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Six questions start-ups must ask

Cloud questions

Hezi Leibovich You can learn a huge amount from business failure.

Landing that star client

Marlene Dietrich

Michael Baker Just like in the movies, sometimes diva clients are more trouble than they're worth.

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Four ways to make your business lean

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Hezi Leibovich Businesses often start on a shoestring, but some forget the benefits of being lean.

Global Entrepreneur of the Year announced

Hamdi Ulukaya.

Anneli Knight This one's for the culture buffs.

A decade of Nudie

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Kate Jones Juice business Nudie has just turned 10. In a market saturated by big name brands how has it survived?

The Fifty Shades effect

Condom

Adam Courtenay Best-seller saves Aussie condom business.

Playing with the big kids

Michael Overell

Michael Overell In the third instalment of the Aussie goes Valley series, RecruitLoop wins eBay as a client.

Start-up tax rules

Tax

Max Newnham What are the tax implications when you start a business?

Still working at midnight? 1am? 3am?

Tired

Michael Baker If you run your own business, chances are you are...and loving every minute!

Start a business for $200

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Nina Hendy You can launch a professional e-commerce site for the cost of a week's groceries.

Online bike venture riding high

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Kate Jones A gap in the market has allowed Bicycles Online to become one of Australia’s fastest growing start-ups.

Aussie SME wins "Oscars of gardening"

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Belinda Williams Lump Sculpture Studio helps scoop the top prize at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Angel investors at the table

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Adam Courtenay This is what happened when ten top start-ups competed to take their pitch to cashed-up Asian investors.

Dating advice for entrepreneurs

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Hezi Leibovich How do you find the right investor? It all starts with a first date.

Is this man the next James Packer?

Laurence Escalante

Alexandra Cain Some of world’s top entrepreneurs think he is.

Get your free money*

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Adam Courtenay With a bit of elbow grease, it's not too hard to win a government grant, especially if you're starting a business.

Looking for work in the mines?

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Kate Jones Demand for mine work means recruitment site FIFOBids has been successful far beyond its founders' wildest dreams.

The gentle art of seduction: an Aussie goes Valley part 2

Michael Overell

Michael Overell, the cofounder of RecruitLoop This is the second in the Aussie goes Valley series. Online recruitment marketplace RecruitLoop is just finding its feet in the US market and learning about US sales techniques.

How to make an entrepreneur

Kate Morris

Nina Hendy In the aftermath of Mother's Day, two mums talk about what it was like raising a future innovator.

Super fast smart phone app challenge

App

Anneli Knight Could you create a smart phone app in just two days? These developers can.

Crowdsourcing saves time and money

Mikey Leung

Kate Jones Can crowdsourcing breathe new life into your business?

Move over Billabong

Ryan Mets and Chris Greben

Alexandra Cain Meet Australia's next 'surfpreneurs'.

Roxy Jacenko's spin: is it genuine?

Roxy-Jacenko

Adam Courtenay This Celebrity Apprentice star is in the news for more than one reason at the moment.

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Roxy Jacenko's spin: is it real?

Adam Courtenay This Celebrity Apprentice star is in the news for more than one reason at the moment.

Super cheap start-ups

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Larissa Ham How to start a business for less than $200.

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