Shared Learnings
The Top 100 Web 2.0 Companies of 2008 – Dead Pool Carnage
I came across a list of the the Top 100 Web 2.0 Startups and this later version created for a conference that our mate Ross Dawson organised in 2008. A click through the list shows that 4 years later, 44% of the companies have a website still functioning with a tiny...
read moreDealFlip founder’s advice: how to use daily deals for your startup
Paul Serra has done a few things; he's worked as a nurse, and been an alchohol distributor, but his sole focus now is DealFlip; a site which helps businesses choose the best daily deal provider for their daily deal marketing offer. According to Serra it will save time...
read moreSubscription muesli to “revolutionise breakfast”
There’s a big difference between providing home delivered muesli and running a platform which tests your online marketing, but that’s the jump Nathan Murphy made, following a product announcement by Google that saw his startup Eyecrowd become little fish to the search...
read moreJeff Smith from Smule on Focus
Listening to some of the Foundation talks by Kevin Rose and I caught a quick startup focus quote from Jeff Smith; http://youtu.be/HZLNyrFow5Q?t=32m13s Jeff - "Perhaps the thing to avoid, is that tempting new idea, that you want to do, but you haven't really finished...
read moreStartmate: what to expect and how to prepare
Next month, Sydney-based startup incubator program Startmate will open for applications to its 2013 intake. As a mentor and investor in the Startmate program since its inception, I'm often asked questions by people considering whether or not to apply. Stay tuned for...
read moreSeptember: Buzz
Lots of happenings in the hive this month. We're near the end of September, with the new term just around the the corner. See what's happening in our Buzz Newsletter. If you haven't yet subscribed, hit the subscribe button to get regular...
read moreEveryone Is Your Customer
After reading this great blog post by Jason Cohen on Stealth Mode (thanks Pierre) I thought I'd share some other great UnStrategies for building startups. Sarcasm Filter On Everyone is your customer. The bigger your market, the bigger your business. Make something for...
read moreOff to the Valley: why Wikifashion founder plans a US move
Madeline Veenstra plans to leave hometown Brisbane for Silicon Valley so that she can pursue Popbasic, her opt-in micro-collection fashion service where you can have a package delivered every month, featuring the latest fashion items. It follows the success of her...
read moreNo one has a nativetongue, you need the app
Having learnt Cantonese for most of his life, Matthew Ho, co-founder of nativetongue, knows just how difficult learning a language can be, and it's this experience that led him to develop an interactive app to teach basic language skills. Ho says the idea had been...
read moreStartup makes life simple for landlords
When Ben Levi questioned why he was paying $150 a month for a real estate agent to manage his rental property, he decided to launch RentingSmart; a web platform that allows property owners to manage their own rentals. Two years later, Levi has now launched the site in...
read moreThe futures market for work: Skillsapien launching soon
Victor Jiang wants to see “reverse offshoring” become a trend, with Australian companies offering their professional knowledge and skills to Asia, rather than Australia’s mining exports dominating key trade relationships with countries like China. He recently lodged a...
read moreLinqia CEO: what I learned raising a US Series A
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 to a...
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