Below is our roundup of startup news in Australia for the week. Guy Kawasaki Aims to Democratize Design Through Aussie Startup Canva Quite a biggie this, Guy Kawasaki has joined the startup Canva, based in Sydney, as their Chief Evangelist according to this article in xconomy. Unfortunately he won’t be based in Sydney, but it Read more about Start-up News Roundup – 17th April[…]
Cybercriminals and Internet fraudsters are singling out e-commerce sites and blogs of small businesses for their unscrupulous attacks. Nevertheless, as a business website owner, you can enact some simple precautions to thwart the evil designs of these unwanted intruders. The “Fort Disco” Botnet’s Brute-Force Tactic Both small business networks, as well as, their websites are Read more about Common Security Mistakes That Business Website Owners Make & How to Avoid Them[…]
In a world first, Australian bank invests in peer-to-peer lending startup This article in Startup Smart covers the Westpac’s Reinventure Group recently announced a $5 million investment in Sydney-based peer-to-peer lender SocietyOne. Australian VC calls on others to “write cheques” to encourage female entrepreneurs In this article in Smart Company, Adrian Stone challenges investors to Read more about Start-up News Roundup – 10th April[…]
The speed of your business website matters. Quick-loading websites perform better on every front: higher search ranking, superior user experience, and better user engagement. Most importantly, fast-loading websites deliver higher conversions and higher revenue. Slow Websites Hinder Mobile Traffic If you’re targeting mobile traffic and income (who isn’t), your website speed becomes even more critical. Read more about The Importance of Website Loading Speed & Top 3 Factors That Limit Website Speed[…]
This is a collection of news for the week so far, published every Thursday morning. If you have any news you would like to see here, use our contact form. Local start-up taps into Google ad campaign Tapit signs a deal with Google to promote Google Play in this article in the Australian. Discretionary grant Read more about Start-up News Roundup – 3rd April[…]
I was surfing around the Internet, as one does, and I came across the following thought provoking video from TED… Its called ‘How to get your ideas to spread’ by Seth Godin. Given the earlier videos by Simon Sinek, and the date of the Seth Godin video (2003); it appears that the ‘job’ in trying Read more about Market to the early adopters and not the mass market[…]
We have just made available a free plug-in for WordPress that takes care of setting up Google Analytics and any of the options you may have turned on, like: User demographics tracking Enhanced Link Attribution Usually to turn these on requires editing the Google Analytics JavaScript directly, which can be a bit of a fiddle Read more about Google Analytics Control Plus WordPress Plugin[…]
Four ways to boost Australian innovation An interesting article in Australian Mining of all places that covers some techniques on how to get funding for innovative ideas. When your first idea is over: Sidekicker on the pressures of pivoting When to pivot (change strategic direction), the age old question. In this article by Rose Powell Read more about Start-up News Roundup – 27th March[…]
Thought I’d share this tail of woe one of our clients just experienced… We have just done a complete redesign of their website and fixed several technical problems in the site, as well as making it fully responsive. We DO NOT host them (although we will be soon, with a few others in tow), we Read more about A Clients Hosting Providers Upgrade Nightmare (or not how to do it)…[…]
The primary motive of a business website is to generate revenue. Only a mobile-friendly website can guarantee this. Consider these facts: According to the data compiled by the Mobile Marketing Association of Asia, of the nearly 7 billion people worldwide, over 5 billion people own a cell phone, whereas just about 4 billion own a Read more about Top 10 Reasons Your Business Website Should be Mobile-Friendly[…]
Equity crowd-funding for start-ups just a tweak away According to an article in the Australian Financial Review, we could be a hairs bredth away from equity crowd-funding in Australia (for those who can’t get past the pay-wall of print media doom see here instead for a similar article). Don’t kill your startup by heading to Read more about Start-up News Roundup – 20th March[…]
According to a gizmag article is appears a possible step change in wireless transmissions speeds could be on the cards. Which is not too unexpected, as the wireless transmission speeds have been growing by significant leaps roughly every 5 to 10 years – the limiter has been the cost of change for both consumer devices Read more about Wireless takes a step up…[…]
Hi, this round-up of news related to Australia Start-ups I’m aiming to write about every one to two weeks. If there is anything you want to see covered, let me know – Enjoy! Keith When start-ups become grown-ups, where do they go for money? In this article, Sam Chandler argues that Australia’s innovation funding environment is Read more about Start-up News Roundup – 13th March[…]
There is a lot of talk about NBN not being available for businesses and all the problems this is causing. Which is understandable, businesses of any size can make use of more bandwidth, but I think the problem is being presented in a too ‘cut and dry’ case – it’s really a lot more complicated Read more about Broadband, what businesses in Sydney really need[…]
Online marketing strategies for online businesses can often mean the difference between success and failure. With so many people using the Internet to discover and choose Products and Services being seen online is becoming a necessity for a modern business. It used to be that having a listing in Yellow Pages and depending on word Read more about Online Marketing Strategies for Websites[…]
If you are running a business that uses computers, which is quite likely the majority of us, you need to pay special attention to the new Privacy Policy in Australia that it is to come into force next week. The new privacy policy has 13 new Australian Privacy Principles; some of which can be a Read more about Australian Privacy Policy, comes in next week[…]
The infographic below (by Internationalbusinessguide.org) shows some truly amazing global trends occurring in the usage of the Internet worldwide. Of particular interest to me is the rise in smart phones being used as a means to consume Internet based services. This trend (combined with tablet usage) shows no signs of slowing down. To me this just Read more about Internet Consumption Around The World[…]
I get often get asked if responsive design is enough to produce a website that looks good on smart phones and tablet devices. In the vast majority of cases I would say yes; as being able to change display layout to suit the display size and type being used is often good enough. Although, given Read more about Is Responsive Design enough?[…]
It appears that Mount Gox, the Bitcoin exchange that got sucked dry by hackers earlier in the week (it lost almost 750,000 of its customers’ bitcoins, see my previous post) with debts of $63.6 million is to fill for bankruptcy protection. As I said before, the whole virtual currency space, more so than real currency, its critically Read more about Mt. Gox Bitcoin Exchange to File for Bankruptcy Protection[…]
According to the media one of Bitcoins exchanges got hacked so badly they had to go off air as a result. Which is quite shocking when you think about, one act of hacking took down a whole monetary exchange system… For those of you wondering what on Earth Bitcoin is – it’s a purely virtual Read more about Is Bitcoin finally busted??[…]