Carol Schwartz is one of Australia’s most influential investors, pouring millions of dollars into women-led start-ups. The Reserve Bank of Australia board member also co-founded Scale Investors. This female-led start-up accelerator has injected more than $20 million into 46 businesses now worth an estimated half a billion dollars. More recently, her focus has shifted to […]
Four years before Elon Musk launched Neuralink, NICK OPIE and TOM OXLEY launched a start-up in Melbourne attempting to insert electrodes into human brains so people could control computers with their thoughts. It’s been a rough ride, even as their tech has led the world, but last year, a call from the world’s richest man […]
For the first time in Australian history, expenditure on scripted screen productions has exceeded $2 billion. However, ongoing skills and capacity challenges remain, and some question whether chasing the dream of ‘Aussiewood’ is misguided. Issue six of Forbes Australia is out now. Tap here to secure your copy and become a premium member. Numbers at […]
Jacinta McDonell took on the Australian licence of US gym franchise Anytime Fitness in 2008. It had scaled to 425 clubs by the time she exited in 2018. She now focuses on leadership training and helping founders. She shared her key lessons at the Forbes Australia Leadership Forum. The first key to success that Jacinta […]
A CSIRO report examining the geography of digital businesses has revealed 96 tech clusters spread across the country – in sometimes surprising places. Key Takeaways Eight Mile Plains in Brisbane’s south came up bright red when CSIRO principal research consultant Stefan Hajkowicz plugged in the numbers for the concentration of tech jobs in Australia, trying […]
Australians love a good, healthy tan, and nobody knows that more than Bondi Sands co-founder and CEO Shaun Wilson. The company, which controls more than half of the Australian self-tan market, has been acquired by Japanese-owned multinational, Kao Group, for almost $450 million. Wilson told Forbes Australia‘s, Jane Lindhe, that he’s been in discussions with […]
There’s a new bucket of VC money in town, but the cash from Main Sequence’s Fund 3 won’t be going to any old start-up. Key Takeaways “If you could build it in a weekend in your garage, it’s probably not something we’re investing in,” says Mike Zimmerman, co-founder of the “deep-tech” venture fund. “The companies […]
Test rugby’s all-time highest scorer, Dan Carter, learned to treat pressure as a privilege – and it turned his team around on the world’s biggest stage. Dan Carter is speaking live at the Forbes Australia Leadership Forum. Secure your seat here. For a player who won 99 of the 112 rugby tests he ever played, you wouldn’t […]
The country’s wealthiest couple, Fortescue’s Andrew Forrest and his wife Nicola have announced their split. They say their separation will have “no impact” on their vast business and philanthropic interests. Billionaires Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest and his wife Nicola Forrest have confirmed in a statement that they have separated and are living apart after more than […]
JANE LINDHE discovers a hidden, delightful Japanese Izakaya restaurant in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges with excellent food, an extensive sake list and charm in abundance. You have to know where to look when you search for the incredible Japanese izakaya restaurant in the Victorian spa country town of Woodend, Kuzu Izakaya. As head chef and […]