowledge Management for the BBC and now influential speaker and adviser to companies like Nokia, the World Bank and NATO, on all things social media. Almost every startup I’ve interviewed...
by Phil Morle | Oct 17, 2012 | Resources, Uncategorized
Last week, Mark Greig, Commercial Director of Pollenizer Global, wrote a post on the Pollenizer blog, looking at different ways to raise investment as an Australian startup. It’s received some strong interest from investors and startup founders alike. We caught...
by Phil Morle | Oct 16, 2012 | Resources, Selling Your Business, Uncategorized
It’s the ultimate goal for many startups; build a company and have it acquired in a few years, locking in a nice, tidy exit; but how do you actually prepare your business so that this can happen? There are a few things you should be doing from pretty early on...
by Phil Morle | Oct 11, 2012 | Resources, Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Dan Solo left his job with the NSW Ambulance Service, frustrated with the difficulties of working in a large organisation, but says he’s now experienced first-hand just how fast you need to move in a startup. His current startup, Fillim, helps film-makers...
by Phil Morle | Oct 11, 2012 | Resources, Uncategorized
Dr Jana Matthews, Program Director of the ANZ Innovyz entrepreneurship program and CEO of the Jana Matthews Group, thinks going global isn’t just an option these days, it’s a necessity. Speaking at TiECON Sydney on Wednesday, Matthews said while it may be...
