What makes a great tech business? How do you gain customers? How do you impact the world with your innovation? In this article, we explore the wise words of some of the greatest tech minds of our generation. Aristotle observed: “Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and Read more
The Top 10 Best Time Killing Apps of All Time
Life is precious and fleeting, yet we all seem to have plenty of minutes to burn. Here’s a collection of apps designed to help you frivolously bleed time off your existence, and have fun while doing it! The list starts with the most poignant time killer first, and if that doesn’t scare you into being more Read more
Case Study: Atlassian
Atlassian’s Jira has become the gold standard for issue tracking and project management software, used by small startups and established giants like Citigroup, Twitter, NASA and Coca-Cola. Its co-founders, Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar are among Australia’s richest people, each at the ripe age of 35. The company has grown from a small startup funded on Read more
Elon Musk
Elon Musk is the brains behind Paypal, SpaceX, Tesla, Solar City and Hyperloop. With his technical genius and yearning to save the world, he is perhaps the closest humanity has to a real-life Iron Man, a view that many internet memes share! The New York Times believes Musk has becomes one of a new breed of Read more
Slack
In 2017, at the ripe old age of 4, Slack had grown to 1.5m paid subscribers, 60,000 active teams, and 5.8m active weekly users. And all that happened without so much as a marketing campaign, popup ad or bulk email solicitation. So how did founder Stewart Butterfield create such a behemoth success? By focusing on what Read more
Melbourne app development startup Buzinga in liquidation
Buzinga, the Melbourne-based mobile software development startup has gone into liquidation. The company had big aspirations to become Australia’s best workplace by 2017, expanding it’s office to include new collaboration spaces and the popular ‘we’re a startup’ piece of furniture, a ping pong table. With an admirable mission, a solid portfolio and a team of talented Aussies on the Read more
Enterprise mobility and application development
Dapper Apps can design and build custom web or mobile applications for your individual business needs. With today’s workforce increasingly relying on mobile devices for communication and to perform everyday work tasks, it is the ideal time to focus on this shift in working methods and processes, subsequently benefiting from the many advantages the mobile workforce Read more
Does my app idea already exist?
A common concern with people creating an app for the first time, is whether or not their idea already exists. And if it isn’t a concern, it should be. Knowing the competitive landscape in any business venture is extremely important. It is imperative that you understand the market you’re playing in, who your customers are and who Read more
How to fund an app
Few of us can imagine life without apps these days. We all know they’re big business. So how can you get started if you have an idea for an app and don’t have the means to fund it in order to get it onto the market? Here we take a look at six ways to get Read more
How to make money from an app
Monetisation strategies for your mobile app If you have come up with a great idea for a mobile app, you are likely hoping to make some money from it. This process requires expert strategy in order to be successful. It is crucial to establish this strategy and to back yourself with the right people supporting you Read more