The corporate rush on startups; Campaign Monitor acquires GetFeedback; The online marketplace for miners

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Dear StartupSmart reader, Everybody wants to be startup. We look at the corporate rush to be a “startup” across a whole host of industries, including banking, insurance, telecommunications, and logistics—the latest being KMPG. Email marketing startup Campaign Monitor has acquired San Francisco-based online survey startup GetFeedback. That Startup Show, the Melbourne-based web series aimed at the startup community, has announced the line-up for the final installments of its premiere season. With social network startups popping up in numerous industry verticals, leave it to a Perth-based startup to create a social marketplace for miners. Network Ten has revealed who will judge the Australian version ofShark Tank, a show where participants pitch their startup ideas and receive feedback from successful business people. As Click Frenzy launches for its third year, its organisers are hoping it’s a case of third time’s a charm for the beleaguered online shopping event. Picture a device that can produce electricity using nothing but the ambient heat around it. Thanks to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science today, this scenario is a step closer. When it comes to building your business and your profile, no strategy is as powerful or as leveraged as collaborations. Here are five ways collaboration can build your business. Bronwen Clune, Editor The corporate rush on startups by Kye White Everybody wants to be startup. Recently, The Guardian claimed they were one, along with Westpac and a number of other large and well-established companies. VIEW ALL NEWS

Campaign Monitor acquires GetFeedback as it aims to accelerate growth by Startup Smart Email marketing startup Campaign Monitor has acquired San Francisco-based online survey startup GetFeedback. That Startup Show announces line-up for remaining 2014 episodes by Broede Carmody That Startup Show, the Melbourne-based web series aimed at the startup community, has announced the line-up for the final instalments of its premiere season. Meet the social market place for miners by Kye White With social network startups popping up in numerous industry verticals, leave it to a Perth-based startup to create a social marketplace for miners. Network Ten reveals who will judge its new television series for budding entrepreneurs by Broede Carmody Network Ten has revealed who will judge the Australian version of Shark Tank, a show where participants pitch their startup ideas and receive feedback from successful business people.

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