Startup maths: What is a valuation and how do I get one?
Equity and valuations are two things you need to understand before you start asking people for money because ignorance could cost you the deal.
Three ways to keep your team motivated, even when times are tough
Three tips to make sure your staff stay motivated and focused on achieving shared results, despite the challenges that may come with running a startup.
Dear Human: I’m ever striving, but never present
“Sometimes I feel like it’s just one endless cycle of goals, and setbacks, and new goals. One step forward, two steps back.”
Dear Human: I’m 50-something and can’t get hired
‘Companies seem to be looking to hire younger leaders. From my experience, if you’re not in your 40s, you’re not going to get a look in.’
Five critical questions: Are you listing your startup too soon?
I am the founder of a private company in scale-up mode. This article is a result of research and deliberations about whether to list and when.
Dear Human: I’ve fallen out of love with my startup
'Since launching a business, and watching it fail, I have fallen out of love with the brand and am finding it hard to feel inspired by it anymore.'
Where to next? How to choose an expansion route that’s right for your growing startup
The globe is large and varied, so picking the right country to expand your startup into can be overwhelming. Here are five steps.
Why gathering and applying data is fundamental to successful entrepreneurship
One of the most important entrepreneurial lessons one can ever learn is this: it's never too early to start gathering data.
‘The casual therapist’: Why you should chat to your accountant about more than just finances
An accountant is obviously not trained as a counsellor or psychologist, but for many, they represent a reliable outlet and a trusted sanity check.
This is my story: Why I made the leap from corporate life to startupland
My story is about the transition from a life working as an employee and being paid a salary, to that of an early-stage startup founder.
Ten things we’ve learnt in six months of startup life
Since launching YogiBirth six months ago, here are the top 10 things we’ve learnt since starting our business, warts and all.
Death to the ping pong table: The Aussie startups breaking the mould with employee perks
Aussie startups are bucking the ping pong table trend, opting instead to introduce real, beneficial perks for their employees.