Joan Ball was an online dating pioneer who created the first computer dating service in 1964. Although the credit often goes to Harvard’s ‘Operation Match’ service, Ball’s matching service was operational and in use a whole year before ‘Operation Match’ started...
Disruptor Amelia Hanslow loses her VRginity and attempts to solve her crippling Virtual Reality sickness. I felt more than a little embarrassed: my boss at the innovation firm I’d recently started at was looking at me like I’d confessed to not knowing how to...
Over the past 10 years or so I’ve spent 3 International Women’s Days at the United Nations in New York City – showing off I know! I’ve attended events in Canberra and when in my home town of Sydney, been nominated for awards – for basically just doing my...
Grace Hopper was an American mathematician, computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral who is sometimes referred to as ‘Amazing Grace’ because of the breadth of her achievements. Hopper was a pioneer in developing computer technology. Grace Hopper started...
We all know the old story – that real business value and ROI isn’t achieved until your technology projects are not only implemented but “adopted” by your business users. And yet, communications, process and change management are often overlooked until digital...
Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer who is often considered to be the first computer programmer. In her teenage years, Lovelace’s mathematical talents and intellect led her to enter into a working relationship and friendship with Charles Babbage....
The Disruptor’s ‘Big List of Hackathons’ was started in 2016 as a way to record and track the hackathons happening across Australia. As 2018 is drawing to a close we thought it might be fun to have a look over the list – filled with both past...
I can still remember the panic setting into my mind. I had been running new venture startups for PwC and had spent weeks thinking through and validating our product roadmap. Potential customers were lined up. We were chugging through the backlog and it felt like we...
Ever since I can remember, I have been developing brands based on words and stories. At high school, I worked on a project with a buddy, creating the brand identity of “Unicorn Bricks”. Back then I didn’t know much about what I was doing. We didn’t create a...
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...
