Startup
GE buys Daintree for $100m
Cara Waters GE has pounced on the "13 year overnight success" startup which provides green energy solutions.
Professionals turn entrepreneurs
![Hugh Monaghan works for McGrath Nicol and has started his own business, wine bar Bibo, on the side.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/b/o/7/9/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.goa8w0.png/1461305118693.jpg)
Cara Waters Running a small business on the side is no longer frowned upon in the corporate world.
Life away from Silicon Valley
![PayPal co-founder and venture capitalist Peter Thiel recently mentioned he was hunting for investments outside of ...](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/i/m/a/h/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.go9kry.png/1461030977002.jpg)
Rani Molla and Shira Ovide The Bay Area is the king of startups but now there's also Silicon Beach, Silicon Slopes and Silicon Mountain.
The natural order of starting a business
![Max Newnham](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/o/m/l/v/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.go3g4u.png/1461715039139.jpg)
Max Newnham If you are starting a business there are steps you should take to ensure costs count towards tax deductions.
How Zach and Dan crowdfund cows
![Crowd Carnivore founders Zachary Sequoia and Dan Tarasenko have built a crowdfunding platform for cow carcasses.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/0/g/f/y/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.go0b3p.png/1459993247483.jpg)
Cara Waters You can now crowdfund a cow carcass thanks to start-up Crowd Carnivore, which aims to put sustainable meat eating in the spotlight.
After 10 years this bubble's about to float
![Redbubble chief executive and founder Martin Hosking is planning to list the online marketplace on the ASX to take the ...](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/g/d/6/y/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnyrhp.png/1459840396933.jpg)
Kate Jones How Martin Hoskings built an online market place which is getting ready to list on the ASX.
Vinomofo raises $25 million
![Vinomofo co-founders Andre Eikmeier (L) and Justin Dry pose for a photo at the online wine retailer's headquarters in ...](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/t/y/g/h/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gny7vq.png/1459835602541.jpg)
Cara Waters Online wine startup Vinomofo is going global after raising $25 million from Blue Sky Venture Capital.
Tech unicorn moves in on Australia
![Slack co-founder Cal Henderson says success has come from embracing failure.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/v/7/8/k/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnuvri.png/1459496595474.jpg)
Cara Waters From the ashes of a failed video game start-up to the world's fastest-growing business application ever, why Slack is targeting Australia.
Outsourcing odd jobs
![Joonas Karppinen, cofounder of The Happiest Hour app at The Fire House pub in North Sydney.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/u/u/p/7/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnun44.png/1459486797624.jpg)
Cara Waters From testing happy hour beer pricing to arranging translators in other countries, small businesses are jumping into the sharing economy to get the job done.
Paying tax won't stop start-ups, says tech star
![Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes said no legitimate start-up saw paying taxes as a barrier to becoming a company.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/j/l/v/e/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnsszu.png/1459263693627.jpg)
Georgia Wilkins The Turnbull government, which has championed innovation and tax breaks for start-ups as part of its 'ideas boom', has found an unlikely critic: a billionaire tech founder.
The psychology of being a bikini entrepreneur
![Kulani Kinis are now sold in the United States.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/o/e/9/b/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnoc8j.png/1458766240440.jpg)
Kate Jones How Danielle Atkins went from two-pieces to $200,000 turnover in just 12 months.
Crowdfunding by day, cleaning by night
![Getting a creative business off the ground can mean working multiple jobs.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/3/v/x/l/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnnxfg.png/1458603941395.jpg)
Abha Bhattarai Finding the money to get a creative business started can be a hard slog.
Customise your life
![The Daily Edited's Alyce Tran at her pop-up shop in David Jones.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/g/y/u/o/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnjehk.png/1458524330734.jpg)
Cara Waters Technology is enabling businesses to offer consumers customised products on a mass scale.
Mind the gap for female entrepreneurs
![Ahmed Fahour wants to give women more confidence to start their own businesses.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/4/o/e/5/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnczwo.png/1457380551329.jpg)
Ahmed Fahour For the sake of our future prosperity as a nation we need to proactively encourage more female entrepreneurs.
GlamCorner scores in the sharing economy of fashion rental
![GlamCorner founders Dean Jones and Audrey Khaing-Jones have a background in finance rather than fashion.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/9/r/9/c/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gn9pt2.png/1456988895881.jpg)
Cara Waters A trend towards access not ownership is behind the $800,000 boost to this designer dress rental business.
