A picture taken on October 17, 2016 shows an employee walking behind a glass wall with machine coding symbols at the headquarters of Internet security giant Kaspersky in Moscow

‘Not the reality’: The $250k cyber risk facing businesses

Directors fearing a breach are rejecting Board appointments and they are not the only ones running scared. We probably remember to lock our windows and doors in our homes, but we are not so careful when it comes to our personal data. Research from the Commonwealth Bank found 60% of Australians surveyed had personally been […]

Jun Bei Liu is Lead Portfolio Manager at Tribeca Investment Partners with just under $1.1 billion funds under management.

Billion-dollar manager Jun Bei Liu on where she’s investing

How volatility in the markets can sometimes work in your favour. Jun Bei Liu is Lead Portfolio Manager of the Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund at Tribeca Investment Partners, with just under $1.1 billion funds under management. Liu explains the long-short investing strategy used, the rewards of volunteering, and what to watch for in the coming […]

Why venturing is a valuable tool for Australian corporations

Businesses are hiring entrepreneurial spirit and expertise to develop their next big thing. BCG Digital Ventures is the business building firm and innovation hub of the Boston Consulting Group. It partners with corporations to invent, launch and scale innovative businesses that might be new, standalone companies or ones developed within the client organisation. Kate O’Keeffe, […]

The cost of creativity? Priceless.

Forbes Australia has a sneak peek at the contenders for this year’s Rigg Design Prize 2022. For the first time in the National Gallery of Victoria’s history, the Rigg Design Prize national exhibition will focus on advertising and communications – and how creativity inspires innovation. Spray on skin, WIFI, IVF and Google Maps – these […]

From farm to fame: what drives serial founder Nick Bell?

Nick Bell, a master of reinvention and one of Australia’s well known entrepreneurs, explains why he will never have his own office again. As a teenager, Nick Bell was desperate to escape life on the family farm in Victoria. He wanted to move to the bright lights of London the second he finished his last […]

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We’re not OK: Mental health crisis everyone’s business

Most CEOs say they won’t talk about emotional and mental health. But global managing director of T2 Tea Derek Muirhead says the stigma needs to end.  Derek Muirhead, global managing director of T2 Tea, admits the past two years had a “huge impact” on all people – even the chief executives of global companies. “The reality was, you weren’t […]

Swysh

How a viral video of The Fonz started Swysh

More than 1000 athletes across 24 sports are connecting with fans for a purpose. Swysh founder Michael Roth was in San Francisco in 2019 and needed a wedding present for a close friend in Ireland. He wanted something special. He knew the friend was a fan of the 1970s sitcom Happy Days, and as it […]

Judith Neilson

The good money might do

Judith Neilson’s art space and journalism institute create controversy, but are places that inspire and support ideas that can change the world. Why’s that guy wearing a gun?” asks the Forbes Australia videographer as we pull up outside the sculptured concrete home of Judith Neilson on a formerly mean inner-city street. Actually, it’s a walkie-talkie, […]

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Meet the new wave of entrepreneurs

Australian creators are building empires from their social media clout, and charting the future of advertising, media and business. Key Takeaways Around 200 million social media users are classified as “creators” Creatornomics: How the creator economy has caught the attention of investors Rowi Singh Famous for out-of-this-world make-up tutorials, Rowi Singh has more than half […]

Group shot of Australian creators

Creatornomics: Inside the creator economy

The creator economy has caught the attention of investors across the globe. As creators continue to harness their growing online influence, these new entrepreneurs are changing the media and advertising landscape as we know it. Key Takeaways When Matt Ford and Jack Steele told their fellow tradies on the construction sites they worked on around […]