Startup Advice
Fast-track your startup: How to know exactly who to hire, and when
Most founders know that surrounding themselves with the right people sets a business up for future success. Whether that involves finding a …
How to write the perfect value proposition
The famous 10,000-hour rule explains that mastering a skill means practising it for 10,000 hours. According to this theory, there is no such…
Four signs your business is vulnerable to disruption
A competitive market forces businesses to constantly keep improving, so they can be better today than they were yesterday, and be better tha…
How small brands can take down a Goliath
In the biblical story of David versus Goliath, David the shepherd takes down the mighty giant warrior Goliath with a single sling of a stone…
Want a gender-diverse workforce? Scrap tokenistic quotas and hiring bias
The number of women in managerial positions has increased by 4.4% over the last five years, putting the progression of women into management…
Just how minimum should an MVP be?
Launching a startup with an MVP, or minimum viable product, has its origins in Eric Ries’ book The Lean Startup.
Some critics now sa…
“It terrified me”: Why Tessa Court believes the biggest threat to scale-ups is mediocrity
According to IntelligenceBank founder Tessa Court, the biggest threat facing Aussie scale-ups isn’t a lack of funding or a shallow talent …
Startups with ESIC status offer investors attractive tax offsets. Here’s what you need to know
As end of financial year draws closer, I am getting a lot of queries from startups about ESIC status.
And for good reason. ESIC stands f…
How to assemble a board of directors that will make, not break, your startup
We all know that from a legal and regulatory perspective, companies are technically required to have a board of directors. But ask any start…
“Look a little harder”: Aussie founder calls on men to end gendered mentoring and close the women-in-leadership gap
It’s up to men in leadership positions at startups and tech companies to champion the women on their teams — and do it properly — if t…
