Small Business & Startups

Expert advice on navigating your business and tips and tactics to being your own boss and forging a successful career.

  • Tony Abbott Learns About Domain Squatting – The Hard Way

    Picking out a business name and registering a domain name that suits your new moniker can be tricky. But when your domain name is your name and you’re a public figure it should be reasonably easy. Or so you’d think. Former Prime Minister and current backbench agitator Tony Abbott has found out, the hard way,…


  • Quantum Mechanics, Explained In Five Minutes

    Quantum Mechanics, Explained In Five Minutes

    Quantum mechanics deals with the mathematical description of the motion and interaction of subatomic particles, incorporating the concepts of quantization of energy, wave–particle duality, the uncertainty principle, and the correspondence principle. If you just pulled a face like a perplexed and and mildly agitated monkey, this video from the exurb1a YouTube channel may provide some…


  • Elevator Pitch: Pod & Parcel

    Elevator Pitch is a regular feature on Lifehacker where we profile startups and new companies and pick their brains for entrepreneurial advice. This week, we’re talking with Ben Goodman, co-founder of Pod & Parcel.


  • NBN: The Silent Train Wreck

    You might be surprised to learn that location is starting to take second place to internet connectivity as a search criteria for new office space. And this is causing a massive problem.