Less than five per cent of fast growth tech firms are started by women. But research shows that venture capital-backed companies led by women perform better than those started...
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It is one year since the launch of Malcolm Turnbull’s signature policy, the National Science and Innovation Agenda, a policy area that continues to kick goals. But the unfortunate...
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Mick Liubinskas is known to many in the industry for his energy and drive, and his focused ideals about what the local entrepreneur ecosystem should look like. He has...
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A new set of prizes have joined the crowded awards scene, celebrating the innovative use of big data and the Internet of Things (IoT) in Australia. The BigInsights Data...
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For the past 18 months, the federal government has inundated Australian businesses with the apparent benefits of the Australia-China Free Trade Agreement, such has been the laser-like focus on...
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The latest report card on Australia’s business smarts describes a country that is good at employing innovative techniques but poor at producing the big value breakthroughs. The 2016 Australian...
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The ‘innovation literacy’ of Australia’s political and business leadership might have improved significantly in the past two years, it is still well short of the countries that lead the...
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The much-anticipated Crossroads report from advocacy group StartupAus has lobbed onto the internet, painting a glass-half-full picture of Australia’s entrepreneur scene while at the same time warning that the...
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Pound for pound the Australian tech sector is producing better startup operators than its counterpart ecosystem in Silicon Valley, according to Freelancer.com’s acerbic CEO Matt Barrie. But that doesn’t...
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There is a massive prize for small Australian tech businesses through changes to Commonwealth ICT procurement being wrought by the Assistant Minister for the Digital Transformation and Cities Angus Taylor....
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It has taken more time than some might have liked to find its way to the Aussie tech sector, but the Significant Investor Visa program – aka the unexpected fountain...
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Austrac, the Australian Government’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing agency wants to get better engaged with the financial sector and the broader community. The agency has been undergoing a...
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Australian business is taking too long to transform, placing the nation’s economy in a “precarious position” according to Adrian Turner, the chief executive office at Data 61, the nation’s...
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Last night at Sydney’s harbourside Museum of Contemporary Art ten Australian startups were chosen as winners in the inaugural Bridge to MassChallenge Australia competition. Three state governments – NSW,...