Tag: Murray Hurps

Murray Hurps leaves AIIA board a year early

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Startup sector luminary and director of entrepreneurship at the University of Technology Sydney Murray Hurps has resigned from the board of the Australian Information Industry Association halfway through his...

NSW sovereign capability taskforce named

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The NSW government has named a 23-person ICT/Digital Sovereign Procurement Taskforce charged with making it easier for innovative local tech companies to get access to government contracts, using procurement...

Fast growth startups crucial to recovery: Hurps

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The local startup sector will be crucial to economic recovery in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, with further government support needed for early-stage firms, University of Technology Sydney...

Active startups now in decline

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The number of active startups in Australia has declined along with the number of women involved with the sector, a “massively concerning” new report has revealed. Startup Muster, an...

Millennials not so entrepreneurial?

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A study has revealed that millennials are less entrepreneurial than other generations even though some the most successful people are part of that generation – think Mark Zuckerberg of...

Murray Hurps’ big new data gig

Posted on   |  by James Riley
An inability to access large data sets is holding back the next generation of potentially huge Australian tech companies, former Fishburners CEO Murray Hurps said. Mr Hurps, who finished...

Three cheers and a sigh of relief

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For Fishburners CEO Murray Hurps, the NSW government’s big reveal of the Sydney Startup Hub was the culmination of a harrowing three year journey. As the largest startup hub...

Fishburners’ new Shanghai digs

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Sydney-based startup community work space Fishburners has built a credible pathway for local innovators to establish a beachhead in China, establishing its first international co-working space in Shanghai. Fishburners...