{"id":299,"date":"2018-10-29T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T14:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twistartupsaus.com\/?p=299"},"modified":"2018-10-24T17:05:42","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T07:05:42","slug":"episode-s06e16-a-sobering-startup-muster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twistartupsaus.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/29\/episode-s06e16-a-sobering-startup-muster\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode S06E16 &#8211; A Sobering Startup Muster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fifth annual <a href=\"https:\/\/startupmuster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Startup Muster<\/a> survey of the Australian startup ecosystem contains a wealth of sobering statistics about where we&#8217;re going backward. Monica Wulff and Murray Hurps go through the good, the bad, and the data.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-299-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/twistartupsaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/TWISTA-S06E16-A-Sobering-Startup-Muster.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twistartupsaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/TWISTA-S06E16-A-Sobering-Startup-Muster.mp3\">https:\/\/twistartupsaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/TWISTA-S06E16-A-Sobering-Startup-Muster.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>To read the report for yourself, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startupmuster.com\/(modal:report-download\/2018)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/myob.com\/twista\">MYOB<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/startups.uts.edu.au\/\">UTS Startups<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/campaignmonitor.com\/twist\">Campaign Monitor<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 their support makes our podcast possible!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fifth annual Startup Muster survey of the Australian startup ecosystem contains a wealth of sobering statistics about where we&#8217;re going backward. 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