Why every aspiring entrepreneur must learn to call their business baby ‘ugly’
We’ve all heard the trope ‘60% of businesses fail’. But, of course, your business baby is different. The rules don’t apply to your prodigy.
Favourable or foolish? Should I launch a startup in the middle of a pandemic?
Between questioning and economic opportunities, COVID-19 could well be offering entrepreneurs fertile ground to launch a startup.
“Big, taboo topics”: This is what happens when you launch a digital will business in the middle of a pandemic
Launching a startup mid-pandemic feels risky for any entrepreneur. For Willed founder Aaron Zelman, the challenge wasn't financial. it was about perception.
There’s never been a better time to build a startup in Australia, says Antler managing partner Bede Moore
In the past few months, the startup industry has suffered a couple of setbacks. But there has never been a better time to build a startup in Australia.
“We compete with spreadsheets”: Meet two former Atlassian employees striking out on their own
Having first met as employees at Atlassian when it was in scale-up mode, Sten Pittet and Bryan Schuldt have together founded Tability.
The pursuit of commercial viability: Seven questions new business owners must answer
Anyone can have an idea. The challenge is turning that ‘amazing’ idea or invention into a commercially viable business entity.
New venture? How to decide who and what to bring along for the ride
If you pack up your past experience and apply it in new and innovative ways, you’ll be better prepared for whatever your new business throws at you.
“Young and crazy”: How a founder without a law degree raised $4.65 million for a legaltech startup
Legaltech startup Plexus has raised $4.65 million, with investment coming from the likes of KPMG and Aconex co-founders Rob Phillpot and Leigh Jasper.
Why an idea doesn’t make a business
A business ideas is like an opinion: it's baseless without substance and backing, says entrepreneur Vaibhav Namburi.
Why Clare Bradshaw is quitting her startup to refocus on her corporate career
Clare Bradshaw shares her story of deciding to launch a fashion startup - and making the decision to close the business and return to her corporate career.
From tech to chocolate: Why Envato co-founder Cyan Ta’eed stepped back to launch chocolate startup Hey Tiger
Cyan Ta'eed is the co-founder of multimillion-dollar Australian design startup Envato. But an involuntary tech detox was the catalyst she needed to launch her new chocolate business, Hey Tiger.