Sling & Stone

Things that surprised, inspired and sparked something in us this week - Jaffles, Budgy Smugglers, Cheeky Billboards & more… ⚡️💡 Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3Yrd2tH

Introducing our newest Slinger, Stefanie Safahi! As Associate Director, Startups, Stef is guiding and empowering a new generation of startups! 🚀 Startups have been in our DNA from day one, and with Stef onboard, we’re taking our work with startups and scale ups to new heights. She’ll not only provide expert PR and media support but also help these ambitious brands build fame, create new categories and go global. Stef’s deeply involved in the startup community. She’s a co-founder of VC Women Down Under, worked with Folklore Ventures, Cut Through Venture and many other startups and tech companies both in Australia and the United States. As co-creator of the State of Australian Startup Funding report, Stef literally wrote the book on our fundraising landscape. Read more about Stef’s news and get in touch to tee up a chat on our website → https://bit.ly/3C4BEB7

Happy birthday to...us! At Sling & Stone we recently celebrated our 14th birthday. 🥳 🎂 To celebrate, our offices across the globe in Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore, Auckland, Los Angeles and New York came together for dinner and drinks as a team ❤️ It was in 2010 that founder Vuki Vujasinovic started the firm in a sharehouse, since growing to an agency with multiple offices around the world! How time flies! Hip hip hooray! 🙌 🎉

Our resident #DeepTech expert Tara Pereira shares her top communication tips for founders working at the cutting edge of innovation. 🚀 Drawing from years of experience telling the stories of ambitious deep tech founders, she breaks down common pitfalls – from focusing too much on the ‘how’ before the ‘why’, to underestimating the power of visual storytelling in making complex concepts digestible. Whether you’re working in #QuantumComputing, #BioTech, or any other frontier technology, these insights will help you better communicate your groundbreaking work. Check out Tara’s full article here: https://bit.ly/48i43zk Want to chat more about deep tech comms? Connect with Tara at [email protected] 📨 #Communications #StartupAdvice

Our team is growing, and we're excited to welcome Aydee Tie to our Sydney crew! 🦀 Swipe through to learn more about Aydee. 👉

Our clients shined at SXSW Sydney last week 🌟 They are absolutely the real deal when it comes to showcasing cutting-edge tech and driving innovation on a global scale! We couldn’t be prouder! Check out some of the highlights from some of our amazing clients below. 🚀 🎉 CSIRO’s ON programme alumni, Woven Optics, wowed the crowd with their groundbreaking technology during the SXSW Pitch, with CSIRO’s Kick-Start program manager, Megan Sebben expertly MC-ing the event! 📢 Klaviyo's CMO, Jamie Domenici, led an inspiring panel on brand love, loss, and loyalty, sparking thought-provoking conversations that resonated with everyone in the room. ☁️ MGA Thermal’s CTO and co-founder, Dr. Alexander Post, joined a panel to explore the roles of hardware and software in the fight against climate change, challenging innovators to consider which will lead the charge. 📈 Stake's CEO, Jon Howie encouraged young people to hack the system by learning the ropes of investing, stressing the importance of building financial skills in today's tough economic landscape. Huge congrats to all our clients for their incredible contributions! 🎉 #SXSW #AustralianInnovation #Startups

Introducing Things We Saved This Week—a curated collection of quirky, clever, and wonderfully insightful finds that sparked something in us. ⚡️💡 What started as a few shared clips around the team on a Monday morning has evolved into a go-to vault of creative gems that inspire and surprise us week after week, and we hope they'll do the same for you! ❤️ Check out what we saved this week, 🔗 in comments.

Big Announcement! 🤩 We’re thrilled to see our fantastic clients featured in The Aus Top 100 Innovators List! 🎉 Join us in celebrating 🧠 Mindset Health, transforming mental well-being, 🏥 EMvision, pioneering in medical technology,⚡Neara, revolutionising energy management, 🌍 Endua, championing sustainability, 🤖 Harrison.ai, advancing healthcare solutions, 🚛 Xefco, redefining logistics, and keep an eye on 💬 Diolog—we see great things ahead! It’s an honour to collaborate with such innovative brands. If you want to learn more about these incredible companies check 🔗 in the comments.

Exciting news! 🤩 We are absolutely thrilled to announce seven new brands to join the Sling & Stone gang! 🎉 We’re lathering up with LUSH, starting a revolution with Too Good To Go, celebrating with 4 Pines Brewing Company Pty Ltd, twirling with ACON (IYKYK), inspiring creativity and imagination with Yoto, cramming with RMIT Online, and ordering in with DoorDash (in NZ). 😍 We’re honoured to be working alongside these amazing brands. Get in touch if you’d like to know more about why these amazing brands are choosing our team to take them into the future. Read the full story on our website, 🔗 in comments.

We have some bittersweet but exciting news to share: our founder Vuki Vujasinovic will be stepping down as CEO at the end of the year and James Hutchinson is taking up the helm in 2025. Vuki founded Sling & Stone in 2010 with a fresh approach to PR designed specifically for challengers and disrupters, and since then we’ve told the stories of hundreds of challengers across the world. After 14 years, he’s decided to take some well-deserved time off to spend with his (other) family. Our very own James has been promoted to CEO and will take on the role from January 1, 2025. James has been part of Sling & Stone for more than a decade, and helped grow the team from 8 to 80 people, across four countries and some of the world’s best clients. Congratulations to James and this exciting new chapter for Sling & Stone! Read more: 🔗 in comments.