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Experts share tips for mission-driven organizations on DE&I

Board Effect

They are also three times less likely to leave their organization and more than twice as likely to be willing to work extra hard.” — Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia Supplier diversity also matters. “DEI Let’s look beyond numbers on a balance sheet. So, how do we gauge our progress?

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Microsoft's Imagine Cup Student Software Contest Holds Lessons for Startups

ReadWriteStart

The 10th annual student software contest, Microsoft's Imagine Cup, is wrapping up in Sydney, Australia, and there are some important lessons that all entrepreneurs, young and old, can glean from the process. Another team didn't understand what a balance sheet was or how they were going to make money.

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Microsoft's Imagine Cup Student Software Contest Holds Lessons for Startups

ReadWriteStart

The 10th annual student software contest, Microsoft's Imagine Cup, is wrapping up in Sydney, Australia, and there are some important lessons that all entrepreneurs, young and old, can glean from the process. Another team didn't understand what a balance sheet was or how they were going to make money.

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More Than Financials – What Unstable Overheads Can Mean For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Your overhead costs are associated with items on your balance sheet that don’t directly make money for your business. Accounting software in Australia has been helping bookkeepers since its inception in the 90’s. With everyone using a smartphone now, keeping your books balanced has never been easier.

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Definitions During a Crisis – COVID-19 series

Start Up Blog

Weirdly, it seems many governments (Australia and the USA come to mind) are more concerned with abstract concepts than real people’s needs. Bailouts – If Australia or any other country bails out an industry, it should be a buyout instead. What could be a massive financial relief for households is now not possible.

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Female Founder Interview – Claudia Freed, CEO of Non-Profit EALgreen

The Startup Magazine

This includes start up funding (our first balance sheet had less than $10,000, today we are over $5 million), branding and market positioning (in 2016 we became EALgreen to emphasize the positive environmental impact of our business), and digital innovation (in 2021 we invested in best-in class, integrated technology platform to track donations).

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The Rise of AI in Advertising

Duct Tape Marketing

I love asking businesses, where does data sit on your balance sheet? Cuz down here in Australia, hey, you can find me on LinkedIn. Let's get this thing set up and working properly and let's for the first time maybe for many businesses actually start to value data. Cause they just don't value it.