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Liberal Win – Election 2013 – What does it mean for Start-ups, Commercialisation and Higher Education?
It’s Sunday morning and Tony Abbott has just got off his bike after a long ride on the
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10 Ways to Kickstart your Start-up – Part 2 – Pick up the Phone and Cold Call
This is a 10 part series on Kick-starting your Start-up. Part 1 Mail Drops is here Cold Calling
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10 Ways to kickstart your Start-up – Part 1 Mail Drops
Recently I have mentored a number of startup entrepreneurs from a very wide range of backgrounds and types
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UNSW Commercialisation Manager launches Kickstarter Campaign
Sydney based Steve Brodie normally spends his days commercialising scientific research and inventions from professors an…
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Connect2Field acquired by UK public company Fleetmatics
Melbourne based Connect2Field has been acquired by Fleetmatics PLC. Connect2Field was founded by CEO Steve Orenstein in …
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Lean Startup Tools and Processes Im using
Over the last few weeks I have launched a prototyping project, its high profile, technically difficult, experimental and
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The week’s most interesting Tech Stories
Nasa puts Saturn Launchers up for sale NASA has decided to put the historic Saturn Rocket Launchers up
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Pocketbook releases new tax summary feature, saves taxpayers 1000s of hours screwing around
Pocketbook really appears to be making massive progress, maybe the 10 or so VCs in Australia with a
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Handpresso AUTO – I want one
I love coffee, I am a coffee nazi, for many years I searched for the ideal coffee beans,
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µRuler – Sydney based crowdfunded PCB Ruler oversubscribed 1100% on Pozible.com
Sydney based Dave Jones the editor of Electronics Engineering Video Blog http://www.eevblog.com/ has an awesome crowdfun…
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Way to go guys – Learnable.com gives Australian Students 10,000 free places worth $10 million
Learnable the programming focused MOOC has launched their election campaign with a bang doing what no politician
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Entries are open for the UNSW Sydney Seed Fund Pitch Session
NewSouth Innovations the commercial arm of UNSW has teamed up with the Sydney Seed Fund to run a
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The Martin Jetpack – The Jetsons are alive and flying in New Zealand
New Zealand is not normally known for its advanced aviation industry, however super hero Glenn Martin has managed
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Sunswift unveils sexy new Solar Powered Race Car
Sunswift the University of NSW Solar Car team has unveiled their new entry for the 2013 World Solar Challenge being
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Openlearning.com founder Professor Richard Buckland wins national teaching award
Associate Professor Buckland has been named the 2013 Australian ICT Educator of the Year by the iAwards – a national
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University of Sydney Researchers build iPhone App that detects heart conditions that lead to stroke
A team from the University of Sydney has created a special iPhone case and app that can be used
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▶ Geoffrey Moore – Video – Crossing the Chasm – Must watch for new B2B high tech companies
Early in my career I spent 5 years at Hewlett-Packard selling and marketing new high tech products back
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Australian firm Bluedot invents new Location Technology – GPS accuracy with very low power
GPS, Maps and location based services are great but with one big drawn back, they absolutely drain batteries.
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Bill Bartee from Southern Cross Ventures & BlackbirdVC @Sydney University
Update if you missed this event please find Bills Venture Capital Investing Presentation “Beethoven Wallops Island and B…
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Kite Mosquito Patch Project crowdfunded on Indigogo – confuses Mosquitos and disguises humans
Arguably Mosquitos have had the greatest negative effect on human life of anything in the world, Malaria