by Joanne Jacobs | Sep 15, 2016 | Hackathons, News
Hackathons are the perfect events to connect business with innovators, designers with developers, and ideas with production. Building on the momentum established with our last collaboration with Qantas, this year’s Qantas Codeshare Hackathon offered no less...
by Joanne Jacobs | Aug 24, 2016 | Hackathons
From healthcare and healthtech to fitness, wearables, lifestyle, convenience and treatment, the opportunities for startups to transform the global (and local) healthcare industries is significant. Just think back to 1999-2000 genome sequencing project – where a 15...
by Joanne Jacobs | Aug 20, 2016 | Hackathons, HealthTech, Innovation
When we think of innovation and technology, we often think of Google. Or Facebook. Locally, in Australia, we may think of some of the more successful startups – Atlassian, Canva or Campaign Monitor, but rarely do we think of more traditional industries such as health...
by Joanne Jacobs | Jul 17, 2016 | Employee Engagement, Hackathons, Innovation, News
Following the success of 2015’s Qantas Codeshare Hackathon, the 2016 event is now open for applications. Last year’s event was an amazing experience for all involved, from participants, mentors and judges to all the Qantas subject matter experts, sponsors and...
by Joanne Jacobs | Jun 8, 2016 | Enterprise Disruption, Hackathons, Innovation, Innovation Brand, Marketing-led Startups
Ideas are the easiest part of the innovator’s journey. But not every idea is worth its weight in gold. Even if it springs ready-formed from the musings of Elon Musk. For an idea to have any currency. For it to be investible or credible there needs to be something more...
by Joanne Jacobs | Apr 18, 2016 | Hackathons, HealthTech, Innovation, Startups
Every conversation, article and blog post about disruption or innovation carries with it a subtext. And that subtext is loaded with fear. Suspicion. Trepidation. All of us – from entrepreneurs and innovators, artists, creatives, small business owners to “captains of...
