The premise: Your business is a start-up in the ICT industry and you have an unlimited amount of money at your disposal. The questions: As the company’s leader, in which technologies would you invest? In what direction would you take your company? Which industries would be best to target, become a niche player in, or attempt to monopolise?
The value of the Australian dollar is falling and the spirits of exporters, manufacturers and retailers are rising. It’s a simple equation but there’s cause for optimism as the dollar finally regains some sense of normality against its US counterpart.
The distribution market is following in the footsteps of other mature markets, expanding globally and making strategic overseas moves in a bid to stay competitive and enter into new and emerging markets.
ASX-listed distributor [[xref:http://www.arnnet.com.au/tag/Dicker Data|Dicker Data|All on Dicker Data]], (ASX:DDR), has appointed [[artnid:381194|Newport Capital|]] as corporate development advisors.
Australian IT organisations looking to expand into overseas markets might have a new avenue for financing, with Newport Capital planning to set up a $100 million fund.
