Darwin Innovation Hub Business

IS YOUR COMPANY INVESTMENT READY?

But pre-revenue does not necessarily mean the company isn’t investible. For investors, a strong indicator that a start-up is worth investing in is a company that presents itself as investment ready even when they are pre-revenue. In its simplest form, “investment ready” means that the entrepreneur has a clearly articulated business plan,...

Business

PUBLISHER’S LETTER

Like most businesses in the Territory, I had to manage a lot of uncertainty over the previous 12 months and with borders opening, we are coming out the other side with purpose and determination. I’m heading off to get my booster knowing that this is the new norm, but it’s a small price if I get back to business and travel interstate to see...

Business

Emil Tastula A Territory innovator

Emil Tastula, a big-thinking entrepreneur who began doing work experience on cattle stations when he was still in primary school, has just joined the illustrious list. Following New Zealand’s 2010 Pike River disaster, when 29 coal miners were killed in an underground methane gas explosion, he questioned why a mine’s control room could not...

Hospitality NT Business

GOLD PLATES SHINE

The 2021 Gold Plate Awards were a celebration of the NT’s hospitality industry’s strength, diversity and resilience all to a tropical backdrop with uninterrupted sunset views – it was amazing. The menu was a South-east Asian feast designed and created by three well-known Darwin chefs, Jimmy Shu from Hanuman Darwin, Madusha Olupathage...

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CHINA BECKONS

It’s a sign of respect. Remember that undoing the top button of your shirt, even on a hot day, is considered impolite by older Chinese, although rolling up your t-shirt to expose your midriff is commonplace. And in China’s classless society class is everything, so make sure you find out who’s who in the pecking order. These are...

Master Builders Business

TIME TO SPEND BIG ON NEW-AGE TECH

That became obvious to me in 2018. At the time we were standing in a giant exhibition hall staring at a small stud wall, forming part of a reasonably sized expo booth. I could see the yellow pine timber frame just fine. But even better I could also see what needed to be built but had not yet been installed – electrical conduits and fittings,...

Business

OCTOBER BUSINESS MONTH – DECLAN MILLER INTERVIEW

How did the idea for your business come about? In 2017, as a year 8 student, I created a storyboard about time/space travel to the inland sea after attending a local sacred site tour with Arrernte Elders and geologists. I showed this to my teacher at school, Ms. Cowan. This started a chain reaction – suddenly many artists began working on my...

Business

OCTOBER BUSINESS MONTH – KYLE PEARSON INTERVIEW

How did the idea for your business come about? I had spent a lot of time working for a major brewery and had always wondered why Alice Springs didn’t have its own. I had taken on an interest in home brewing as soon as I was old enough to drink beer and had a good understanding of what would be required to make the idea a reality. I have also...

Business

OCTOBER BUSINESS MONTH – METTE STIMSON INTERVIEW

How did the idea for your business come about? Through depression and anxiety I hit rock bottom some time ago and baking became my therapy. My father is a retired baker in Germany and creativity has always been my passion. My husband started putting on weight from all my baked goods and he suggested selling it. And that’s how it all...

Business

OCTOBER BUSINESS MONTH – MARK ENGLUND INTERVIEW

Fiber Sense is delivering a completely new digital platform for digitising movement and events in cities over wide area grids in real time with no gaps. How did the idea for your business come about? On a flight from Seattle to San Francisco on a clear night looking down at the mass of lights in the cities below and putting two views...

Business

OCTOBER BUSINESS MONTH – NATALIE BELL INTERVIEW

What is your favourite aspect of being a business owner? I love looking ahead, planning for growth and being proactive and strategic about where our next opportunities will come from and what the next steps are for our business and the team, across both our events and communications divisions. We are planning for our growth 3-5 years from now...

Business

OCTOBER BUSINESS MONTH 2021 – TERRITORY SUCCESS STORIES

BEL COOK Digitally Buzzed Bel is a Digital pioneer and has been working in the Digital industry for 13 years creating software and technology, even before smartphones. She has delivered over 400 projects and worked with clients such as Google, Apple, Woolworths and many more. Bel’s mission to introduce new technologies to the...