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Jan 20, 2025 | 
mumbrella.com.au | Lauren McNamara |Sue Parker
It’s mid January 2025, and recruitment and job hunting is slithering back. And likewise, many great people in the marketing and media world are continuing their job search or about to embark on one (now the eggnog and crazy season is a memory). Whether new to the hunt, or continuing on from months of unsuccessful applications, taking control and responsibility for what’s in your control is essential. Working out what is in and out of your control fuels empowerment and creativity.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Heather Ford |Suneel Jethani |Sue Parker
Chefs have a saying: “fat is flavour”; but our relationship with fats has been complex and confusing for some time. We’re told some are good, some less so when it comes to animal fats. And now, with the rise of plant-based meat substitutes, giving them good fats that add flavour is a challenge Anna El Tahchy, chief technology officer at Nourish Ingredients, a deep tech startup leading in the field of specialty fats and precision fermentation.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Heather Ford |Suneel Jethani |Sue Parker
Quantum sensors startup QuantX Labs has bagged a $2.7 million deal with the Australian government for optical atomic clocks for the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Two contracts will enable partners in the defence pact AUKUS between Australia, the US and UK, to develop position navigation and timing (PNT) capabilities in precision navigation and timing in military capability.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Heather Ford |Suneel Jethani |Sue Parker |Judith Ireland
Facebook acknowledged in a Senate inquiry yesterday that it is scraping the public photos of Australian users to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. Facebook’s parent company Meta claims this excludes data from users who have marked their posts as “private”, as well as photos or data from users under the age of 18. Since companies such as Meta aren’t required to tell us what data they use or how they use it, we will have to take their word for it.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Sue Parker |Simon Thomsen |Judith Ireland |Matt Garrow
Canva’s billionaire CEO and cofounder Melanie Perkins will kick off the conversations at South by Southwest Sydney (SXSW) next month, sitting down with one of the smartest minds in US venture capital, BOND’s Mary Meeker, to talk about her success. The duo will take the SXSW Sydney stage on Monday, October 14, to discuss Canva’s evolution from an idea to a global phenomenon worth $39 billion private company in just a decade. Meeker is the founder of BOND, and a Canva investor.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Sue Parker |Simon Thomsen |Judith Ireland |Matt Garrow
Generative AI and ChatGTP have their fans, but if you really want to excite someone, enlist technology to make their daily lives easier. And that’s just what The Laundry Lady, an online marketplace that deals with the drudgery of a washing, has done, bringing tech and innovation to a market we’re going to call household chores as a service.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Sue Parker |Judith Ireland |Matt Garrow |Simon Thomsen
On RUOK Day I want to pose a question outside of the typical clarion calls. Since RUOK was launched in 2009 by adman Australians are au fait with the crusade to check in with colleagues and friends mental health. Larkin who passed away in 2011 launched the movement after his father’s suicide and battling his own depression.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
mumbrella.com.au | Lauren McNamara |Sue Parker
Do you recall your first job in the media and marketing world? How were you treated? You would have been around 18 to 24 years old, which is today’s Gen Z workforce. Today the 12th of August is International Youth Day. So an opportune time to discuss a problem that has pervaded the media and marketing industry for eons – the mistreatment of young staff. International Youth Day is a global United Nations initiative addressing issues impacting 15 to 24-year-olds.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
mumbrella.com.au | Lauren McNamara |Sue Parker
It’s been a bloody shocking year for redundancies and media restructures. Major broadcasters, social media sites, digital and news platforms have been hit hard in creative, strategy, journalism, editorial, finance and commercial roles. As a result, a slew of candidates will be entering the job market. And for many, it will have been quite a long time between drinks, aka job hunting. The job market has always been volatile at the best of times swinging between a candidate or job shortage nexus.
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Jun 30, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Yong Ning |Harrison Polites |Sue Parker
The three billionaire cofounders of Canva donated $39 million to the foundation in their company’s name over 18 months, with most of that money already given away. Husband and wife Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht, and Cameron Adams set up the Canva Foundation in May 2020. A month later, the privately-owned design giant Canva doubled in value to $8.7 billion following an $87 million raise.
