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"My name is Robbie. I am from a planet called Earth. It is part of a 4 billion year old solar system." We always love getting tipped to see some fascinating filmmaking, especially if it's sci-fi. A reader named Ronny told me to check out this short called Robbie on Vimeo, created by Australian director

Melbourne based internet-first creative agency Snack Drawer has expanded its footprint with the opening of a Sydney office and added three new hires. The expansion to Sydney follows a rush of new business wins, including the Netflix ANZ social account that saw Snack Drawer assume responsibility for

Aussie Broadband bags the Hammer category at the 2021 Pause Award, winning its first international award. The judges praised Aussie Broadband for its...

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11 May 2021    5 min read In the growth stage, many startups may not have the capital upfront to run massive campaigns or they leave marketing as an afterthought. But marketing should be a key function for any startup and there are plenty of cost-effective channels and tactics they can utilise, writes Steph Schaffer. It’s a common misconception among startup founders and entrepreneurs that if a product is good enough it will sell itself. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Regardles...

Networking at Pause Fest 2020. Photographer: Priscilla Pho. The Victorian State Government is offering grants of up to $25,000 for business events held in Melbourne, in a bid to encourage interstate travel into the city and get cash running through the events supply chain again. Administered by the Melbourne Convention Bureau (MCB), the National Business Event Program funding initiative is intended to help business organisers cover the costs of hosting an event, with 50% of the funds available ...

Attendees at Pause Fest 2019. A collective of tech and startup event organisers are demanding changes to the $50 million Business Events Grant Program, saying tight eligibility criteria means “very few events” will receive support. The call for extended support comes in an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, penned by Pause Fest founder George Hedon and signed by 15 other event organisers. Signatories include Southstart founder Danielle Seymour, SingularityU co-chief Christina Ge...

Organisers of smaller corporate conferences and events say they have been excluded from a $50m grants program designed to help the struggling sector and need the rules changed urgently to ensure their survival. A group led by Pause Fest, a business innovation conference, last week wrote to the prime minister, Scott Morrison, urging him to loosen the rules of the business events grant program to allow them to participate. The program allows...

Pause Fest founder George Hedon. Source: supplied. The federal government’s Business Events Grant Scheme is causing confusion for Australian events organisers, with events being approved as eligible, only to find out later they shouldn’t have been. George Hedon, who heads up digital startup and innovation conference Pause Fest, tells SmartCompany he’s found the whole scheme difficult to navigate, ultimately calling it ineffective for the industry in the current environment. Pause Fest 20...