by Phil Morle | Jan 9, 2013 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Sydney-based Damien Cantelo has spent the morning conducting interviews with potential customers in a local food court before catching up with FLT to explain what’s been happening with Wynbox, the company he co-founded with Sebastien Langton. Wynbox is a...
by Phil Morle | Dec 21, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
It’s a steaming hot Sydney morning as Stephen Lead and Danny Savic, the co-founders of Full Extent sit down to chat on a rooftop balcony in Darlinghurst, Sydney, above the art gallery-cum-office where they work. The Darlinghurst office is owned by the founders...
by Phil Morle | Dec 20, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Earlier this week, FLT punched out a piece grouching about the lack of comprehensive data on the Australian startup ecosystem. Despite a greater focus on using data in startups, investors and entrepreneurs have so far lacked the information necessary to make informed...
by Phil Morle | Dec 17, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle — best known for the Sherlock Holmes series — said it was a capital mistake to theorise before one had data. Today, data drives the decisions of business, and of startups, but when it comes to data on what makes the Australian...
by Phil Morle | Dec 13, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Behavioural design consultant Ash Donaldson has worked with companies like Wotif, the Commonwealth Bank, and Telstra. He says understanding user experience helps companies design products that people care about, and want to use. And of course, one of the companies...
by Phil Morle | Dec 12, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Ned Dwyer first met Leni Mayo, a founding investor at 99designs and co-founder of Learnable, while studying a Bachelor of Entrepreneurship at Melbourne’s RMIT, where Mayo does the occasional guest lecture. The pair crossed paths again at Melbourne’s 2011...
by Phil Morle | Dec 7, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Launching a financial startup in Australia has its challenges, with complex regulations to navigate, and a market dominated by the big banks. Despite these difficulties, there are an increasing number of Australian financial startups launching products in direct...
by Phil Morle | Dec 7, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
The not-for-profit global network for Australians overseas, Advance, is calling for applications for its 2013 Innovation program. The Innovation program provides 25 Australian startup companies the opportunity to refine their business model and pitch, through...
by Phil Morle | Dec 7, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Technology startup accelerator Startmate this week announced the eight teams to have earned a coveted spot in its 2013 program. Each of these companies will receive a $50,000 investment, as well as intensive mentoring and coaching from a who’s who line-up of...
by Phil Morle | Dec 3, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Australian online restaurant booking service Dimmi has announced a new partnership with Urbanspoon, the international restaurant review and recommendation service. The partnership will provide Urbanspoon with access to the 2,500 restaurants in the Dimmi database. For...
by Phil Morle | Dec 3, 2012 | Resources, Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
It’s a common situation for a growing startup — your company can’t afford an office, or it opens a second office, perhaps recruits a sales presence in a new market, or relocates its tech development, and suddenly you have a team spread across cities, or...
by Phil Morle | Nov 30, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
When Laurence Wolf first launched Brand Honee, he decided he wouldn’t drink again until the video competition platform had been running for 100 days. He’ll open a beer this weekend, following four months of work trying to get users and convince brands to...