A bags-to-riches strategy
![Julie McMahon, left, and Jackie Hegarty plan to grow their bag business in Australia and the US.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/3/0/o/r/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gn30av.png/1456361259348.jpg)
Duncan Hughes Jack+Jules has launched its first collection of recyclable shopping bags.
Brisbane start-ups find a home in $5 million jobs 'incubator'
![Inside "The Capital" in Queen St Mall.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/2/e/o/i/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gn2akd.png/1456296685029.jpg)
Tony Moore The Brisbane of tomorrow will not look like the 9am to 5pm working-day office space of today, two of Australia's fastest growing start-up businesses told reporters today.
One mic to rule them all
![Deirdre Porter is searching for backers for her MyMic app.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/x/1/t/k/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmv0gp.png/1455747483090.jpg)
Cara Waters A microphone fail at a technology conference led Deirdre Porter to develop an app which could mean the end of the dreaded roving mikes.
Sally Fitzgibbons turns entrepreneur
![Surfing star Sally Fitzgibbons has turned entrepreneur.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/2/z/2/6/m/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmu7ww.png/1455578320335.jpg)
Cara Waters Sally Fitzgibbons has started up her own fitness business as she continues training to be the female World Surfing Champion.
Investing in start-ups
![Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Christopher Pyne and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull address the media ...](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/8/7/4/u/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gm1ynw.png/1455169247479.jpg)
Mike NIcholls There are many ways you can actively reduce your risk when investing in start-ups. Here are a few tips for those who want to get started.
Everyone wants to be a startup
![Alexia Ruscone and Sophie Toohey, co-founders of Good Day Girl, say they've moved past the startup phase.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/p/o/b/g/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmpoeu.png/1455137426355.jpg)
Cara Waters Startups are so hot right now but are they really just early-stage small businesses?
These little entrepreneurs went to market
![Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy, the creative directors of Dinosaur Designs, started off with a market store.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/p/6/w/s/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmp5xz.png/1455000745409.jpg)
Kate Jones Before crowdfunding and reality TV, the Aussie market was where some of the biggest names in business tested their products and found a following.
How a tradie became a serial entrepreneur
![Jake Tyson says you need to look at what you can make money from, not just what you are passionate about.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/m/u/1/x/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmms66.png/1454962145517.jpg)
Jake Tyson used to be a carpenter but has just launched his second multimillion-dollar company.
Bunking in with Airbnb for business travel
![Guy Pearson uses online room booking service Airbnb for his work travel.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/l/n/q/v/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmhcs7.png/1454563666432.jpg)
Cara Waters Small businesses are turning to Airbnb for their business travel as the sharing economy continues to gather speed.
13 start-ups to watch in 2016
![Envato co-founder and executive director Cyan Ta'eed.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/z/q/p/7/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gm1ucq.png/1454358904195.jpg)
Mike Nicholls Investing in start-ups is a risky business, but here is a list of some of the most promising.
Aussie startup signs US deal worth up to $100 million
![Chief executive and co-founder of Unlockd Matt Berriman in New York.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/d/y/g/5/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmepzc.png/1453861461645.jpg)
Cara Waters The "freemium" phone plan startup Unlockd backed by Lachlan Murdoch is now available to more than 9 million customers in the United States thanks to a deal with Boost Mobile.
Over 50 and just starting up
![Barry Lehrer says it's never too late to start your own business.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/e/p/k/l/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmepe0.png/1453852128738.jpg)
Barry Lehrer How I started a human resources tech startup at the age of 52 which attracted $2 million in investment and turns over more than $200,000 a year.
My blooming social enterprise
![Nipuni Wijewickrema and her sister Gayana who has Down syndrome.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/b/j/c/b/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmbj7p.png/1453416958393.jpg)
Kate Jones Nipuni Wijewickrema runs a "socially sustainable" business that has put her in the running for Young Australian of the Year.
The million-dollar tennis selfie business
![Spectators take selfies at the Australian Open which has catapulted Social Playground into the spotlight.](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/a/t/c/q/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmai69.png/1453424693366.jpg)
Cara Waters Annabelle Smith built a million-dollar business from our obsessions with selfies at the tennis and other events.
Teetering on the business brink
![Gretha Oost has spent the past 10 years working on her business ideas, including Project O water fountains and this ...](/web/20160505024704im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/8/t/8/0/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gm8t89.png/1453164427929.jpg)
Louis White The reality of a business startup can be very different to the dream of instant wealth and success.