Aussie GoFundMe donations up 30% for 2020, with $2 million raised for small businesses The COVID-19 crisis has seen more than $2 million donated through GoFundMe campaigns in 2020 to help small businesses cover their overheads.
Beekeepers, dairy farms and fruit producers could be next in line for Chinese tariffs Small businesses in the honey, fruit and dairy industries could be the next to face disruption in the face of Chinese export tariffs.
This 15-year-old scientist and social entrepreneur is Time Magazine’s first ever Kid of the Year, and she’s giving us hope Gitanjali Rao is a scientist and an inventor, using tech to correct the wrongs of the world. She’s also Time Magazine’s first Kid of the Year.
Meet the women-led startups that secured Boosting Female Founders funding, and their share of $12 million The federal government has dished out $12 million in grant funding to women-led businesses, through its Boosting Female Founders Initiative.
HealthMatch bags $18 million as COVID-19 shines a light on the need for tech in clinical trials Clinical trials platform HealthMatch has secured $18 million, following a year that’s seen its customer base increase tenfold.
Controversial no-surcharge rule for BNPL players is here to stay — for now ‘No-surcharge’ rules for buy-now-pay-later players are “unlikely” to be scrapped anytime soon, RBA governor Philip Lowe has said.
Layoffs, re-hires and 200% revenue growth: Shippit tops off a tough year by raising $30 million Shippit has raised $30 million in Series B funding, topping off a year of everything from lay-offs to re-hiring, to triple-digit growth.
A four-way win: Why newly listed Booktopia gifted $1,000 of shares to 250 employees, amid $43 million float When Booktopia listed last week, more than 250 employees received shares. For founder Tony Nash, that's how to build a sustainable business.
Paralympian Dylan Alcott is hiring people with disabilities to run his new food-delivery startup — and you should be taking notes Dylan Alcott has launched a fresh-meal-delivery startup tailored to people with disabilities, but he’s also moving the needle on employment.
“It smacks of lack of controls”: What can SMEs learn from the Freedom Foods debacle and the role of directors? The Freedom Foods furore opens up questions around the roles of the directors. Is there anything small businesses and startups can learn?
