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October 2012: Australia's tech startup industry copes with the burden of upgrading essential communications technology. Got a Grinfographic you'd like to share with the FLT community? Send it in, tweet it, or just leave a comment with your idea and we'll sketch it up...
read moreIntroducing the new From Little Things
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...
read moreMore to bottle ‘opena’ than a kickstart
Get posted on Kickstarter; raise a few thousand dollars; and you’re sorted, right? Rob Ward, co-founder of Annex products, isn’t so sure. And he's someone who should know: his company successfully raised double what it needed in July 2011; to launch the Opena, an...
read morePeeractive accepted into top US accelerator
Australian company Peeractive has just been accepted into the DreamIt Ventures accelerator in the United States; the first time an Australian company has been accepted into the accelerator; rated number three in the US...
read moreCustom furniture coming to a country near you
Priyanka Rao has received plenty of coverage for her customisable furniture solution, Evolvex; getting write-ups in publications as diverse as The Thousands, Sydney Morning Herald, and even WIRED. A background in marketing and PR has helped get the pitch right, but...
read moreBarouch on Roamz: what it’s like to have a listed company as an investor
Having a listed media company as an investor has been a positive experience says Jonathan Barouch, founder and CEO of Roamz, an app which pulls in content through your Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram, to show you what's going on nearby. Roamz launched almost two years...
read moreStartup helps determine ‘wattcost’ for electricity
Good luck trying to find out anything about David Soutar's company Wattcost. Search online and you’ll find just one story, and even that doesn't give much away. His pitch at SydStart, which landed him second place, was the first time he'd revealed any detail publicly....
read moreTiECON October 2012
Pollenizer are to attend and exhibit at TiECON Sydney 2012. Mick is presenting at the event which Pollenizer is happy to partner with. We will exhibit at the event and hopefully get a chance to meet with many of the those in attendance. The annual day event will...
read moreFriday Drinks and Satay for Singapore Startups
We're pleased to announce the first: Blk 71 Block Party A Monthly Gathering for Blk 71 Denizens and Their Friends Event Details When: Sept. 21 @ 5 PM (to be continued on the 3rd Friday of every month) Where: Outside Blk 71, near where the Smove cars are parked...
read moreSydStart winner says pitch practice makes perfect
Getting your pitch right takes time, says Matt Allen, co-founder and CTO of enterprise startup, ProcessGo!, a company which helps simplify tendering processes giving companies a faster and more accurate way to assess potential suppliers. Allen delivered the winning...
read moreSeptember: Some of my important tools/shortcuts in Web-Design.
Throughout my time as a designer I have been constantly surprised by the fact that there is a better way to do something that I had been doing for years. These things can be small like a keyboard shortcut that might save you a second or two but in the course of a few...
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