Posts tagged "startups"

One of the world’s biggest investment banks, Goldman Sachs, has recently announced it will back female entrepreneurs and their companies t…

Writing a business plan is an important step for entrepreneurs seeking to frame an overarching purpose and goals for their startup, but timing is important and businesses that formulate a plan from the very beginning may actually be doing more harm than good.

Running a startup can be challenging at the best of times, but what is it like trying to establish business credentials when operating out o…

There are a range of telltale signs that a startup may not be heading in its intended direction, however when immersed in the day-to-day gri…

The co-founders of Australian startup success story Atlassian have each doubled their wealth since last year, according to the 2018 AFR Rich List, and the pair are now knocking on the door of the top ten richest Australians.

In the high pressure stakes of the business world, what can you do to look after yourself, as well as your business?

You’ve probably heard the term fintech. Well, there’s also a thing called femtech. And as the name implies, it’s all about female entrepreneurs using technology to find solutions to female problems, mainly in the area of healthcare.

The federal government is anxious to continue to project its commitment to innovation, but the spending contained in this year’s budget is nothing if not modest.

To many, the 2018 federal budget will be thought of as an almost election budget. It confirmed moderate personal income taxes but otherwise kept the reins tight on what could be described as a relatively pedestrian budget. The fact any election is almost certainly at least six months and possibly a year or more off has obviously encouraged continued restraint.

Australia’s fintech sector will be pleased by the federal government’s budget commitment to spend $44.6 million over four years to establish a Consumer Data Right. The CDR is a necessary building block for the progress of Open Banking, and is designed to make it easier for consumers to access their financial records.

In its changes to the R&D tax incentive, the federal government has chosen to target primarily big business rather than startups in its efforts to save $2.4 billion over the next four years.

Megan Flamer has been appointed to lead Xcelerate, a new accelerator program created in partnership between Coca-Cola Amatil and BlueChilli….