ACS Past President Yohan Ramasundara on how tech can respond to covid-19 and...
Yohan Ramasundara is an entrepreneur – the co-founder of Beta Launch and ISKOLE – and the Immediate Past President of ACS, the professional association for Australia’s technology sector. After two...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Innovation and agility: the keys to business continuity – and survival – in...
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus famously observed that the only constant in life is change. But while anticipating disruptive events and developing plans to manage them is part and parcel of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A new accelerator, The Melt, is cranking up Australian manufacturing after...
Slingshot founder Trent Bagnall has launched a manufacturing accelerator The Melt will invest around $1m annually in industrial startups It’s also supporting corporates looking to ramp up R&D The...
View ArticleThe 5 barriers the CSIRO found to innovation in Australia
Australian companies face five key barriers to unlocking value in innovation in a new report from the CSIRO. Talking to private and public sector leaders, the Value of science and technology report by...
View ArticleSouth Australian innovation festival _Southstart is putting VCs and 20...
_Southstart, the Adelaide-based ideas and innovation festival, will be one of the country’s first major post-lockdown events in 2021, with festival director Craig Swann blocking out February 16-19 for...
View ArticleCulture Amp and Atlassian are in the top 10 on Fast Company’s list of the...
Australian workplace tech powerhouses Atlassian and Culture Amp have been included in the top 10 for Fast Company’s annual list of the world’s most innovative companies. Unsurprising, project...
View ArticleClik here to view.
If you want your product to succeed, don’t launch with an MVP, try minimum...
You’re a tech entrepreneur gearing up to build and launch the first release of your product – your Minimum Viable Product (MVP). The plan: build out enough of the product to test the core value...
View ArticleClik here to view.
If Australia really wants to be innovative, then we need to start thinking...
It took a chance meeting between Cameron van den Dungen, founder of a start-up mattress company, and Madhu Bhaskaran, an engineering professor at RMIT University, to see an opportunity to collaborate...
View ArticleAustralia lacks a national plan for the digital economy and risks falling...
Australia leads the world on several technology fronts, but the Morrison government needs to accelerate industry digitisation or the country will lose its competitive advantage, the IT sector’s peak...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Startup founders react to a new report saying Australia is lagging key...
A new report into Australia’s digital future, released with week found that the nation is falling behind the US, UK, Canada, France and China when it comes to tech innovation. The analysis by the...
View ArticleBright Sparks: 5 events to light your spark this week
Spark Festival – Australia’s biggest event for founders, business owners and anyone looking to hustle their way out of Covid, kicked off last week. The full program is massive, so to help you out we...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How digital tools have helped disability charity Wallara transform lives
What happens when a sports-mad CEO joins a small NGO disability charity? A tech upgrade for its remote support “coaches”, for a start. The charity sector isn’t exactly known for its cutting-edge tech,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A key piece of tech bro swag, invented by an Australian, just turned 100
This week marks 100 years since a famous piece of tech fashion, the puffer jacket, was developed by an Australian innovator. George Finch was born in regional NSW in 1888, but soon became a man of the...
View ArticleHow OnePassport is simplifying workforce compliance for tens of thousands of...
OnePassport knows that when people trust you with their personal information, data security matters more than anything. COVID resulted in many headaches, but one less talked about is the avalanche of...
View ArticleQueensland reveals $142 million, 10-year innovation roadmap ahead of the...
The Queensland Government has earmarked $142 million for a new tech roadmap designed to drive innovation in the decade leading up to the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk...
View ArticleQueensland is showcasing its best startups and tech at Something Fest
Brisbane turns its attention to tech this week with a series of events celebrating the best of Queensland fast-growing tech and startup sector. The week-long Something Fest, Queensland’s digital,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
40 agrifood tech startups, one event: Here’s why AgriFutures evokeAG. is a...
After a two-year hiatus, Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood tech event is back and it’s bigger than ever. This February, AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ Down to Earth will bring together leading global thinkers and...
View Article“It’s a pretty exciting place to be”: Why we’re in the golden age of...
In just three years, investment in Australian agrifood tech has skyrocketed. With the planet’s rapidly growing population, never-ending climate concerns, and an urgent shift towards sustainability, the...
View ArticleFormer Victorian innovation minister Jaala Pulford takes on chair role at...
Former Victorian innovation, medical research and digital economy Jaala Pulford, has joined the board of medtech, biotech and pharma growth centre MTPConnect, replacing Sue MacLeman as chair. Pulford...
View Article4 things startup founders can learn from Ed Sheeran
I like Ed Sheeran a lot – his music and as a bloke. He’s one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. But I went to his stadium show in Sydney the other week because I was intrigued. Intrigued how one...
View ArticleVictor Dominello, the driving force behind the NSW government’s Digital ID...
Victor Dominello won’t be NSW government minister cutting the ribbon on the fruits of several years of hard work building the Digital ID app. The member for Ryde retires from politics after 15 years...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bar hopping and idea swapping: Here’s what you need to know about Raising the...
With the exception of every episode of Mad Men, business breakthroughs and cocktails aren’t typically known for their compatibility. But, as most founders and innovators know, the best ideas often...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund will transform high-tech...
Australia’s federal parliament has approved a A$15 billion National Reconstruction Fund, intended to reverse the nation’s dwindling manufacturing sector. It is the “first step” in Prime Minister...
View ArticleHow conservative corporate culture is holding back Australia’s startup sector
The conservatism of Australian business profoundly shapes its startup industry from the way it supports young startups to the way it tears them down. Big business and the technology industry are...
View Article3 ways to stop and catch business rivals trying to steal your innovations and...
Not a day goes by without an innovator claiming to have had their intellectual property ripped off. Sometimes it’s by an investor and potential partner, as many startups claim about Amazon. Or by an...
View Article
