Episode S09E10 EOFY with Damian Smyth and Alex Chisholm

EOFY means startups need to do their sums – and file for their research and development tax credits, instant asset writeoffs, and much more. TWISTA speaks with Swanson Reed‘s Damian Smyth and Alex Chisholm about how clever startups can document their way into big tax refunds – no profits required!

TWISTA S09E10 EOFY with Damian Smyth and Alex Chisholm

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Episode S09E05 Tractor Venture’s Matt Allen

Matt Allen found a gap in the startup funding model. Now he’s driving Tractor Ventures through it, providing unsecured loans to startups with accelerating revenues. Are loans a better deal than selling shares? This episode is a must for every startup raising capital.

EXPLICIT CONTENT WARNING – Matt gets a bit sweary (in a good way)

TWISTA S09E05 Tractor Venture’s Matt Allen

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Episode S07E04 VR Special

On our first VR special, the tech seemed poised to become the Next Big Thing. What happens to startups – like InspaceXR and EqualReality – when an enabling technology fails to reach scale?

TWISTA S07E04 VR Special
InspaceXR has a potential market of hundreds of billions of dollars.

InspaceXR provides a plug-in one-click pathway between architectural programs like AutoCAD and immersive visualisation using virtual reality…

EqualReality creates environments that help expose and educate people the unconscious biases and behaviours within the workplace…

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S0506 – VR Special with Tim Ruse & Kain Tietzel

In the year since our last VR special, cyberspace has exploded – and virtual reality has become a real business. We speak two the founder-CEOs of two of Australia’s most successful VR startups, starting in conversation with Zero Latency‘s Tim Ruse, then closing in a chat with Start VR‘s Kain Tietzel.

Virtual reality is a real business – with real customers and real revenues. We go exploring the new _business_ landscape of virtual reality in this special episode.