The WTF...err...WFH Issue
We can hear the faint yet persistent voice of years past requiring their employees come back to the office….or else.
“The genuine opportunity for partnership was something that attracted us to EY Foundry and we look forward to gaining access to industry skills and networks while sharing insights from our journey and experience as a tech startup. We believe our AI platform is very scalable and feel the size and scale of EY will be able to assist us with our growth ambitions.”
- Danielle Owen Whitford, CEO and Founder of Pioneera
“I'm definitely not thinking of the next funding round or exit or initial public offering or anything like that. It's not what gets me out of bed. The reason we took funding was to ensure we could grow and make a bigger impact on the world. I still don't think I’m at 1% of what Deputy could be, so the journey continues.”
- Ashik Ahmed, founder and CEO at Deputy
“We are the first to take the pure search engine approach whereas the others are more like paid marketplaces.”
- Doron Ostrin, co-founder of TheUrge.com
“It’s you on the street understanding what is the pulse of the environment. And then, test, test test. Quickly get something up, and then see if there’s traction. See if there’s a need, see if people want it. If there’s not, take a step back and reevaluate.”
- Erin Corcoran, co-founder of Nuzzl
“We saw Australia as an opportunity since day one. Australians do love a pool and it is a country of 2.7 million pools with the highest pool ownership per capita in the world. Australia is also very adaptable to the sharing economy model.”
- Bunim Laskin, founder of Swimply
“The evidence suggests that we aren’t doing as much in the early stage as we should be, to make sure it's not just a golden generation of start-ups coming through.”
- StartupAus chief executive Alex McCauley
We can hear the faint yet persistent voice of years past requiring their employees come back to the office….or else.
Australia is establishing itself as a major player in the global tech game
We’re not writing this to inform you that there are plenty of vacancies right now, you already know that! We’re simply here to pick out some of our favourite opportunities that are being overlooked right now.