Budding QLD entrepreneurs get the opportunity to fast-track their FinTech ideas at BOQ Hackathon – Australian FinTech

The next generation of tech entrepreneurs are being called on to come up with ideas that will disrupt the banking and finance industry and solve real business problems at the BOQ Hackathon, running from 3 – 5 March 2017.

Survey reveals Aussie start-ups’ favoured cloud tools stack

A survey has revealed the cloud technology stack favoured by Australian start-ups. Three quarters of the 208 start-ups questioned said they “couldn’t exist” without the cloud-based tools they used. The research, led by Stripe and a cohort of accelerators and hubs, questioned local start-ups about the SaaS tools they used and the impacts they had on their businesses.

Time to start yourself up

Six of Queensland’s most successful entrepreneurs and business people will visit Mount Isa next week to encourage others to take the leap, change their lives and become entrepreneurs. They arrive in Mount Isa on Thursday March 9 as part of a four-day, ten-stop tour through regional Queensland.

GOCATCH CEO: Uber is ‘a bully’ giving ‘the middle finger’ to Australia by trying to dodge GST

The chief executive of Australian ridesharing service GoCatch has ripped into multinational rival Uber for trying to avoid GST on its fares. Uber’s loss in the Federal Court on Friday means its drivers must now pay 10% of their fares as GST – just like taxi drivers.

Aussie ridesharing startups hit out at Uber over GST ruling – StartupSmart

Is Uber right? Should its drivers not be required to register for, and pay, goods and services tax (GST)? Some Australian ridesharing services don’t think so, with GoCatch chief executive David Holmes this week calling Uber a “bully” in its attempt to dodge the tax.

Tech leaders warn against crackdown on 457 visas: “We do not graduate enough skilled people” – StartupSmart

Prominent members of the Australian startup community say a potential tightening of arrangements for 457 visas would have serious ramifications for the country’s ability to keep up with the world.