Marcus Holmes

Perth’s Startup Weekend is a fertile breeding ground for tech startup founders, and this month’s ninth event shows the strength of the sector in WA.

Startups will quickly emerge to challenge and disrupt the dominance of the technology giants, in ways we can’t imagine now.

The emphasis of the startup business is moving away from great ideas to great capabilities.

Cooperation between the startup community and government is welcomed, but what form it takes is yet to become clear.

The political and regulatory climates appear to have synergised, making increased private investment in the startup sector more likely.

There’s an ongoing debate in the startup community about whether to develop customer-focused businesses or pursue an investor-driven model.

The shift in consumer behaviour brought on by technology is having a profound effect on established business models, particularly in advertising.

Hackathons are creative, collaborative and crucial to the development of social networks in the startup sector.

Advances in artificial intelligence are raising questions about its value in more creative, artistic processes.