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The gig economy is an economic environment where businesses hire independent contractors for short-term engagements and those contractors maintain mutable employers at ounce to build a full-time roster of work. This can also be referred to as ‘freelance’ work. With the established trend of digitisation,...
These movies for entrepreneurs are inspiring, motivating, and even cautionary. See which ones light a fire in you -- and which ones comes as a surprise.
Amazons first checkout free store opened this week. The store in Seattle known as ‘Amazon Go’ (how original) uses an array of cameras and sensors around the store to track shoppers movements and what items they remove from the store. The customer can then simply...
Each year SplashData compiles their list of the most popular passwords based on the millions of stolen logins made public during the year. The top few choices are no surprise again this year including: ‘password’ and ‘123456’. But there are a few new additions this...
With no venture capital or outside funding–just $5,000 invested by each founder, Peter Rahal and his partner Jared Smith just sold their protein bar company to Kellogg’s for $600 million. Here are six things you can learn from their success. You don’t need investors...
At the recent ‘Women in Security’ panel at the first McAfee Asia Pacific MPOWER Cyber Security Summit in Sydney, leading women in security spoke about their role in big cyber security operations. Director of Cyber Resilience Initiatives ACS, Jill Slay, said that the cyber security...
Pick a product or service to promote Julian O’hayon When using video advertising to grow your business, choose one product or service you offer to promote. Keep focused on this one product or service throughout the video production process. Your video ads should aim to...
Hard to Spell or Pronounce When trying to stand out in a crowded marketplace, many turn to interesting or different spellings but this can end up being difficult for customers to spell, pronounce or even hear. This is one of the worst things a name...
CB Insights has recently published a list of the top 20 reasons startups fail. The list was compiled from 101 post-mortem reports on failed startups. They discovered that most of the time there is more than one issue to blame for the failure of a...
Defense. Although the military have been using drones for over ten years (e.g. The Predator drone) the possibility of smaller portable drones is being more likely. The development of these technologies is expected to grow exponentially as many nations recognize the possibilities of...
Entrepreneur has in some ways become a buzzword to sell franchises and pyramid schemes. But in actual fact, entrepreneurs are a hardworking, dedicated group of people looking to take risks for their slice of the proverbial pie. This is by no means an exhaustive lists so...
The Australian Taxation Office app now has a feature that allows you to compare your business finances with over 1.4 million other Australian businesses in over 100 industries to see how you stack up. If you are within the benchmarks you can see areas you...
Starting your first company can be an incredibly daunting undertaking. In the first weeks, months and years you will have to experience parts of business you may never have foreseen. This is by no means an exhaustive list, if you have another example of...
A new tool has been released by the ABC using data from research house AlphaBeta. The tool allows you to search a particular job title and see what percentage of that job an AI process could replace. It wasn’t as easy as you would think...
We’ve all thought to ourselves “You know what would be really cool? An app that’s like Uber but instead of taxis its… but I can’t build a website, let along an app! I have no coding or Tech experience at all.” Well, you’re not alone....
These hacks won’t help you slice cherry tomatoes or reheat crispy pizza in the microwave but if its business growth you’re looking for these will certainly do the trick. Using these strategies you can boost the growth of your business into the stratosphere, and you...
The sharing economy is changing the way we use everything. We get all the benefits without the overheads. Why own a car and pay to maintain, clean and store it when you’re not using it when you only need it for 2 days a week?...
Insurance Driverless cars are set to make road travel much safer, some saying up to 90%. While this might save money on payouts, in the end, it will lower the demand for insurance considerably. In anticipation for this trend, some insurance companies are shifting to...
To be a successful start-up, you don’t need a boat load of Venture Capital. Solve a real problem customers face and you can charge real money for it. One of the best sources of capital is sales, and this way you learn what your consumers...
Workplace bullying is often associated with large corporations where conflict flies under the radar until a claim is made. Conflict and bullying in partnerships and startups is more obvious. Startups experience conflict more often than not, and in some cases, conflict can turn into bullying....
California based software developer Geli has received $850,000 from the Victorian government to create a new energy monitoring and control system that will be utilised by 1000 Victorian homes. This is part of the second round of funding from the New Energy Jobs Fund. ...
