Chris Joannou

Chris Joannou

Melbourne
Growth and Innovation for Global Gamechangers.
May
22
Leverage Creative Assets for Growth with Envato

Leverage Creative Assets for Growth with Envato

A quick-fire round (10 minute interview) with Envato's General Manager - Ben Chan. Envato [https://envato.com/] is
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May
18
Alibaba will revitalise Australian Manufacturing

Alibaba will revitalise Australian Manufacturing

For many years Australian food manufacturers would dump excess stock into China. We would have a great fruit season for
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May
18
Co-working is being disrupted! Already?

Co-working is being disrupted! Already?

This major move to co-working has seen several players try their hand at opening a new space - everything from
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Dec
03
LawAdvisor partners with StartupGrind, raises $230,000 strategic investment to develop startup and small business product

LawAdvisor partners with StartupGrind, raises $230,000 strategic investment to develop startup and small business product

The LawAdvisor Team with Chris Joannou Startup Grind hosts Charlie Wood (Dropbox) Melbourne-based legal startup LawAdvisor [https://www.lawadvisor.com/
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Feb
17
THE GLOBAL STARTUP ECOSYSTEM SURVEY - HELP US HELP YOU! :)

THE GLOBAL STARTUP ECOSYSTEM SURVEY - HELP US HELP YOU! :)

You may have heard the buzz recently about Deloitte, Compass and Pollenizer’s 2015 Global Startup Ecosystem [http://startup-ecosystem.compass.
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Jan
12
THE JUSTIN KAN STORY

THE JUSTIN KAN STORY

When I told the audience Justin just sold his last business for $900 Million, he corrected me and said "
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Nov
21
PHOTOS FROM STARTUP GRIND X FUTURE CAPITAL

PHOTOS FROM STARTUP GRIND X FUTURE CAPITAL

Wednesday night we held an Amazing event at Holding Redlich, with the most magnificent balcony in the city. If you
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Nov
17

MELBOURNE EVENT ROUND-UP

There are so many amazing things going on in this city at the moment we thought we would give a
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Nov
03
CALLING ALL FOODIE ENTREPRENEURS

CALLING ALL FOODIE ENTREPRENEURS

Channel 7 is now casting teams of 2 – 4 people to be on a brand new TV show, Restaurant Revolution
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Oct
05
21 LESSONS FROM A GOLDFISH TURNED SHARK

21 LESSONS FROM A GOLDFISH TURNED SHARK

Two years ago I walked into a relatively small co-working space in Melbourne, dragged tables aside and put the room
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