Throughout history, war has been irrevocably changed by the advent of new technologies. War historians have identified several technological revolutions. The first was the invention of gunpowder by people in ancient China. It gave us muskets, rifles, machine guns and eventually all sorts of explosives. It’s uncontroversial to say that [...]
There are noodles of benefits to having a diverse workforce, but, as inBeta founder James Nash points out, you can’t simply take your homogeneous workforce, add diversity, agitate, and hope for the best. Often something subtle stands in the way of diversity in startups: companies depend on employee referrals in [...]
Early-stage investment firm Antler Australia recently backed a new cohort of startups as part of its ongoing program to build great local tech companies. Startup Daily shares the details of each venture in the “Antler Investor Memos” series, which is designed to give you a quick, incisive insight into the [...]
australiabusinessblog.com disrupts 2023 takes place September 19–21 in San Francisco and — if you don’t already know — it’s the big tent of the startup world. It attracts founders, investors, CEOs, tech professionals, scientists, policy makers, researchers and entrepreneurs. Here you will find inspiration, gain knowledge, forge new relationships and [...]
The Wall Street Journal went under the hood of the lab-grown meat industry, also known as cultured or cell-grown meat, and the struggles within it. The Journal specifically took a look at what’s going on at UPSIDE Foods, which received a blessing from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding [...]
Social media can be a great tool for startups to gain visibility and a following with investors and clients, but coming up with a winning strategy may seem like a daunting task. Each platform prescribes a different strategy and has its own guidelines. More importantly, each attracts a specific audience [...]
Identity management used to mean making sure you had your driver’s license when you left home, but it’s not that simple these days: identity is the fundamental foundation for how we interact with the digital world, and identity services can take many forms (and unfortunately, can abuse). I’m excited to [...]
Wwelcome to the australiabusinessblog.com Exchange, a weekly newsletter for startups and markets. It is inspired by the daily australiabusinessblog.com+ column from which it takes its name. Do you want it in your inbox every Saturday? Register here. Generative AI is not just about creative endeavors and parlor tricks. Both investors [...]
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced look at this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. Subscribe to receive it in your inbox here. Tech’s guiding principles aren’t that hard to come by these days: discipline, focus, and money conservation. But I’ve always found [...]
This article is part of a series on big ideas for the University Agreement. The federal government is calling for ideas to “reshape and reinvent higher education, setting it up for the next decade and beyond”. An assessment team must complete a draft report in June and a final report [...]