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Melbourne-based Ashley Farrugia was only 14 years old when he dropped out of school.
“I found school boring in that I didn’t feel I was getting enough out of it,” he tells StartupSmart.
He soon acquired an LP gas-fitting business that he converted into a national franchise before selling it to a
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Empowering employees should be a chief executive’s number one priority, according to Brad Smith, the chief executive of US software firm Intuit.
In a blog post published on LinkedIn, Smith says the best leaders are the ones who make sure their employees feel like they are able to do their best
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At some point this year, the long-awaited mandatory data breach notification bill is expected to become law,
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If one company were to symbolise the entire ethos of Silicon Valley, it would be Theranos (http://ift.tt/1BXkxsp).
Founded by Elizabeth Holmes (http://ift.tt/1vtD9u2) who was 19 at the time, the company set out to “reinvent” the laboratory blood testing industry by using “revolutionary finger-stick technology” which would make testing hundreds of different
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A Sydney property advisory company is planning to lead the way in disrupting Australia’s $6 trillion property industry through a brand new incubator program.
Esho Property Group (http://www.esho.com.au/) (EPG) founder Peter Esho says there is great opportunity for tech founders and entrepreneurs to disrupt the property asset class in Australia.
“It really
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An Asia-Pacific accelerator for disruptive enterprise technology is taking applications for its first CIO Shark Tank pitch event to be held in Melbourne next month.
Venturetec (http://ift.tt/1j4HG3Y) founder Trey Zagante tells StartupSmart that corporations are becoming more serious about startups and what they can offer.
Zagante spent the last year in
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Venture capitalist Tomasz Tunguz has pinpointed four major startup sectors that will see a “disproportionate share of investment dollars” in 2016.
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A Melbourne-based advertising tech startup has landed a lucrative partnership with a large US mobile provider and co-founder Matt Berriman says it’s just the start of the company’s plans to conquer the world.
Unlockd (http://www.unlockd.com/) has signed with Sprint Telecom, making its product, which displays advertisements on users’ mobile home screens
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A former Silicon Valley business coach says his mentors and inner drive to succeed propelled him from a poverty-stricken upbringing in Mumbai to a successful career in the startup capital of the world.
Game Changers (http://ift.tt/1QAXlZ5) director Mihir Thaker has spent more than a decade coaching executives at major international corporations
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