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Melbourne's growing start-up ecosystem is successfully attracting and retaining high-skilled talent who might otherwise move to global tech hubs like Silicon Valley. Industry experts attribute this shift to the city's high liveability and the maturation of the local tech sector.
Why it matters
This trend highlights how regional cities can compete for global talent by leveraging quality-of-life factors alongside professional opportunities.
The loss of entrepreneurs to larger markets worries industry leaders, but some experts are choosing to advance their careers in the city’s growing start-up sector instead of the Silicon Valley or other global hubs.
Dee Kulkarni and pay.com.au chief executive Grant Austin at the company’s new office in Windsor. Ruby Alexander Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items.
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Share A A A Melbourne Assembly brings together the people, ideas and conversations shaping the future of our city. See all stories . Melbourne’s celebrated liveability is its secret weapon in the fight to attract more high-skilled workers and entrepreneurs, and keep them here while they build the industries of the future.
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