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A Founder's Guide to Writing a Job Ad That Actually Attracts Good Developers
Stop writing lists of demands. Here's how to pitch your opportunity so people actually want to join
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Founder Success Stories
How Lorikeet Found Its First Engineer Through SkillsRobin
A pre-seed AI startup needed its founding engineer. Here's what happened next.
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Founder Success Stories
How Kumo Found Its CTO Through SkillsRobin
A non-technical founder needed a technical co-founder she could trust. Here's what happened next.
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Developer Stories
From Employee #1 to Product Leader: Peter's Journey at Lorikeet
Peter Nguyen shares his incredible journey from Lorikeet's first employee to product leader, navigating the dynamic world of AI-native startups and the evolving role of engineers.
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Founder Success Stories
'If I'm Not Going to Be a Lawyer for the Rest of My Life, I'm Not Going to Do It for a Day – Luca’s founder story
From law student to startup founder — how a trip to India, a couch-moment idea, and a "just give it a crack" mentality led to building a marketplace for fitness and wellness communities
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Advice for founders
R&D Tax Incentive 101: How Startups Can Get Up to 43.5% Cash Back
This guide explains how Australian startups can claim up to 43.5% cash back on eligible R&D spend, providing crucial funding to reduce innovation risk and extend runway.
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Hiring Tips
Talent Thrives When Everyone Belongs: Emma Jones on Building Gender-Inclusive Tech Teams from Day One
Building gender-inclusive teams from the ground up, replacing legacy biases with systemic equity, and creating tech cultures where talent rises because the environment is designed for everyone.
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Founder Success Stories
When ChatGPT Told Her to Climb the Career Ladder by Baking, Sreyna Rath Built the First AI Companion for Women
Building a 7-person engineering team on equity, getting into Techstars, and creating the first AI companion designed by women, for women.
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Hiring Tips
Why Career Changers Might Be Your Startup's Secret Hiring Weapon: A Q&A with Huon Latham
Why startups and career-changing developers are often a great match—and how founders can avoid the most common hiring mistakes.
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Meet a Developer
Versatile engineer who can pick up new technologies in 2-3 weeks and ship MVPs
Naturally curious generalist who believes "standing still isn't an option". Tackling engineering challenges from using AI to identify landmines and creating 3D presentations.
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Meet a Developer
Engineer who transforms startup MVPs into scalable systems
From consulting to government to Silicon Valley - a developer's journey through 19 years of building scalable systems.
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Meet a Developer
Impact-driven lead engineer who turns complex problems into simple solutions
From working in research, education, and activism - this developer cares about building products that matter
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Founder Success Stories
Pauline from Bodhi Holistic Hub
From side-hustle to scaling nationwide: The journey of building a trusted marketplace for holistic health practitioners.
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Founder Success Stories
Steve from Lorikeet
Using AI agents to create better support experiences and building a world class engineering team from 0 to 17 in under a year
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How to get a job at an early stage startup
After speaking to 50+ startup founders and investors this is what we learned
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Developer Stories
Jack, CTO of Kumo
Jack joined Kumo Study as CTO this year through an intro from SkillsRobin. Now he's building learning tools to help students with ADHD get better outcomes.
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Founder Success Stories
Alex from Kumo
From building a ADHD study tool part-time to raising pre-seed funding and building a team - Alex is helping students with ADHD stay in uni and improve their grades.
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Designer Spotlight: Interdisciplinary UX Designer
My unique strength as a designer comes from my interdisciplinary background. I've studied both design and management, which equips me with a versatile skill set.
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Developer Spotlight: Part-time tech lead keen to contribute to greenfield projects
I really enjoy rapid prototyping. To start the weekend with nothing then by Sunday evening actually have some useful stuff.
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Our 2023 Christmas UI Competition has a winner
Look here to discover promising junior designers and their work.
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