by Phil Morle | Nov 16, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
You could say Jeff Perlman and Corneliu Tusnea run an internet plumbing business; their platform, OneSaas, connects virtual pipes; integrating the APIs of a bunch of well-known cloud applications, allowing businesses to sync data across their different applications....
by Phil Morle | Nov 15, 2012 | Resources, Uncategorized
There are a few dilemmas faced by all startups: one is figuring out how to pay for external expertise, particularly in areas like software development, tax and legal. Because startups aren’t flush with cash, it can be tough to afford specialist consultants,...
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 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
What would happen if you treated apps as products — as though they were books, CDs or toys — instead of businesses, and built a company to publish them; like a record company does for music, or a publisher does for books? You’d end with something that looks very...
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 9, 2012 | Pitching, Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
In May this year, at one of their weekly ‘pivot or persevere’ meetings, the founders of StreetHawk decided to change tack and try a different business model for their startup. Founders Natasha Rawlings, David Jones and Sri Panyam decided to develop...
by Phil Morle | Nov 6, 2012 | Pitching, Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
On Tuesday night, Alan Crabbe stood in front of a room full of investors, at the 150 year-old Union, Universities and Schools Club in Sydney. He was pitching to Sydney Angels, Australia’s largest collective of early-stage investors. The period decor, vintage red...
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 | Nov 2, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
It’s the conversation you hope you never need to have: when you have to tell workmates, investors and family it’s time to quit; time to give up on the startup to which you’ve dedicated the past few years of your life. In part, it’s this...
