Lights, camera, competition: What today’s startups can learn from the fate of old home movies
COVID-19 will claim many startups but some will reinvent themselves and new rivals will emerge. Here's how your business can get the competitive edge.
Coronavirus update for business: Deliveroo’s unfair dismissal stoush, David Jones sales dive, and shoppers return to centres
Deliveroo in hot water over email sacking, David Jones will close stores as sales dive, and new data shows shoppers are heading back to the mall.
Commission carnage: Deliveroo, UberEats squeeze margins as restaurants fight for survival
Restaurant owners say UberEats and Deliveroo aren't doing enough to support the industry through the COVID-19 pandemic, resisting calls to slash commissions.
Delivery workers are now ‘essential’, so they deserve the rights extended to other employees
We're collectively relying on delivery workers to provide an essential service during social distancing, so we must consider what we owe them in return.
Inside a fight for survival: Restaurants despair as coronavirus tears through hospitality
A million people relying on the hospitality industry are fighting for its survival as coronavirus tears through the sector. Restaurants tell their stories.
UberEats, Deliveroo to fly in 2020 as boomers jump on the meal delivery gravy train
Meal delivery giants like UberEats are in for another bumper year in Australia, despite widespread concerns about how they are affecting the restaurant industry.
Here’s what entrepreneurs are reading this Christmas
Getting absorbed in a book isn't difficult, but knowing which one to pick up (or download) can be. But don't fret, we've got you covered.
How big corporates screwed over small business in 2019
From UberEats chomping on the hand that feeds to Facebook holding back an entire industry, these are SmartCompany's David vs Goliath battles of 2019.
Why are food delivery apps biting the hand that feeds them?
Australia’s hospitality industry is dying at the hands of the tech it has employed to save it. What's the solution? Collective success.
“We made a lot of mistakes”: How reimagining its audience helped My Muscle Chef turn $19 million into $100 million
My Muscle Chef started out as an idea and a text message and is now a $100 million business taking the Aussie meal delivery market by storm.
“Someone has to pay”: Restaurateurs warn of price hikes as wages and UberEats crush margins
Restaurant-goers will foot the bill of increasing operational costs as owners under “significant pressure” raise menu prices.
Ola’s boss says competition with Uber boosts driver earnings — but contractors are using multiple platforms to make ends meet
As multinationals such as Ola compete for Australia's rideshare market, contractors operating within the platforms say it's become harder to make ends meet.