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A startup in many ways is all about growth and there’s no shortage of discussion on why Aussie startups need to think bigger than just the local Australian market. Steve Blank even suggests that you’re either born global or you die local.
So what does that mean for startups in Australia?
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In March 2001, the Taliban blew up the Bamiyan Buddhas (http://ift.tt/1OMaxIg) in Afghanistan, two of the tallest Buddha sculptures in the world. This horrific attack on an important and beautiful example of the patrimony of central Asia shocked the world. It also forever changed the landscape of cultural preservation, archaeology
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In only a few years, digital currency bitcoin has emerged from the shadows to become something debated by politicians and pondered by economists. Now it is blockchain, the technology that makes bitcoin possible, that is having its moment in the sun: the UK government’s Chief Scientist Sir Mark Walport Read more… (http://ift.tt/1K9sb9Q)
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I saw the movie The Intern (http://ift.tt/1dhVjgf) with Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro in the cinema when it came out late in 2015. It brought tears to my eyes…
Then my mother, returning on a Qantas flight, watched the same movie a few
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Five high-level executives have left Twitter, less than four months after Jack Dorsey took over as CEO and implemented a series of changes to the social network.
After news of the departures on Monday, shares in Twitter dropped more than 3% to their lowest ever levels, as the BBC reports (http://ift.tt/1Pffrir).
Dorsey
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After hitting 10,000 orders per day and partnering with Uber, the Australian Open and Westpac, Hey You founder Rebekah Campbell says the startup is on its way to being the leading food and drink app in Australia, with the world in its sights.
According to Campbell, revenue growth has been increasing
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Not becoming deeply immersed in the Australian startup community and taking advantage of the various opportunities on offer is one of the biggest mistakes a founder can make, Ziip (https://www.ziipit.com/) co-founder Naby Mariyam says.
The Sydney-based startup is out to make sure you never miss a delivery again, and Mariyam says
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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has used a visit to the US to spruik Australian startups on the world stage and to encourage high-profile Americans to invest in Down Under innovation.
Speaking at the G’Day USA event in New York, Bishop discussed the government’s recent $1 billion innovation statement (growth/innovation/malcolm-turnbull-unveils-1-billion-innovation-statement/2015120716085.html) and the
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I have a lot of people come to me very excited about their app ideas and how they will change their respective industry.
They’ve rarely thought about how the app will make money, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I’m more interested in working with the visionaries than working with
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Raising capital can consume the time and emotional energy of founders and their key team members for at least six months. Founders can feel they are sacrificing the development of their startup to raise capital so as soon as an investor says “yes” their attention turns away.
However, a lack of
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