Digital nations: An actual use case for the Metaverse? As the oceans rise and threaten to engulf the low-lying island nation of Tuvalu, its people have come up with an innovative... byLeisel GrimesMarch 15, 2023
No more knocking down: Is discounting dead? Sales used to be functional. A natural go-to when stock really wasn’t selling. Now, it seems like everything’s (robot voice)... byLeisel GrimesMarch 15, 2023
Warfare or fair play? Why it’s a good time to talk about competitor marketing In the current landscape, “unethical” is a very loaded word. You might hear it in reference to open-pit mining, selling data,... bySamMarch 14, 2023
Another one bytes the dust: The difficult shift from digital to physical products Google generates $200 billion a year. It also crashes out of new product launches spectacularly and regularly. When both of... byLeisel GrimesMarch 15, 2023
Big Picture Entrepreneurial ennui part 2: Is our housing market Australia’s greatest failure? We’re seeing some much-welcome unrest in Australia’s property market. Could this be the day millennials - rapidly approaching... 5 minute read
Big Picture Entrepreneurial ennui part 1: Do Australians actually want to be entrepreneurs? Australia has had another shocker in global entrepreneurial rankings. The question is, are our entrepreneurial minds too busy... 4 minute read
Big Picture Forget unicorns, where are the phoenixes? How your startup can succeed during a recession Among the mythical beasts of the startup world, unicorns are getting kind of boring and decacorns are becoming obscene. It’s... 6 minute read
Big Picture When unicorns become war horses: The layoff bloodbath The markets are underperforming, inflation is rising, a recession is rumoured, and now workers are becoming the first... 6 minute read
Big Picture Dark waters for the economy: Black Swans have landed Don’t you hate it when whispers become warnings? Several leading VC firms have now published their grave concerns about the... 10 minute read
Big Picture Knowledge commercialisation: from the brains of boffins to the hands of the consumer Translating scientific knowledge into working technologies is one of the most difficult and impactful challenges humanity... 6 minute read
Big Picture Brisbane vs the Big Apple: what do American startups have that Aussies don’t? Start a conversation about the differences between Australia and America and we could talk for days. But on the global startup... 5 minute read
Big Picture Self-made or silver spoon? What makes a founder The backgrounds of the West’s most successful founders makes for depressing reading. It seems like everyone from mining... 4 minute read
Big Picture Curbing Wall Street’s unrealistic expectations The market mantra of the past two decades has been “growth at all costs”. That isn’t working anymore. But even the “too big to... 5 minute read
Big Picture Grow up: Ageism in the Ecosystem Picture the offices of a startup. What do you see? Astroturf on the floor, standing desks, a pool table in the corner? What... 5 minute read