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News and interviews on Atlassian including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Australian export winners are also leading job creatorsTuesday, 07 December 2010
Why always talk about exports, exports and exports? Because they mean jobs, job, jobs. Australia has one of the strongest economies in the OECD, in terms of job creation – and our commitment to trade liberalisation has been a key factor in this success. ...
Online payment group OzForex gets $70 million investment from US group
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
American investment group Accel Partners has made its second Australian investment within five months, buying into an online exchange payments group OzForex, the companies announced overnight. ...
What are your authentic core values?
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Core values are something that every organisation needs but it can be hard to get past the usual suspects that seem to populate just about every corporate values set. You know them well - integrity; trust; teamwork; innovation; honesty; quality; and on and ...
Australia’s next billionaires?
Monday, 04 October 2010
They're young, they're technology-focused and they're global – and they could be Australia's first technology billionaires. ...
Tech stars dominate Young Rich list, as Nathan Tinkler grabs top spot
Thursday, 30 September 2010
A group of young technology entrepreneurs that includes the founders of software-as-a-service pioneers Atlassaian and Aconex, a leading iPhone app developer and two telco company founders, have emerged as the new face of BRW's Young Rich. ...
How Gap made $11 million from a social media coupon campaign in one day – and what you can learn
Friday, 27 August 2010
The retail sector may be keeping an eye on Gap with its Australian store just two days old, but the denim giant is turning heads overseas by managing to record $US11 million in sales in one day from a viral coupon offer through collective selling site Groupon. ...
Tech veterans set up new StartMate fund to help Australian tech start ups
Friday, 20 August 2010
A group of Australian tech entrepreneurs are starting a new early-level investment fund for local tech businesses, with successful applicants to win the chance to pitch their ideas to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. ...
Atlassian founders hope $US60 million payment from original Facebook investors will promote investment in Australian IT
Thursday, 15 July 2010
The co-founder of Australian software group Atlassian, which just received $US60 million from original Facebook investors Accel Partners, hopes the investment will attract other investors to the "anaemic" venture capital market in Australia. ...
Why your company needs core values
Thursday, 24 June 2010
The very phrase “company values” is enough to make some business owners – and many employees - groan and roll their eyes. For many businesses, corporate value statements are little more than vague motherhood statements that sound nice but bear little relation ...
Low cost ways to keep staff
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
The $US188 billion retailer Wal-Mart's latest strategy to build a smarter workforce is to offer its employees affordable online college degrees. If a staffer's performance evaluation is good and they have been with the company full-time for a year, or three ...
The digital dozen
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Australia's landscape of web start ups is littered with the broken dreams of entrepreneurs and smells of burned investor cash. ...
How to poach your competitors’ best staff
Thursday, 11 February 2010
The aftermath of the global financial crisis has left employees under-appreciated, frustrated and ready to move on. Recruitment companies and forecasters predict a mass exodus of workers over the next few months as declining unemployment gives them confidence ...
How I boosted job applications using social media
Friday, 22 January 2010
Software development company Atlassian boosted the number of applicants for its open positions in 17 weeks by 350% using social networking, and its HR manager, Joris Luijke, says SMEs can do the same. ...
Am I being stalked?
Friday, 02 October 2009
I'm not sure what the definition of stalking is but someone is watching my every move and it is disconcerting. ...
Smart entrepreneurs dominate the new rich
Thursday, 24 September 2009
The business builder is back, reveals this year's BRW Young Rich. The list of 100 Richest under 40 is dominated by smart young people who have started and built solid businesses, mainly in technology, property, retail and financial services. "There is certainly ...
SmartCompany Awards 2008
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Congratulations to the winners of the SmartCompany awards for 2008 The SmartCompany Awards 2008 night on September 12 was a spectacular event at NAB in Melbourne. The winners, who came from a diverse range of industries and locations, shared in almost ...
Robert Castaneda
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Age: 29 Company: CustomWare Sector: Information technology Robert Castaneda started CustomWare in July 2001, just before he left university. Eight years later the company has over 70 staff, offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Wellington ...
Smart50 2008
Wednesday, 04 March 2009
Congratulations to the winners of the SmartCompany awards for 2008 The SmartCompany Awards 2008 night on September 12 was a spectacular event at NAB in Melbourne. The winners, who came from a diverse range of industries and locations, ...
Atlassian Software Systems
Wednesday, 04 March 2009
Winner: SmartCompany 2007 Award for Millionaire Entrepreneur SmartCompany50 rank: 5 Revenue: $22.5 million Growth: 117% Founders: Mike Cannon-Brookes, 27 Scott Farquhar, 27 Based: Sydney Employees: 100 Industry: Information technology Website: www.atlassian.com ...
Atlassian
Tuesday, 03 March 2009
Smart50 rank: 17 Revenue: $35.50 million Growth: 74.50% Founders: Mike Cannon-Brookes, 28; Scott Farquhar, 28 Based: New South Wales Employees: 110 Industry: Information technology Website: www.atlassian.com Winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers Top ...
