Welcome to ACS Labs Community Update – a fortnightly snapshot sharing what’s been happening across our three innovation hubs.

ACS Labs is powered by the Australian Computer Society ( ACS ) and boasts three premium innovation hubs in Brisbane – River City Labs, Sydney – Harbour City Labs and Melbourne – Bay City Labs.

Each location is focussed on growing and scaling tech startups and providing support for founders who are product focussed and building for global markets.

River City Labs Entrepreneur In Residence Peter Laurie held a group mentoring session last week for members and the community. The session covered entrepreneurial risk, pirate metrics…

The recent Westpac Small Business report suggests 43% of small businesses are unaware of the grants available and 78% say the grant process is too difficult…

In 2017/18, the Australian Government published 73,458 tender contracts with a combined value of $71.1 billion. Of the tenders, apart from military contracts, 15 percent were for work involving…

Outsourcing often gets a bad rap, particularly from unions and job hunters, but according to Jacqui Miller, founder of Dynamic Business Outsourcing Solutions, one of the world’s leading…

The Australian startup ecosystem continues to grow from strength to strength. New startups are founded each and every week, levels of funding continue to rise and…

The coworking industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world. According to various industry reports there are now more coworking spaces available in…

According to David Lennon, founder of ‘You’re Welcome Finance, also known as the ‘Personal Loan Guy’, “the latest statistics out of the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that…

On the heels of the release of the Federal Government’s new India Strategy, Australia’s largest energy accelerator Energy Lab have partnered with India start-up specialists The Virangana Project to form…