“Entrepreneurs are increasingly relying on internet crowdfunding – the use of online platforms to raise money from multiple contributors. It’s reported that active global crowdfunding platforms generated more than US$34.4 billion (A$45 billion) in 2015. The World Bank estimates the crowdfunding industry will reach US$90 billion by 2020. In terms of scale, crowdfunding has become … Read more
Yearly Archives: 2018 Back
What Self-Made Millionaires Know That Most People Don’t : 52 Ways to Create Your Own Success (ebook)
Author: Ann Marie Sabath Confucius said that a thousand-mile journey begins with a single step. The same principle applies to becoming a self-made millionaire, except this journey is a little shorter, comprising just 52 common sense practices. Featuring interviews with a wide-ranging list of self-made millionaires, you will be astonished to see how anyone can … Read more
Adelaide based sport drink startup raises $500k in seed funding for launch
PREPD, a new hydration-boosting sports drink1developed by Flinders University startup Preserve Health, has secured more than $500,000 in seed funding to launch its first products. With money now in the bank, thanks to angel investors and other high net-worth individuals, PREPD is set to launch in the market and take on the big players in … Read more
Queensland startup ANTI is creating a snowsports helmet that’s as comfortable as a beanie
It looks like a soft beanie and has the strength of a helmet: budding startup ANTI. is creating a snow sports product that sounds so radical on paper, yet it was just a series of home experiments with non-Newtonian materials helped form the idea that a beanie could be created to maximise comfort and safety. Medical engineering … Read more
FAST FOOD CEO TAKES HOME ‘RISING STAR’ AWARD
At the age of 25, Bianca Azzopardi, CEO of Zambrero, has taken home the ‘Rising Star’ award at the 2018 QSR Media Detpak Conference & Awards. Azzopardi is CEO of Zambrero – Australia’s largest Mexican restaurant franchise chain and one of the country’s fastest growing companies with over 190 restaurants globally. Through the Plate 4 Plate … Read more
Australian and Chinese entrepreneurs join forces to disrupt the blockchain market
Blockchain, the original and leading tech structure which is behind crypto mainstay Bitcoin, has met its match in a newer and simpler tech platform created in collaboration between Australian and Chinese entrepreneurs. Australian based TrustNote Foundation and Chinese entrepreneurs from the Achain Foundation have teamed up to created TrustNote, a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) based … Read more
Digital branding : a complete step-by-step guide to strategy, tactics, tools and measurement (book)
Author: Daniel Rowles This book provides step-by-step, practical guidance on how to build a brand online and quantify it through tangible results. It draws together each of the core marketing avenues such as content marketing, social media, search engine optimization and web analytics, to deliver a robust framework for brand planning, identity, channel selection and … Read more
A hot startup raised $89 million in 5 days using these 24 slides
Tech investors are throwing money at Front, a five-year-old startup that aims to change the way teams get work done. The startup makes a shared inbox app that lets teams handle messages from email, texts, Slack, and social media, all in one place. This year, the 28-year-old cofounder and CEO of Front, Mathilde Collin, went on … Read more
Barayamal Centre of Entrepreneurship to open in Brisbane to support Indigenous businesses
Indigenous entrepreneurship organisation Barayamal is set to open the Barayamal Centre of Entrepreneurship (BCE) in Brisbane next month to foster the growth of First Nations businesses. Along with an event space and meeting room, the BCE will offer coworking space for up to 30 entrepreneurs. Dean Foley, founder and managing director of Barayamal, said the space aims … Read more
Search for success how small businesses need to speak Google
From calling an Uber, to ordering a pizza, to booking a haircut, multiple tasks are now possible only using your voice. With the rise of smart speakers like Google (Home) Amazon (Echo) and Apple (HomePod), the way people are searching online is changing rapidly. So how do small businesses ensure their search engine optimisation (SEO) strategy … Read more