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Believe in your ideas and go harder: Opvia's takeaways from Open House 2021
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Believe in your ideas and go harder: Opvia's takeaways from Open House 2021

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Matt Hollis

August 15, 2025

Opvia Co-Founder and CEO Matt Hollis reflects on his Open House experience.
Australia is accelerating on Employee Share Schemes… but we’re still playing catch-up
Startups 101
Australia is accelerating on Employee Share Schemes… but we’re still playing catch-up

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Matthew Tracey

August 15, 2025

Employee Share Schemes are commonplace in the startup world... but Australia's ESS approach has typically lagged on the global stage.
Athletes and founders are a perfect match, says Matt de Boer
First Believers
Athletes and founders are a perfect match, says Matt de Boer

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Christie Jenkins

August 15, 2025

“Athletic Ventures has been helpful in having something else I can identify with,” Matt de Boer tells Christie Jenkins.
Astrix Astronautics: The Kiwi startup sending scalable solar power solutions into space
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Astrix Astronautics: The Kiwi startup sending scalable solar power solutions into space

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Stephanie Palmer-Derrien

August 15, 2025

‍For a long time, humans’ relationship to space has been characterised by NASA astronauts, high-tension countdowns and once-in-a-lifetime, billion-dollar missions.‍That’s ‘old space’, say Astrix Astronautics founders Max Daniels and Will Hunter.
Book review: Ask Your Developer
Startmate Collective
Book review: Ask Your Developer

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Rochelle Ritchie

August 15, 2025

Many of the insights shared in Ask Your Developer are relevant to a budding marketer wanting to supercharge a tech business.
Adore Beauty, Linktree and Mr Yum: Why customer centricity gives startups a competitive advantage
First Believers
Adore Beauty, Linktree and Mr Yum: Why customer centricity gives startups a competitive advantage

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Raveen Kuhadas

August 15, 2025

Customer centricity means putting the customer at the centre of everything a business does. It involves building a deep understanding and empathy with a select group of customers, promoting customer loyalty.
Inside Aquila's mission to power a limitless future for humanity
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Inside Aquila's mission to power a limitless future for humanity

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Will Richards

August 15, 2025

Billy Jeremijenko and Nelson Smith want to create an entirely renewable and global energy system. Take a moment and think about that.
AI-powered ultrasound: BioticsAI is tackling misdiagnosis of unborn babies
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AI-powered ultrasound: BioticsAI is tackling misdiagnosis of unborn babies

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Stephanie Palmer-Derrien

August 15, 2025

‍As co-founder Robhy Bustami puts it, BioticsAI sits at “the intersection where humanity and technology meet”. ‍Specifically, it integrates artificial intelligence with ultrasound imaging tech, to help detect and diagnose foetal abnormalities in unborn babies.‍
Arming the rebels: How Storipress is changing the face of publishing
Accelerator
Arming the rebels: How Storipress is changing the face of publishing

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Will Richards

August 15, 2025

Alex Pan and the Storipress founding team are on a mission to build the future of culture.
A magical moment. How LUMOS created a category-defining tech platform
Accelerator
A magical moment. How LUMOS created a category-defining tech platform

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August 15, 2025

‍The first rule of business is to find a big hairy problem in need of a grand solution, so when Eric Fan and his team discovered a way to solve a challenge that plagued virtually every marketing manager on the planet, they knew they were onto something epic. ‍
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