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When I started working with early-stage founders, one thing became painfully clear: Founders are expected to do everything — and know everything — from day one.
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🚀 100 Startup Programs That Give You Free Money, Tools, or Investment
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🛠️ 100 Marketing Tools to Help Your Startup Grow Smarter and Faster
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🧠 170 Questions Every Founder Should Ask to Reduce Risk
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🚀 Startups, Don’t Miss This: $6,000 in Free Notion Credits for 6 Months
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Co-Founders: Your Greatest Asset or Biggest Risk? Here's How to Get It Right.
Having the right co-founder can be a game-changer. But get it wrong, and the fallout can derail your entire vision
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The Founder’s Guide to Exiting Gracefully (and Profitably)
Exiting your startup can feel like stepping off a rollercoaster mid-ride. It’s emotional, high-stakes, and personal. For many founders, it’s their first…
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AI Now Consumes as Much Power as Airlines, and Eric Schmidt Says the Real Surge Is Yet to Come
AI is using the same amount of energy as the entire Airline Industry.
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The AI IP Paradox: Why Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey Are Calling for the End of IP Protection and What That Means?
Recently, in the intellectual property (IP) debate, tech giants Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey have publicly advocated for the abolishment of all IP laws…
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Case Studies

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Data, Risk, and Leadership: Lessons from Damian Bridge, CEO of Oncore, a $600M Payroll Tech Platform.
Damian shared his journey as a business leader and a masterclass in data-led decision-making, innovation, and what it takes to lead a high-performing…
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Inside AWS: Fastrack Students Dive into Prototyping with Marc Teichtahl
This week, the 2025 Fastrack Cohort from the Monash University Entrepreneurship Portfolio continued its long-standing collaboration with Amazon Web…
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Navigating Disruption: Mithun Gunaratnam Talks Robotics, Sales, and Shaping Early Markets
Selling early stage technology requires a deep understanding changing customer behaviour. Mithun Gunaratnam shares his thoughts on how you can navigate…
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WaterLight: A Radical Innovation Lighting the Way — Lessons for Startup Founders
In a world where over 700 million people still lack access to electricity, innovation doesn't always mean faster chips or more efficient code.
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Lessons in Innovation: Monash Students Meet Ricardo Garcia-Rosas, CEO of Virtetic
In startups, the journey from idea to impact is never a straight line. It’s a path filled with iterations, learning curves, and the constant challenge…
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Founders Resources

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Co-Founders: Your Greatest Asset or Biggest Risk? Here's How to Get It Right.
Having the right co-founder can be a game-changer. But get it wrong, and the fallout can derail your entire vision
 • 
Adam Ryan
The Founder’s Guide to Exiting Gracefully (and Profitably)
Exiting your startup can feel like stepping off a rollercoaster mid-ride. It’s emotional, high-stakes, and personal. For many founders, it’s their first…
 • 
Adam Ryan
The AI IP Paradox: Why Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey Are Calling for the End of IP Protection and What That Means?
Recently, in the intellectual property (IP) debate, tech giants Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey have publicly advocated for the abolishment of all IP laws…
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Adam Ryan
Is Venture Capital Betting on the Wrong Age Group? You will be surprised!
Imagine you are a venture capitalist reading a well-crafted pitch deck from a 26-year-old founder, brimming with energy, and talking a mile a minute…
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☁️ $200,000 or $350,000 for AI startups from Google with their Start and Scale with Google for Startups Program
Google has built one of the most founder-friendly cloud programs in the startup world. It is designed to help startups get off the ground and scale with…
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Raising Capital

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Part 2: Due Diligence in AI Startups: The Legal & Ethical Red Flags Investors & Founders Can't Ignore.
n 2025, legal and ethical due diligence isn't just a checkbox—it's a gating function. And for AI startups, it's far more complex than most founders…
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Part 3: The wrong funding structure can cost you 30% of your AI company, which you won’t notice until it’s too late.
Valuation is a substantial challenge for AI startup founders, particularly when the technology is evolving rapidly. Capital needs are urgent and…
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Raising Capital: What Pre-Money, Post-Money, and Dilution Actually Mean for Founders.
Raising capital is one of the most important — and misunderstood — moments in a startup’s life. It feels like a significant milestone (and it is), but…
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💸 Raising Capital Isn’t Just About the Money. It’s About the Math.
Raising capital feels like a milestone — and it is.But it’s also the moment where the real math begins.
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Part 1: 9 Reasons Why Venture Capital is Betting Big on Artificial Intelligence: What Founders Must Understand.
Two years ago, being an AI founder meant being ahead of the curve. Today, you're right in the thick of it and the curve is moving faster than ever
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The Power of Lists: Helping Founders Move Faster with Less Risk
One of the biggest challenges I see with early-stage founders is decision fatigue — trying to do everything at once, without a clear structure for what…
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🧠 170 Questions Every Founder Should Ask to Reduce Risk
Startups don’t fail because the founders didn’t work hard. They fail because founders made assumptions they didn’t test.Startups don’t fail because the…
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181 Ways to Grow Your Startup — And Every One Is Free
181 Ways to Grow Your Startup — And Every One Is Free If you’re a founder at the idea stage or early traction, you know the feeling: 🔥 Too many…
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🛠️ 100 Marketing Tools to Help Your Startup Grow Smarter and Faster
Starting and scaling a business is hard. As a founder, you’re expected to wear a dozen hats — from product and sales to growth, content, and customer…
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Part 1: 9 Reasons Why Venture Capital is Betting Big on Artificial Intelligence: What Founders Must Understand.
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Inside AWS: Fastrack Students Dive into Prototyping with Marc Teichtahl
This week, the 2025 Fastrack Cohort from the Monash University Entrepreneurship Portfolio continued its long-standing collaboration with Amazon Web…
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Adam Ryan
Navigating Disruption: Mithun Gunaratnam Talks Robotics, Sales, and Shaping Early Markets
Selling early stage technology requires a deep understanding changing customer behaviour. Mithun Gunaratnam shares his thoughts on how you can navigate…
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Adam Ryan
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The Great Bubble Barrier
How a Stream of Bubbles is Stopping the Flow of Plastic Pollution—and What New Founders Can Learn from Their Approach.
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WaterLight: A Radical Innovation Lighting the Way — Lessons for Startup Founders
In a world where over 700 million people still lack access to electricity, innovation doesn't always mean faster chips or more efficient code.
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Adam Ryan
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