Backed by some big-name global tech investors, Swimply aims to hit the aspirational luxury pool market with a splash. Growing up as the eldest of 12 children in his family, it was Bunim Laskin’s desire to keep his 11 siblings entertained and cool during the sweltering New Jersey summer, that led him to launch global […]
Quantum computing was touted to smash the blockchain and destroy its security. Meet the developers making sure that doesn’t happen – and the investors that sought them out. Quantum computing has been touted to be the destruction of all data encryption techniques as we know it. While classical computers work in bits – represented through […]
Jon Clifton, CEO of global analytics company Gallup, says employee engagement has plummeted post-pandemic and leaders must act now to prevent long-term damage. Australia may be one of the richest counties on the planet, however a slow-moving pandemic of unhappiness has crept up on workplaces over the past decade. Speaking exclusively to Forbes Australia, Gallup […]
In 1981 when Penfolds released its 1976 Grange, it was the first time an Australian red wine was priced at more than $20 a bottle. Fast forward to 2022 and each one is now worth thousands. Penfolds chief winemaker, Peter Gago, remembers in 1981 when the iconic wine brand released its 1976 Grange. It was […]
The world is entering a new era of harnessing brain information with technology able to translate the brain’s electrical codes and signals into computer commands. Imagine having a thought that is automatically sent to a computer, that then carries out a task on your behalf, such as sending a WhatsApp message or paying a bill online, […]
EMVision awarded $2.5 million grant for stroke detection device study. Ron Weinberger’s dream is to have a helmet-sized brain scanning device in every ambulance, on every flying doctor aircraft, by hospital beds around the world and, one day, maybe even on the sideline of every football game. That dream came a little closer on […]
Confidante and personal trainer to the late Princess Diana, Cameron Falloon is bringing his own celebrity A-list of gym owners into his fold, including Nick Riewoldt, George Bailey and Tim Paine. BFT founder Cameron Falloon doesn’t pretend that he snared Princess Diana as a client through his skills as a personal trainer. “It was more […]
A new educational platform aimed at teaching First Nations children about their culture could help organisations looking to understand more about the rich Indigenous history of the country they operate in. When Bangerang custodian Kobe Atkinson was still a teenager, he realised that there wasn’t a written record of his peoples’ language. His response – […]
Elite education is seen as the key to success, and New Zealand’s latest unicorn, Crimson Education, is showing students how. If you thought you would be four times more likely than the average applicant to be accepted into one of the eight Ivy League universities in the US or to Cambridge or Oxford in the […]
This company pays you to work from a tropical island in Queensland, or the ski fields in New Zealand … or Hobart. In its bid to be the best place to work in Australia, Mantel Group was deciding where to locate its next “destination” work hub. Four candidates were discussed: Byron Bay, Margaret River, Hobart […]