Middle-market remains the engine room of Australian economy According to a recent report by BDO, Australia’s mid-market is one that is often overlooked, yet is a significant contributor to the economy. These are organisations with annual revenues above $10m and up to $1 billion. Findings from the latest research by the fastest growing mid-tier professional……

By Nicole O’Brien, CEO Fishburners Creating a strong community has become the holy grail of customer relationships. It’s little wonder that companies from small to large are investing strongly in community building. The 2020 Global Community Index found that, as communities evolve and mature, they become critical to their company’s mission and have a positive……

It is pretty well understood, that any business starting today or hoping to grow into tomorrow, without a deep sense of purpose built into their foundations is missing both the point and the boat. To put it as simply as Forbes did — “Companies that ignore purpose are becoming irrelevant.” We know that values drive consumer decision……

  Do what you love is a phrase we hear often. Self-help books are full of advice on why you should follow your passion and the best ways to go about doing it. The prevailing sentiment seems to be that as long as you’re genuinely passionate about something, the money will follow. But, is passion……

Your logo is the face of your business and will create instant recognition. Regardless of what stage your business is at (idea, side hustle, MVP or capital raise) a well-executed logo will help your business appear professional, sharp, and interesting to customers, new hires and investors. It’ll be used everywhere – on your website, on……

Starting a business is always hard work – but the startup boom has seen growth in businesses servicing startups’ needs. This means it’s never been easier to achieve scale and professional quality, especially in the early days, with very little effort (and money). In order to get your startup sorted, here are my top 10……

With thanks to our Burners Driven who gave us permission to publish Resilience for startups – what are the differences for founders and staff? written by Jurie Rossouw – CEO of Driven The startup rollercoaster is a concept that founders are painfully familiar with. One moment you feel elated as a clear path opens to……

“Work-life balance”. A phrase that the startup community is sick of hearing, because everyone knows it’s necessary but hasn’t quite mastered how to put it into practice whilst juggling life as a startup founder. Removing this #basic phrase from our vocabulary here at Fishburners, we’ve decided to coin a new term for our ‘Burners with……

Since 2011, Fishburners has been striving to support the Australian ecosystem as a partner, as a provider, as a co-working space, and as a non profit organisation that has backed so many tech founders. As a part of that, we’ve worked with hundreds of meetup events, covering every topic you could think of, from Ruby……

Before you build a website or send out marketing materials, you’ll want to clearly define your startup’s brand so you can apply it consistently across channels. Developing a strong brand will help you gain credibility and become recognizable as you grow. Here’s how to nail down what your brand represents and communicate it to your prospects and customers.

Five years ago Mark Zmarzly,  attended a Global startup weekend in Nebraska that changed his life. During that weekend he found a team and started to work on an idea that would turn into his business, Hip Pocket. Fast forward to today, Hip Pocket has three products in market and has received grant and investment……

Recently I opened up the Creative3 conference in Brisbane and for the first time in a while, I was actually nervous about speaking in front of a live audience. My chosen topic was the importance of diversity and inclusion in technology, and I was nervous for a whole heap of reasons. Taking on a big,……

One of our Burners James Banks, Co-Founder of Web3 and Lemodus, wrote about his top 30+ startup business tools and why. With thanks to Recomazing on their stack of recommendations and James Banks on his essential tools to getting started. Do you feel like you could be running your startup better? Are you overwhelmed by all……

Start-ups are a buzz with creativity and innovation, but often have a lot on their plate like raising finances, finding good talent and securing customers. So it’s understandable that thinking about intellectual property (IP) management seems like a waste of precious time and money. However, finding ways to protect your IP is one of the……

Intellectual Property (IP) can be an invention, a brand, or an original work of art and IP rights like Patents, Trade Marks and Design Rights offer exclusive legal ownership over these assets. They can be bought, sold or licensed. Some IP doesn’t require registration. You don’t need to register your copyright interests – copyright is……