Do Australian startup founders pay themselves too much?; Brisbane mobile tech startup raises $US2 million; SouthStart plans investor-friendly focus

HOME | ADVERTISE | CONTACT US Dear StartupSmart reader, When did salary expectations for some early stage startup founders in Australia reach $150,000? Optus-Innov8 lead principal Alfred Lo and two other investors give their thoughts on the tricky business of negotiating founder pay. Brisbane-based mobile technology startup Dog and Bone has raised $US2 million from private investors which will be used to accelerate the roll out of patent-pending technologies. Adelaide’s SouthStart 2015 conference is just around the corner, here are the details of the keynote speakers, and its plans for a more investor-friendly direction. Bespoke crowdsourcing platform Handkrafted has secured $100,000 from Sydney Seed Fund in order to accelerate platform development and market expansion. How do you predict changes when there is no crystal ball in business? Here are five sources to help you track trends. Flat battery? New prototype turns waste heat into electricity. Global spending on devices and enterprise software is projected to grow in 2015, but data centres and telecom services is set to remain sluggish. Videos and photos drive social media use: Facebook gets it as Twitter struggles. Kye White, Editor Do Australian startup founders pay themselves too much?  by Kye White When did salary expectations for some early stage startup founders in Australia reach $150,000? Optus-Innov8 lead principal Alfred Lo found himself asking that question after looking into possible investments late last year. VIEW ALL NEWS Private investors get on the Dog and Bone – smartphone tech startup raises $2.46 million by Kye White Mobile technology startup Dog and Bone has raised $US2 million ($A2.46 million) from private investors which will be used to accelerate the roll out of patent-pending technologies. Crowdsourcing startup Handkrafted secures $100,000 from Sydney Seed Fund by Broede Carmody Bespoke crowdsourcing platform Handkrafted has secured $100,000 from Sydney Seed Fund in order to accelerate platform development and market expansion. SouthStart 2015 conference announces keynote speakers and plans more investor-friendly direction by Broede Carmody South Australia’s largest startup conference has announced its keynote speakers for 2015, including Shark Tank investor Stephen Baxter, OneShift founder Gen George and BlueChilli’s Alan Jones. Five sources to help you track trends by Amanda Jesnoewski How do you predict changes when there is no crystal ball in business? Here are five sources to watch and utilise. THE NEWS WRAP: Uber offers its data to help build better cities by Broede Carmody Ride-sharing service Uber today announced it will share its data with the City of Boston in order to help improve traffic ingestion.  READ MORE Flat battery? New prototype turns waste heat into electricity  by Tessa Evans 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, this scenario is a step closer. READ MORE Devices and enterprise software to lead IT spending growth in 2015: Gartner by Andrew Sadauskas Global spending on devices and enterprise software is projected to grow in 2015, but data centres and telecom services is set to remain sluggish. READ MORE Videos and photos drive social media use: Facebook gets it as Twitter struggles by David Glance With the pervasiveness of social media, it is still an unanswered question as to how fundamental a role it plays in everyone’s lives. Part of the complexity comes from the fact that we regard social media as being a uniform thing. READ MORE