Startup Spring returns in September
[1] Australia’s peak start-up body StartupAUS has confirmed the return of Startup Spring – a three-week nationwide festival that aims to encourage more Australians to get excited about technol...
New push for entrepreneurship visa
[1] After the newly reformed employee share option scheme, StartupAUS is now eyeing for other policy measures that will help build up Australia’s startup ecosystem. [2] StartupAUS chief executiv...
Tech-friendly Queensland budget lauded
[1] The Queensland budget has been lauded by start-ups and the Australian Computer Society, which praised the renewed commitment to coding in schools and a new Startup Queensland program. [2] The gove...
First CEO of StartupAUS wants to put startups and entrepreneurs on the national agenda
[1] StartupAus’ new chief executive officer Peter Bradd confirmed that he will focus on advocating entrepreneurship to help boost the Australian economy. [2] Furthermore, Bradd expressed his int...
StartupAUS gets first CEO Peter Bradd
[1] Fishburners’ founding director Peter Bradd has become the first CEO of the Peak Australian start-up body StartupAUS. [2 Mr. Bradd is also the co-founder of postcard start-up ScribblePics, and wi...
3 things Australia can do to create an innovation economy
[1] Australia is known to many as “The Lucky Country” but to stay lucky and economically prosperous, the nation has to focus on starting innovative companies. [2] To do so, Australia needs...
Pleas to boost local start-ups fall on deaf ears
[1] The Australian government has been heavily criticized for delaying in creating a viable environment for technology start-ups to flourish [2] This comes from the Crossroads 2015 report released ahe...
Salesforce partners with StartupAUS to foster local growth
Australian Information Technology News [1] StartupAUS is collaborating with Salesforce to help improve Australia’s startup ecosystem. [2] Through the companies’ new collaboration, local ...
StartupAUS starts search for full-time CEO
[1] StartupAUS has decided to seek a new CEO. [2] Apart from hiring a new CEO, the group will also be distributing their Crossroads 2015 report which offers an overview of Australia’s startup e...
Pressure on coding in schools
[1] The Australian Computer Society and StartupAus have urged the government to back calls to make coding and computational thinking Australian mandatory from year 9. [2] They called for review of th...