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Twelve months on from the first lockdown restrictions across Australia, local SMBs are feeling resilient and optimistic, according to new research from Amazon Launchpad - Amazon’s program aimed at helping Aussie startups and entrepreneurs bring innovative products to shoppers.

Promising its new capabilities "help everyday entrepreneurs create impactful visuals and build brands that stand out online", GoDaddy has "deeply integrated" its "Over by GoDaddy" design app into its "Websites + Marketing" offering.

The Australian Government’s reissuing of 188C Business Innovation and Investment visas and allocation of interim places to high net worth migrants prior to the Budget will assist Australian businesses and entrepreneurs to counter the lack of availability of domestic capital investment, according to one advisory firm.

Australian startup The Block Ledger is one of the top five winners of the Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund/HSBC JUMPSTARTER 2020 Global Pitch Competition, competing in the event against 40 finalists for the top five slots.

The Director of Research Computing at the University of Queensland, Professor David Abramson, has been awarded the Pearcey medal for 2019 by the Pearcey Foundation for his contribution to the development and growth of the ICT industry in Australia.

StartCon is Australia's largest Start Up conference, with Uber, eBay, Airbnb just some of the international speakers, with 4000+ expected to arrive and around 100 international and local speakers - it's a can't miss event!

Fifty thousand dollars is on offer in the 2019 Westpac Innovation Challenge which gives start-ups, scale-ups and entrepreneurs the chance to win and provide them with professional support to grow their businesses.

Sydney and Melbourne rank in the top 15 cities globally in a gender-specific study conducted by Dell Technologies that looks at a city’s ability to foster the growth of women-owned businesses.

Apple has announced the launch of its "all-new Entrepreneur Camp", billed as a "first-of-its-kind initiative designed to create new opportunities for app-driven businesses owned or led by women through an intensive technology lab, specialised support and ongoing mentoring".

New South Wales virtual reality technology company Equal Reality has been shortlisted, along with six other entrants, in the the Optus Future Makers program for budding entrepreneurs.

Corporate accelerator company Slingshot has launched its Icon business bootcamp and accelerator program for regional small business owners and startups for the second year running.

Seven finalists have been selected in the Optus Future Makers program for budding entrepreneurs, with a total of $300,000 in grant funding up for grabs.

Projects with the potential to deliver safer patient care before and after surgery, and to reduce the fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions of commercial aircraft, are among a raft of projects to receive grants under the Accelerating Commercialisation element of the Australian Government’s Entrepreneurs’ Programme.

Microsoft has launched its ScaleUp program for technology startups in Sydney, the eight location in the world to join the likes of Seattle, Beijing, Berlin and London.

Promising "ambitious plans to level up Aussie entrepreneurs by providing training and tech skills not available at traditional universities", Le Wagon's stunning success shows it will definitely achieve its Australian and global aims.

Not-for-profit organisation SBE Australia has opened applications for its Springboard Enterprises accelerator programme which provides up to 10 emerging, high-growth companies — with a woman or women in senior leadership positions — the opportunity to tap into a global suite of world-class entrepreneurs, investors and top-tier business development experts.

Connectivity is spurring South Australia's start-up culture, with new research by demographer Bernard Salt pointing to entrepreneurialism booming "as local business embrace the service economy".

Australasian regional food and beverage company Lion has partnered with Australian accelerator specialist Slingshot to launch a new accelerator program for startups and entrepreneurs.

Telstra has appointed technology executive Andrew Birt as entrepreneur-in-residence for the new muru-D startup accelerator Melbourne programme.

Australian small business owners are an entrepreneurial lot, with many choosing to operate more than one business at a time and working so hard they probably won’t take public holidays or even a Christmas break this year.