Tag: Sandy Plunkett

Larry Marshall in Q&A controversy

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Australia’s commercialisation woes are more due to the private sector’s unwillingness to solve new problems rather than cultural issues at universities, according to Q-CTRL founder Michael Biercuk. On Monday...

Gov’t social media plan a mess

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The government’s further crackdown on social media companies and their users is another “knee-jerk reaction” that will not address the actual problems in the space, according to the Greens...

Summer reading: Ultimate Guide

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Naughty or nice, people? If you haven’t asked yourself that question already, you have maybe left your run a little late. We are about to enter the land of...

The search for a crystal ball

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The next twelve months should be a rip roaring ride for the technology and innovation scene in Australia and the world, full of disruption, instability and enormous opportunity. On...

Summer reading: An ultimate list

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Ho Ho Ho and Merry Christmas to all fellow travellers and happy campers! May you all get the holiday break you deserve after a hilarious and ridiculously busy 2017....

Sandy Plunkett on tech & culture

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Sandy Plunkett has had several careers in the tech industry. I first met her in the very early 1990s when she was a reporter covering the technology beat for...

Innovation in a handout culture

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When economists Paul Frijters and Gigi Foster released a study in 2015 arguing Australia was a plutocracy where our richest amass their wealth by political connections rather than innovative...

Beware the wolves of Silicon Valley

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The call from a Silicon Valley colleague a year ago led with the news his all-male venture capital firm was courting a female partner. He thought, correctly, that I...

Tech culture here is just as bad

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A number of prominent women in the Australian tech and startup communities have spoken out about the discrimination, sexism and harassment they regularly encounter in the sector. The tech,...