Information Technology
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ASX lifting IPOs out of innovators’ reach
Rene Sugo | September 19, 2016Every few months another Australian city is branded ‘the next Silicon Valley’. The hype is usually short-lived, before another aspiring candidate steps up to stake its claim.
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5 online shopping stuff-ups driving your customers away
Matt Ware | August 19, 2016Did you know that as of January 2016, the average rate of e-commerce cart abandonment is 69 per cent.
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Australian mid-sized businesses leaving banks behind
Megan Boehm | July 19, 2016Businesses are ditching Australia’s big banks and turning to non-bank lenders for finance in droves.
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Australian business failing to innovate
Megan Boehm | July 4, 2016Despite 80 per cent of mid-sized Australian business CFOs claiming innovation is a priority for their business, an alarming 32 per cent have not allocated any funding to innovation over the next 12 months.
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Succession planning: beginning with the end in mind
Craig West | June 15, 2016Most entrepreneurs start their businesses with a vision of creating a product or service offering that others value – and making a profit from it.
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How purpose leads to profits
David Siegel | May 30, 2016“65% of the economy will face digital disruption by 2017 (Deloitte).”
Disruption will merge sectors and make others redundant. New entrants are now challenging business norms and making huge profits riding the wave. In order to compete, a simple, solid, strategy can be a mid-sized business’s winning battle plan for sustainable success.
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How private educators – not universities – are changing the face of education
Wes Sonnenreich | May 13, 2016It’s time to reset the thinking around what a private tertiary education provider is and does. Let’s put aside the seemingly endless stories about dodgy vocational schools rorting FEE-HELP/HECS and gaming the immigration, indigenous and regional support systems.
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7 tasks a business never thinks to outsource but should
Katie Hume | April 29, 2016The growing sharing economy movement is showing no signs of slowing down – and now more than ever businesses are jumping onboard, too.
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Who’s got time for time management?
Dermot Crowley | April 8, 2016I recently ran a Lunch ‘n Learn presentation for a leading investment firm. The topic was essentially how to manage your time more effectively using technology. Twenty people turned up (out of hundreds in that particular office). Most of the attendees were junior staff and EAs.
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Want to have a say on innovation in NSW?
Editor | March 31, 2016The NSW Government is seeking your input to further support the dynamic innovation eco-system in NSW.
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Making your net-work in 2016
Phil Caleno | March 31, 2016With 2016 well and truly underway, mid-sized businesses around the country have stopped strategising and started executing.
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Australia on the cusp of fintech greatness
Jost Stollmann | March 24, 2016AUSTRALIA could become the fintech hub of Asia within years if the Federal Government proceeds with its range of reforms announced by the Treasurer Scott Morrison.
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Innovation: where should we focus?
Melis Senova | March 18, 2016Innovation is not about technology, it’s about people. Stay focussed on the objective of what you want to achieve, not the tools needed to achieve it, writes Dr Melis Senova.
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Looking beyond start-ups to scale-ups
Tony Surtees | March 13, 2016There is great excitement across Australia about start-ups. There is much to be applauded about the job-creation impact — and other economic benefits — of building successful Australian-based start-up companies.
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How the sharing economy can be applied to existing business models
Chris Noone | February 24, 2016Around the world, a new wave of peer-to-peer businesses are shaking up established industries. Whether it’s borrowing goods, renting homes, cars, caravans or providing micro-skills in exchange for money, consumers are showing a robust appetite for the sharing economy. Australia is no different.