Stock options are viral ingredient needed to spark startup culture
The Australian government's restrictive stock options regime has stifled entrepreneurship, but Atlassian could be the ecosystem's saviour.
bootstrappr
From boom to bust, from unconference to BarCamp and beyond, Mahesh Sharma tracks the fortunes of Australia's startup community.
Mahesh Sharma
Australian-born, Bangalore-based Mahesh Sharma is ZDNet's India correspondent.
Latest Posts
When the US survived a stock option crackdown
A world without stock options is a world without semiconductor chips, personal computers, video games, and the Internet.
Government stock option mess bears fruit for 'legal startups'
Lawyers said the government overreacted with its stock options laws in 2009, which have created a unique local market for creative tax structures.
Union campaign alleviates stock options fallout
The unions heavily lobbied their former member Treasurer Wayne Swan to relax changes to the employee share schemes that crippled businesses and startups.
Swan's sledgehammer crushes startups
Treasurer Wayne Swan's whirlwind AU$200m tax grab has sent corporations and startups into a spin, viewed as a lopsided struggle to equitably share the spoils of business growth with the workers responsible.
Atlassian takes stock, other Aussie start-ups have few options
As Australian software champion, Atlassian, is expected to list on the Nasdaq later this year, are employee stock options a viable option for other Aussie startups?
Australian venture capital needs a new story
Venture-capital executives have downplayed a 9 percent increase in the number of deals this year, which the industry body trumpets as a sign of success.
Australia's startup gender crisis
Can a startup ecosystem be viable if only one gender is represented?
Australia's two biggest cities carry nation's startup dreams
Sydney has been crowned Australia's startup capital by a new report compiled by stakeholders from the country's biggest city.
Gravity Four finds Android owners spend more than iPhone users
Apple and Android fanboys steadfastly hold their ground in the debate over whose operating reigns supreme, but they may not have a leg to stand on after two defectors changed sides.