Marcus Holmes

2016 could be a breakthrough year for the state’s startup community.

The shift in consumer behaviour brought on by technology is having a profound effect on established business models, particularly in advertising.

Tech entrepreneurs must be free from the pressure to avoid failure, or else they may never take the chance in the first place.

Hackathons are creative, collaborative and crucial to the development of social networks in the startup sector.

As this column has mentioned previously, startups and conventional businesses are different in a number of ways, and the ‘first mover advantage’ is one.

Advances in artificial intelligence are raising questions about its value in more creative, artistic processes. 

There’s a world of difference between the conventional business model and the strategy of startups, starting with how ideas are dealt with.

Software product management is not the same as software project management, and the sooner startup founders understand this, the better.

Having the technical skills to develop software in-house is a key point of difference for successful startups.

There’s plenty of talk in investment circles about the startup sector, but no singular, clear definition of what a ‘startup’ actually is.

The sporadic nature of funding is frustrating startups in Perth, and a misunderstanding of how the tech sector actually works is a major factor.