Unstoppables co-founder out to debunk the “myth” of startups being too risky

CLIENT: UNSTOPPABLES
OUTLET: SMART COMPANY

With startups and innovation policy currently at the forefront of Australian politics, it’s important investors and traditional industries are also brought into the conversation, Unstoppables co-founder Julio De Laffitte says.

What De Laffitte calls “the Malcolm Turnbull effect”, is very positive for the country, he says, but the government needs to ensure collaboration going into the future.

“This is only one side of the coin,” De Laffitte says.

Empty cinemas no more

CLIENT: TUGG
OUTLET: THE WEST AUSTRALIAN

Most of us have been there. You walk into an empty cinema and it’s just you and the sticky floor.

But if David Doepel has anything to do with it, solitary viewing will be a thing of the past.

As the rights holder to Tugg Australia, Perth-based Mr Doepel wants to put the cinema into the hands of the audience.

In what he describes as the Airbnb for cinema, Tugg enables an everyday person to become a film’s promoter, with punters essentially hiring a cinema and selling it through their personal networks via the Tugg online platform.

New technology allows viewers to stream on the silver screen

CLIENT: TUGG
OUTLET: NATIONAL 9 NEWS

The rise of streaming services, such as Stan and Netflix, has meant Hollywood movies are available from your home and now that same technology is being used in cinemas allowing you to control what you see on the silver screen

Internet service brings cinema to the home

CLIENT: TUGG (MOVIE: MATES VS ZOMBIES)
OUTLET: CHANNEL 7 NEWS

For years big TV screens and the internet have contributed to the steady decline of Australian cinemas. Now movie fans are hiring cinemas to see niche movies of their choice - on a really big screen.

Ireland's swearing, singing Mother Teresa

CLIENT: TUGG (MOVIE: NOBLE)
OUTLET: WEEKEND SUNRISE 

Andrew and Mon chat to Christina Noble, who overcame hardship in Ireland to help poor and orphaned children across the globe.

There's No One 'Right' Way To Negotiate

CLIENT: UNSTOPPABLES 
OUTLET: LIFE HACKER

Whether you’re arguing for a feature in a meeting, pitching for a job or debating why you deserve a pay rise, you shouldn’t rely on just one methodology.

That’s the argument that Matt Lohmeyer of Negotiation Partners rests upon. His position is that negotiation involves having a “toolbox” of propositions.

Home cleaning service app cashing in

CLIENT: WHIZZ
OUTLET: CHANNEL 7 NEWS

Home cleaning is a $2 billion dollar a year industry in Australia. New local software company, WHIZZ,  is cashing in with the country's first on demand cleaning app.   Djuro Sen reports

Whizz joins on-demand economy with home cleaning iPhone app

CLIENT: WHIZZ
OUTLET: SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

With Spring approaching Mark Bernber wants to Whizz in your pool.

The CEO and co-founder of online cleaning business, Whizz Technologies, Bernberg is today launching the iPhone app for the service – but he's already weighing up new services for the Whizz portfolio.

Finally there's an app that will send someone to clean your home whenever you need it

CLIENT: WHIZZ
OUTLET: BUSINESS INSIDER

My house smells like chocolate. No, I haven’t accidentally left an Easter egg out to melt, my house has just been “whizz’d”.

A little after 5pm the other day I had a cleaner come through my two bedroom apartment in Sydney’s north. He was “whizzing”, and he called himself a “whizzard”.

You can pick movies you love

CLIENT: TUGG
OUTLET: THE BORDER MAIL

BORDER film buffs can write their own ticket — literally.

Albury Regent Cinema has a new program that provides patrons with independent or obscure movies that otherwise wouldn’t hit the big screen.

Working with ticketing website Tugg, the centre will host one-off screenings, provided there are 50 bookings for a movie.