by Joanne Jacobs | Mar 19, 2019 | Coders / Hackers, Future of Work, Uncategorized, Virtual reality, Women
In a recent video published by The Guardian, author of Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson asks: “Where are the women in the brave new world that’s being designed for us?” It’s a pertinent question in International Women’s Month, especially when we...
by Joanne Jacobs | Mar 18, 2019 | Digital Disruption, Events, Uncategorized
Over the past few weeks the Disruptors have been in the thick of events, for International Women’s Day, for startup accelerators, for small business and for the Sydney Design Festival. What’s been interesting is that without our having to orchestrate it, all events...
by Joanne Jacobs | Oct 26, 2018 | Innovation, Marketing-led Startups, News, Startups, Uncategorized
Startup Muster’s fifth Annual Report on the startup ecosystem unveils the progress, opportunities and challenges for Australia’s startup ecosystem, and the strengths and weaknesses of this sector. The 2018 Annual Report included responses from 777 verified startup...
by Joanne Jacobs | Aug 24, 2018 | Data Science, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Events, Innovation, Uncategorized
Yesterday morning we kicked off the first breakfast in our Disruptor’s Breakfast Series where we brought together a select group of people to have a frank conversation about disruption, innovation and transformation. Each month we will tackle a different topic...
by Joanne Jacobs | Jun 22, 2018 | Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Disruption, Innovation, Public Speaking, Startups, Uncategorized
Over the next couple of weeks, we are visiting Singapore to talk innovation with enterprise, and to help the teams we first met at Asia’s first ever sextech hackathon. Singapore is exciting, and not just because it’s currently ranked the third most...
by Joanne Jacobs | Oct 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
Photo credit: Stephen Cooper Last week I attended the first-ever ‘Wednesday Evenings short talks’ at the Vibewire Common Room. Pioneering the weekly events was futurist, trend spotter and keynote speaker Tim Longhurst who spoke to us about his experiences...