Startups

Bitcoin isn’t a boy’s club, women just aren’t getting involved

Chantelle de la Rey

10 April 2019

In the same way boys have their toys and girls value their relationships more (in general), males have tended to get their hands dirty with Bitcoin first.

The future of work: Why every prediction you read is wrong

Jon Williams

9 April 2019

While machine learning and artificial intelligence will make a difference to which jobs survive, two other factors will have a bigger impact.

Farming must change its image and embrace technology, city life and millennials

Chris Morrison

9 April 2019

So why do we need to encourage young people into agriculture and farming? It’s simple: not enough people are taking up careers in agriculture.

The government has abandoned Australian startups and left innovation for dead

Dominic Powell

4 April 2019

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when the coalition government abandoned Australian startups, but this isn't the first time, and it won't be the last.

What skill shortage? Why Aussie startups should invest in university talent

Dean Nathanson

3 April 2019

Startups need to invest in university graduates and build them into the next generation of hackers, hustlers and hipsters.

The future of work is a race between education and technology, and one’s not keeping up

Jack Hylands

2 April 2019

In the context of the future of work, the question ‘will robots take our jobs?’ has become so ubiquitous it has spawned its own website.

Businesses are killing April Fool’s Day

Matthew Elmas

1 April 2019

In their attempts to become the next viral hit, marketing departments have tainted the spirit of April Fool's Day, ruining the holiday for everyone else.

Robot revenge: Be careful how you treat AI, because it might fight back in the future

The Conversation

15 March 2019

What if we make AI so good at being human that our treatment of it can cause it to suffer? It might feel entitled to take revenge on us.

Why Up’s transgender controversy shows there can be no separation between founders and their companies

Joan Westenberg

6 March 2019

"I think we all have to ask what standards we walk past when it comes to founders behaviour and viewpoints," writes Joan Westenberg.

Why startups should stop using the term ‘non-technical founder’

Gaby Howard

27 February 2019

Product founder, team founder, commercial founder, sales founder — there will always be a more accurate term for someone than a non-technical founder.