October 23, 2019
Fishburners kicked off its inaugural Fempowered program in partnership with Google for Startups this week, with a 12-week program providing intensive support to nine women founders. As a flagship pilot for next year’s national and open-to-the-public program, Fempowered fast-tracks women founders with external expert support to overcome the key pain-points Fishburners sees affecting startups. Business……
September 6, 2019
19th August 2019, Sydney: Fishburners, Australia’s largest startup community and co-working space, has recently appointed industry leaders Annie Slattery, co-founder and CEO of ConX and Rod Bishop, co-founder and Managing Director of Jayride to their board. ConX, Australia’s biggest platform for construction contractors to find and win work, is one of Fishburner’s most successful and……
September 6, 2019
myWhanau, (pronounced myfarno) is the exciting new Australian start-up, founded by entrepreneur Michelle Forster, offering affordable virtual home assistance in order to help reduce household stress and give valuable time back to parents. After recognising the common and severe imbalance within homes when it comes to managing and monitoring family tasks, Michelle set out……
July 30, 2019
The network of highly qualified and experienced professionals who live in regional, rural and remote areas in Australia is enormous according to Jo Palmer of Pointer Remote Roles, a job-matching platform for remote workers. Palmer says that moreover, 8 times out of 10, these professionals are women, many of who have previously worked in senior……
June 4, 2019
At Fishburners we’re more than just a work space, for us the community always comes first and we take the health and wellbeing of our members seriously. That’s why we’ve launched a new Health and Wellness Room to support and remind members that it’s okay to take a break and recharge your batteries. The new……
May 17, 2019
Australia’s largest startup community, Fishburners, has officially launched a new Virtual Membership. The membership allows founders unable to access existing Sydney and Brisbane hubs to tap into Fishburners’ world class network of events, mentors, perks and community. New parents, people with disabilities, living in rural areas or those who simply can’t afford to rent desk……
November 22, 2018
After being selected as top 10 finalists in the Google.org Impact Challenge just a few weeks ago, Fishburners startup Xceptional took out one of the winning spots and received $1 million in funding from Google. Xceptional helps connect people with autism to life changing employment opportunities through their app and technology services company. The competition……
October 23, 2018
Anxiety-reducing autism app Xceptional and mental health social enterprise Radiant are amongst the 10 finalists in this year’s Google.org Impact Challenge. Now in its third year running, the challenge is open to Australian organisations whose innovative ideas for change are making an impact locally and globally. Both Fishburners finalists are in the health tech space,……
July 3, 2018
We are thrilled to announce that Fishburners will be partnering with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) over the coming three years: our first long-term university partner.
January 22, 2018
It’s with great regret that we share the news that Annie will be stepping down as CEO of Fishburners at the end of February. We would like to thank Annie for her contribution as CEO over the last six months. Although the time has been short, she has done an incredible amount to ensure that……
December 5, 2017
The best of the Australian startup ecosystem gathered in Sydney last week at the 2nd Australasian Startup Awards held by Startcon. The Awards recognise the best of the industry and we are delighted that Fishburners was named Best Co-working Space 2017. We are especially proud to have won this award from a public vote which……
November 16, 2017
We’re celebrating! Australia voted yes in the Same Sex Marriage vote, with 61.6 per cent in favour. Love wins. Fishburners has always supported equality, diversity and inclusion and we are proud to celebrate today with our members in Brisbane and Sydney. As a coworking collective of different businesses, people and teams, we don’t just……
November 7, 2017
Four innovative Indigenous entrepreneurs have been chosen for Barayamal’s 3-month Budding entrepreneurs (entrepreneurship development) program at Australia’s largest community of scalable tech startups, Fishburners. In May 2017, Barayamal organised Give Backathon – a national charity hackathon that helped four Indigenous charities by providing tech-based solutions to increase their social impact (click here – full story). The……
October 22, 2017
WithYouWithMe, the military talent incubator helping veterans get employed, has announced a partnership with Fishburners to help bring veteran business ideas to life. WithYouWithMe is establishing the first Veteran Start-Up Pathway – a program to assist veterans with a great business idea make their dream a reality. Veterans will submit their business ideas, with a……
October 17, 2017
Brisbane, Tuesday, October 17, 2017: Fishburners Brisbane turns one this week and is celebrating as part of the The Capital’s 60 startups in 60 minutes event this coming Friday. In what has been a hugely successful first 12 months, Fishburners Brisbane has welcomed over 160 members and the creation of 100+ new companies. Fishburners CEO……
September 14, 2017
Leading technology startup hub River City Labs has partnered with Australia’s largest startup co-working space Fishburners to co-host the city’s annual flagship Startup Weekend event, Queensland’s premier tech bootcamp where future entrepreneurs are born. The 54-hour event in November will see the largest collaborative gathering of talented and passionate teams pitching their business ideas for……
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