As you will know, dear reader, I made a career change earlier this year, to work for a local business news media organisation. Looking at the chart above, you may wonder why! I’m absolutely loving it. The attraction of the position was to be front and centre of a major shift in how media companies arrange...Read More
Last weekend I was privileged to be a judge at Perth’s StartUp Weekend – a 54-hour frenzy of creativity and business building, all taking place down at Spacecubed in the city. The video above is a 4 min overview of the weekend, and shows the top 3 teams and interviews with the winners, Bikebus. All...Read More
Last Wednesday I spoke at Morning Start-Up, at Spacecubed down in the city. 27 minutes to tell a 10-year story, from the heights of the first dotcom boom through the tech wreck and the long, slow climb up the hill to the final trade sale in mid 2010. There is also an ‘after sale’ story,...Read More
I was hooked on Kevin Spacey’s performance in this year’s House of Cards, an American update of the 1990s British political drama (starring an equally brilliant Ian Richardson). The line ” You may say that, I couldn’t possibly comment” became a catch phrase I looked to use when I was agreeing with something I should...Read More
In 2007, the ‘smartphone’ (or ‘app phone’) was born. The iPhone was not the first phone to have emails or internet connection, but it was the one that popularised the new category. Three years later, Apple gave us the iPad. Again, Apple were not the first to develop tablet computers. Microsoft had launched tablets back...Read More
Leading WA ebusinesses may have been around awhile, but this disguises how the nature of the sector has radically changed Mark Pownall’s piece “Renewal Challenge for local online leaders” (15th July 2013) was in response to Business News’ first list of WA online businesses. Mark noted that most of the businesses were over ten years old...Read More
[slideshare id=24239528&doc=uwa-ebusiness-18jul13-130715040309-phpapp01] My latest slide pack on online marketing – for an MBA audience this coming Thursday; what works online? what does not? what’s my experience been over 14 years of doing aussiehome.com, reiwa.com and now businessnews.com.au? Enjoy 🙂Read More
Tweet Three years ago I wrote one of my first ever posts, ” Trend for 2010: it’s mobile stoopid!” Later that year the iPad was launched and the trend to mobile stepped up another level. Consider these stats: * Australia – 14th in list of countries in the number of smartphone subscribers (16m) = 50%...Read More
[slideshare id=18390369&style=border:1px solid #CCC;border-width:1px 1px 0;margin-bottom:5px&sc=no] Taking the Plunge! from Charlie Gunningham (A talk I gave this week to a UWA undergrad class, entitled “Taking the Plunge: 10 lessons for entrepreneurs”) 1. Start Up is Easy Starting a business is easy, as it involves buying things. Buying a company name, a domain name, some IT...Read More
I attended my first GeoRabble the other day, a kind of BarCamp for GIS geeks (mapping technology folk). I’ve always loved maps, from my early days at school poring over the intricate Ordnance Survey maps (“what’s the distance from the post office to the school house Gunningham?”). Set upstairs at the Leederville Hotel, attendees get...Read More