One of those questions that looms over you when starting something new. How can I guarantee success? What elements should I focus my efforts on to be the best I can be? Bill Gross is the founder of the first US-based startup accelerator, IdeaLab....
Top 5 Legal Mistakes Startups Make Starting a small business isn’t always easy but what is easy is making the wrong decisions at the early stages that can cost you dearly in the future. These are a few easy mistakes to be aware of that...
It has become apparent that Australia is the worst at paying invoices in the world. According to Market Invoice’s recent study into invoice payments around the world. Australia is the worst at making on time payments of all 19 countries surveyed. The data came from...
In 2016, Chinese investment in Australia was an incredible $15.4 billion (AUD). This is the highest rate of investment since the global financial crisis back in 2008. A recent report from KPMG and the University of Sydney’s China Studies Centre has shown how Chinese investment...
Paytm is an Indian based payment application with over 200 million users. One of the many tech based unicorns (a startup valued at over $1 billion) to come out of the smartphone revelation. The real driving force behind their growth is how quickly they can...
Co-working spaces have revolutionized the office space arena. It makes perfect sense. When your home office is getting a bit cramped but you’re not quite ready for your own space, co-working can offer everything you need without exorbitant rental costs.
An existing business can be easily rejuvenated by a sprinkle of new technology. Technology can help almost every aspect of your operation. There are faster and easier ways to do what you do every day that can save time and energy.
SBS has put out a casting call for participants in a new ‘business experiment’. They are looking for entrepreneurs who have struggled to gain or sustain employment and have a great businesses idea. From the application, it seems as though this will be a ‘Master...
Data recently released by The Australian Bureau of Statistics suggests that small businesses in Australia are multiplying more than medium and large sized businesses. For anyone thinking about a business endeavour in the near future, this information could be extremely insightful and possibly assist a...
It is well known that most older people, including those with a disability or chronic illness, desire independent living arrangements and want to remaining living in their own homes for as long as possible with support as required, rather than moving to a residential facility....
Cookies are tiny bits of text stored on your PC by your web browser. They contain information that the web site needs to keep track of you from one request to the next. Once the web site has asked your browser to set the cookie,...
Many people use PCs and Laptops, but few know how they work. A little basic computer knowledge helps people keep it in top working condition. Knowing a little something about hard drives can be helpful. Data Storage The hard drive is your computer’s data storage...
Have you ever missed a TV episode or favoured show. Don’t worry, you can watch it on Catch Up TV. You can download it to watch on your computer, iPad, Smart Tablet or Smart TV. The five major free-to-air channels has their own websites and...
I have low vision and am not at all tech savvy. I only use a computer for word processing, and only with a super large cursor and preferably high vision keyboard. I find websites physically hard to see and challenging to navigate. My main device...
Appiness is a world of information at my fingertips. The Aus Weather (iPad/iPhone) and Aus Weather (Android) app provides comprehensive coverage of climate conditions in my suburb and throughout Australia. The rainfall app has a big radar screen showing where the rain is coming from...
Online shopping can be frustrating. Take the time I wanted to buy a sheet set I saw advertised in the paper by a Manchester retailer. I called up the website and took time finding the required item. Even longer discovering where to locate the size...
They are a great idea for the business and the customer. People appreciate the idea of being rewarded for their ongoing patronage. Some businesses have cards that are stamped and while this is easy for both parties I know so many people who loose the...
You park your car. You wonder about trying to find things to do in that area. You get hungry and need an ATM. After eating and drinking, you explore further and find you need the bathroom urgently. Then you try to find your car but...
Summer is here and the holiday season is rapidly approaching. To me, nothing is quite so beautiful as warm weather, Christmas decorations, cherries and stone fruits. For many people is it a time for family and gift giving. More than ever we are able to...
As we move more and more into an online world, many companies are deciding to charge people a fee when they phone to make or change bookings. The airlines are well known for this and the fees vary from $35 to $60 per person. We...
To help you get the most out of Google: Search within a specific site If you know that you want your answer to come from within a specific website, or specific type of website (e.g. .org, .edu), you can precede your query with “site:” followed...
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