Startup

A festival being held in Melbourne this weekend will celebrate the virtues of ethical choices and sustainable living.

Having recently launched into the Australian market, the bespoke software as a service (SaaS) platform, tailor made for selling wine online, has the potential to completely disrupt the industry.

A veteran of the tech startup scene in Australia, Ian Gardiner is the founder of Innovation Bay, a not-for-profit group which aims to grow the technology investment sector through education and networking events.

A bunch of friends or family members dream up a business idea, nut out the details on a napkin, and the deal is sealed with a handshake. If only it were that simple.

The world’s top universities, like NYU, Oxford and Columbia, all offer postgraduate programs in social entrepreneurship – yet not one university in Australia offers such program.

Australia is in the top three most entrepreneurial countries in the world, falling behind just Denmark and Finland.

The IMB Community Foundation has opened its 2014 round of funding for not-for-profit organisations and community groups. Submissions from interested groups have until late January to apply for a share of the $500,000 of grant money available.

More often than not, the spotlight is firmly on success. And rightly so. Success is hardly likely if the focus is on failure.

The New South Wales Small Business Commissioner Yasmin King has announced an exciting new resource for the creative industries. The appointment of a new specialised Small Biz Connect advisor aims to connect people wishing to turn to their creative passion into a sustainable career. NSW Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner and Minister for Small Business Katrina […]

The Parramatta City Council is today launching a new creative grants program with the aim of boosting creativity, and breathing new life into areas of Parramatta’s CBD. Lord Mayor Cr John Chedid said the Activate Parramatta grant program will bring innovation and creativity to the city, and grants of $10,000+ are on offer for those […]

Lachlan Donald knows better than most just how much the local startup ecosystem has grown, having worked with graphic design startup 99designs in Australia before heading to San Francisco for three years.

If you’ve got a great idea for an innovation that would benefit Australia’s primary industries, then this could be an award for you.

The businesswomen who gathered in Sydney this week for the latest Startup Spring event had lots of advice to share – yet one key message stood out: take advantage of all the support you can.

For many students, the idea of starting their own business doesn’t even seem like a possibility. But that’s exactly the mentality that Project Pitch is aiming to change.

With the Startup Spring festival well underway, the Google for Entrepreneurs team hosted a series of panels and workshops at Sydney’s Doltone House this week.

A Sydney builder is hoping to revolutionise the way Australians buy, sell, and get rid of building products through a new app and online market place.

Startup Spring 2013, the first nationwide festival for startups and entrepreneurs, begins today.

Long hours spent in the garage and living on two minute noodles for months on end: the start-up lifestyle has become a cliché, but the reality of running a start-up rarely follows a script.

When you think of a typical start-up, images of late nights in the garage or spare room quickly come to mind. However, students at Australian universities are doing their part to change all that.

It seems Australians are moonlighting – as online shopkeepers. Internet start-ups have increased 200 per cent from 2010 and 2012, four times the pace in the United States and Britain.