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Short, practical articles built around the questions owners and directors actually ask.
How to brief a dev agency so you get what you pay for
Agencies deliver what they are briefed to deliver. A brief that fixes the architecture, the acceptance criteria and the contract terms before the quote is the difference between a product you own and a dependency you rent. This is the structure of a brief an agency can be held to.
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ReadIs this dev agency quote fair? Ten questions to ask before you sign
A fixed-price quote from a development agency hides more than it shows. These ten questions expose scope gaps, unrealistic pricing, technical risk and contract terms that favour the agency, so a non-technical founder can negotiate from a position of knowledge rather than sign and hope.
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ReadPrivacy Act automated decisions: a checklist for 10 December 2026
From 10 December 2026, organisations covered by the Privacy Act must disclose when they use personal information in automated decisions that could significantly affect people. This checklist walks a board through finding those decisions, recording them, and getting the privacy policy wording ready before the date.
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ReadStaff are using ChatGPT with client data. Now what?
Most Australian employees already use AI tools at work, and many mix approved and unapproved ones. This article sets out what a board should do in the first 30 days: find the tools in use, stop the data that must not leave, and put a policy and register in place without halting the productivity gains.
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ReadWhat a fractional CTO costs in Australia, and what you should get for it
Australian fractional CTO offers range from a sounding-board plan to an embedded executive at a five-figure monthly fee. This article sets out the market’s price bands, what each tier actually delivers, and the questions that separate a senior adviser from a part-time contractor.
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ReadWhat investors ask about your tech — and how to answer
Before a round, a sale or an enterprise deal, an investor’s technical adviser will ask the same dozen questions about your codebase, architecture, security and key-person risk. Knowing them in advance turns a nervous due diligence into a short conversation.
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