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Why this Perth inventor scored an own goal

There are times you come across a homegrown business idea with the right ingredients to succeed or a stellar product that’s destined for big things. When Perth-based David Lambasa walked into the tank last Sunday to spruik Clever Score -- his modular scoreboard business – ...

Don’t forget to ask for help

Say you scored a mentoring session or some time with somebody who you think can help with your business, excellent and well done – good people are busy people. Whatever you do make it count – a mentoring session isn’t just a verbal website ...

More entrepreneurs, less innovation please

I have just returned from a federal government trade mission to China, the bi-annual Australia Week in China. I attended the Innovation stream starting in Shenzhen, then Beijing and finally Shanghai. There were other streams with over a 1000 Australians attending, culminating in a very ...

If innovation really counts

I watched a debate recently on innovation on Q&A on the ABC that descended into an expert-free, free-for-all on NBN, where a quantum physicist had the ‘best’ opinion – where the desire for people to have the nation subsidise their internet connection came through loud ...

Keeping your startup alive

Last week I sat down with the team at Tanda to chat about all things startups. Here's how it went... You’ve toted the hashtag #fundedbycustomers which is about the value of paying customers for early stage startups, why do you think this is important? A lot of ...

If you want to be the next Menulog, you’ve got to be prepared to fail

It’s been a mixed week for Australia’s startup scene. On the upside, we’ve seenAustralian online ordering platform, Menulog, acquired by UK corporate, Just Eat, for an incredible $855 million. By unfortunate contrast, the founders of one of Australia’s most promising startups, Ninjablocks, had to shutter ...