Now in their 26th year, the Telstra Business Awards shine a light on the businesses that make our nation thrive. Driven by passion, ingenuity and hard work these businesses are setting the benchmark for products and service around the nation. Telstra Business Awards Ambassador, Vicki Brady, said the State and Territory winners of the 2018 Telstra… Read more »
The City of Sydney will kick off its next Greenhouse series of events this month. The events will bring together academics, entreprenuers, government and startups to discuss the issues that go hand in hand with building a more sustainable Sydney for the future. Each event will focus on a different challenge faced by urban dwellers,… Read more »
Traditionally, the first act establishes character, relationships and setting; it’s where the first plot point happens. This series collects the ‘first act’ jobs, careers or businesses of entrepreneurs. Introducing Gina Lednyak… Gina Lednyak finds opportunity. Or rather, she makes opportunities happen. “I started working when I was thirteen – literally the second I legally could.… Read more »
Australia has ranked 10th in Cisco’s Global Digital Readiness Index. The index explores the digital readiness of 118 countries globally. The index was created by Cisco and Gartner using a holistic framework that includes components beyond access to technology. It examines Australia’s position in a global setting and will hopefully provide insights to policy makers… Read more »
Suicide remains a major concern for Australians, taking over 2,800[1] lives per year. It is the leading cause of death among 15-44-year-olds, with young men and small business owners making up a large proportion of the cohort. Ahead of R U OK Day on September 13, leading workplace mental health expert Marcela Slepica suggests it’s… Read more »
September 13 marks R U OK? Day, the national day to raise awareness for suicide prevention. The campaign was founded by the late Gavin Larkin in 2009. Larkin’s own father had suffered from crippling depression which saw him take his own life in 1995. Larkin and his family were devastated by the death and in… Read more »
Funding opportunities for small businesses and startups have just got a whole lot bigger thanks to new legislation surrounding equity fundraising for proprietary limited companies. The legislation, which passed the House of Representatives today, will extend crowdfunding opportunities to proprietary companies. Crowd sourced funding (CSF) has become a popular form of funding amongst entrepreneurs. The… Read more »
From SEO to understanding analytics to syncing sales and marketing data… Follow these tips and tricks to help your small business deliver killer marketing campaigns without the big price tag. When times get tough and you’re running your business on a tight budget, marketing is sometimes the first pillar to fall by the wayside. Many… Read more »
Indigenous businesses around Australia will be under the spotlight next month when the fourth annual Indigenous Business Month kicks off on October 1, 2018. Drawing inspiration from the 2018 NAIDOC theme, Because of Her, We Can, the month will celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in business. Twenty national Indigenous Business Month events will take place showcasing… Read more »
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) and the theBankDoctor.org have released a guide to provide small business owners with all the info they need to better understand borrowing from alternative finance sources such as fintech organisations. The Ombudsman Kate Carnell suggested the guide will help SMBs to understand the jargon and receive a clearer… Read more »
South Australian research into the psychology of bias suggests we may be neurologically set up to be ageist. Prompting the question, how do we overcome bias in the workplace? The research conducted by Flinders University Psychology Professor Mike Nicholl has found our response to others is subliminally connected to appearance and age, in a subconscious… Read more »
Did you know there are 1000s of cons perpetrated online every day? And whilst ransomware attacks and data security breaches tend to get the majority of headlines, the most common vulnerability for business and consumers alike, is us as humans. Social engineering fraud takes advantage of human nature and makes people ripe for psychological manipulation.… Read more »
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