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Startup Dunedin Challenger Series Finalists will Celebrate their Progress at the Final Pitch Night
Startup Dunedin, Deloitte, Gallaway Cook Allan, Grow Dunedin Partnership and Enterprise Dunedin launched the Challenger Series earlier this year to unearth and support Dunedin’s best startups. After vetting 71 “extremely high-quality” applicants, three startups were selected to continue in the pilot of the Challenger Series. This Tuesday, Paper Not Foil, The Pet Bistro and Elixir… Read more »
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The Chinese Mantras that Changed the Way Chinese do Business
We need to talk about China… More than fifty years ago, China was a war-torn economy, emerging from one of the most tumultuous periods in its history. Today, China is the world’s fastest developing nation, growing at rates and over the last 30 years, only second to the US as an economic superpower. China’s GDP has… Read more »
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How a Melbourne-based AI startup took the Australian retail world by storm in just 18 months
When asked about Kepler Analytics, a Melbourne AI startup, Godfrey’s CEO was quoted saying “If you’re a retailer and you don’t roll out Kepler, you’re ****ing stupid.” “That’s the real reason why Kepler’s customer base has grown to 2,000+ stores in just 18 months since a commercial launch - our customers are fanatical about what… Read more »
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Tips for Startups and SMEs on Social Media from the Mountains of New Zealand
Located in Lake Tekapo, New Zealand, Altitude Media is a team of creatives and marketers obsessed with delivering value and helping people grow their businesses online and on the ground. Wanting to do something different, the team decided to build a marketing agency in the mountains of Aotearoa. Last week Altitude Media held a seminar in… Read more »
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The Best 5 ways Companies can Boost Employee Engagement with Video.
The following is a guest post written by Tim Moylan, CTO and Co-founder of Video tech startup, Shootsta. The two biggest challenges facing HR this year are employee engagement (41%) and retention (35%). It’s not hard to see why, when some companies value profit over people. Low employee engagement often results from employees not feeling valued,… Read more »
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National Agtech Startup Competition to be held in Queensland - Apply Now!
A national Agtech startup competition is being held in Queensland in November to crown the ‘Agripreneur of the Year’, with the winner moving on to compete on a global stage… The Future Agro Challenge Australia (FAC) is holding an agtech startup competition at the end of this year for applicants who are seeking to build and represent Australia in a global… Read more »
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Kiwi Dev Achieves Bitcoin Transaction without using the Web or Power-grid
It might be possible one day to achieve Bitcoin transactions from literally anywhere in the world, with no internet connection and no electricity. Off-grid cryptocurrency transaction seems to be becoming a reality as yet another developer has managed to send Bitcoin without a data connection, using only low-cost consumer grade hardware. An ingenious developer from New Zealand… Read more »
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Blockchain Hub set to launch in Melbourne by the NEM.io Foundation
The NEM.io Foundation has set its sights on expanding Australia’s thriving blockchain ecosystem by launching a new blockchain hub in Melbourne. The new hub in Melbourne will serve as a central location for blockchain innovation where dedicated NEM representatives will be present to engage with both the public and members of the community to help… Read more »
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Amazon accidentally made an A.I Recruitment Tool that Didn’t like Women
E-commerce giant Amazon reportedly had to scrap an A.I recruitment tool because it was biased against female candidates. According to a report from Reuters, Amazon started building the platform in 2014, to help speed up the recruitment process by making it automated and more efficient. It rated resumes out of five, automatically ranking candidates in terms… Read more »
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How to Change your Marketing Strategies to Resonate on a Global Scale.
How Marketing Strategies has to Change for Globalisation Over the past decade, the world has changed dramatically and along with its marketing strategies. Globalisation by no means is a new phenomenon and some may argue that the Mongols in Asia were responsible for international trade and influence. Others believe the World Wars drew the globe… Read more »
