Tag: Melanie Perkins

Growing calls for early R&D tax rebates

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The controversial proposed changes to the R&D tax incentive are now unlikely to pass this year, as the tech sector called for the changes to be scrapped and for...

Access to talent is key: Perkins

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Access to talent remains the key to building a successful home-grown tech and innovation sector in Australia, according to one of the nation’s most successful technology entrepreneurs, Melanie Perkins....

Canva CFO on high growth risk

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Venture capital funding has provided a war chest for Canva, allowing it to buy online presentation business Zeetings. The three-year old Sydney based Zeetings boasts BMW, EY, Deloitte, Woolworths,...

Pay parity: In your tech dreams

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It might be International Women’s Day on Thursday – but for women working in technology it’s still a long way from Equal Pay Day. Right now, there’s a 20...

The importance of being Canva

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It took Guy Kawasaki 30 years to find another company as interesting as Apple and when he did it was based in Australia. Mr Kawasaki was Apple’s chief evangelist...

Kay Koplovitz on gender diversity

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Legendary US entrepreneur Kay Koplovitz describes the 2016 presidential primaries’ season in the US as “very disheartening, very dispiriting,” and the “craziest election cycle I have ever seen.” “It’s...