Renewable energy and crowdfunding: these two modern concepts are also the main product and the way in which DC Power Co kicked off a campaign to make solar energy more accessible to millions of households across Australia. In this episode of our ‘A Place for Business’ web series, we had a great chat with Nic Frances Gilly and Liz Greenbank about their story and their take on social entrepreneurship.
As an entrepreneur, Raphael Bender believes that marketing holds the key to success; when you understand who is your target audience and what they struggle with, you will be able to come up with an assertive solution to solve it. No wonder that nowadays Breathe Education is established as not only a reliable education centre for pilates enthusiasts, but also for providing this qualification online.
Jeff Downs, Redback Connect’s CEO, started as an entrepreneur because, in his own words, he just couldn’t stand being told what to do. From owning a small chain of grocery stores to working with sales and becoming an entrepreneur, he learned fairly quickly that business is more about the experience than the product itself.
It’s 2020 and Airwallex achieved the coveted ‘Unicorn’ status last year. But before becoming a multi-billion dollar cross-border financial startup, they started as a coffee shop.
Edsmart was founded in 2015 by Fiona Boyd and David Eedle, who grew tired of filling out endless school paperwork for their three children. In our latest episode for ‘A Place for Business’ web series, we had a lovely chat with Fiona, who not only is an entrepreneur, but is also an author and broadcaster.
What do you really know about the business relationships that China has with the world? In a moment that every country is fighting the pandemic we spoke to Jose Ricardo told us a bit more and how we can take advantage at this moment.
We are very excited with the first episode of our web series and we could not get started with another person than our President Carlos Ferri, who is also the Founder and CEO of Zapala Tech.
Handy Desk started as a creative solution to a problem that many parents faced overnight in early March: the need for a space for kids who were now virtually attending class. Instead of going for affordable-but-low-quality desks, Jonathan Lawson decided to go for a sustainable and stylish whilst still affordable solution. A few days later (literally), Handy Desk was born.
SpeeDx is a company specialised in molecular diagnostic solutions, providing simple detection for infectious diseases so patients can be treated better and more efficiently. Their technology enables clinicians to accurately diagnose contagious diseases, providing answers to the best anti-biotic to be used for each case, avoiding failed treatments from the start.
Thermal sensors have many applications, from security and transport to fire safety. However, they have always been perceived as an expensive technology and, as a consequence, something out of the realm of consumer level devices. In this episode of our ‘Leaders of Tomorrow’ web series, we had a chat with Matt Horgan, Business Development Manager at Calumino, who shared with us how they are working hard to change the way these devices are manufactured so production cost can decrease and final cost of device can be more accessible.
It’s 2020 and we are currently living through unprecedented times. People and economies around the world are struggling and money is drastically losing value. However, there is one solution that has proven over and over again to be the safest form of investment: gold. And it’s this precious metal that is the main product of
Bouncing ideas about the greatest next thing in 3d printing would be the starting point for ME3D. A few years later, using their knowledge in 3d printing would deliver over 1,000 protective equipments under 48 hours to hospitals in need.