A technicolor celebration of people pursuing their dreams, Squarespace’s rousing Super Bowl ad shows how the brand helps people break out of their day jobs. Given the precarity of the job market and criticism of the gig economy, the ad toes a fine line between inspirational and insensitive.

One in three Australians is considering quitting their job to start a business in 2020. With people increasingly striving for more flexible arrangements to achieve a better work-life balance, they’re being drawn to autonomous career paths that provide the freedom to realise their ambitions.

COVID-19 has completely changed the face of shopping. With many opting not to physically enter shops, e-commerce is seeing a boost – but some independents are getting left behind. Builder.ai has created a cheap and accessible app that could help smaller retailers get selling online in a hurry.

A pandemic success story, Canada-born multinational e-commerce platform Shopify is positioning itself as the company that puts the power back into the hands of small to medium-sized independent businesses, especially those that have long faced stiff competition from Amazon.