Roosting in NSW’s first media and creative tech incubator

Playing well with others in an enterprise sandpit has turned out to be a powerful way of dealing with innovation in a world reinvented with digital technology. Here's the Sydney rocket on its launchpad.
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Business incubators have been turning up all over the world. Forbes published a survey article in 2015 which tracked their spread across the US, with casual sentences like this: ‘Those organizations who regularly perform well, like Y-Combinator, have seen over 300 of their startups (with names like Scribd, WePay, and Reddit) receive funding and achieve success.’

Searching for incubators in Australia on Google yields a lot of poultry equipment, but Smart Company repeated research from Artesian last November that revealed the 24 best of the business version of incubator here, starting with Slingshot, BlueChilli and ilab. 

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.