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Sunday, June 2, 2019 View in browser The week's best news and advice for entrepeneurial thinkers. Good thinking, 99 Ever looked at a list of young, successful businesspeople and felt mildly inferior, or slightly shocked about the number of things they've achieved before the age of 30? No? Well check out SmartCompany's Smart 30 Under 30 for 2019 and tell me you don't feel at least a little bit humbled. Alternatively, have you ever looked at a parking sign and just been completely baffled, totally bamboozled by what the heck it means? If it's a loading zone between 12.00pm to 5.00pm, but a permit zone on a Saturday, can I park here for 20 minutes while I pick up a new shower curtain from Bunnings? Thankfully, a Melbourne company is trying to solve all your parking-related confusion with its new Can-i-park? app, and has won a $20,000 pitch competition to help it out. Finally, move aside Amazon, you're not the only one with checkout-free stores. Is Aussie convenience giant 7-Eleven's new store concept the future of Australian retail? Have a ripper week. Dom Powell Features and profiles editor   Smart 30 Under 30 2019 They're innovative, they're socially conscious and they're smart as hell. "Marketing fluff": What startups can learn from Canva's data-breach response "They will absolutely bounce back from this." Melbourne startup wins $20,000 for app putting an end to parking fines Users take a picture of the parking sign, and the technology works out whether or not they can park there, and for how long. 'My worst fears were realised': Envato accused of failing working mothers after multiple resignations "I didn't feel like I was in a safe environment for my career as a pregnant woman." Is this the future of retail? 7-Eleven launches checkout-free store Australia's largest convenience retailer is making a move on checkout-free. "We can start selling millions of these": How Morse Micro scored $24 million from high-profile Aussie investors "We've been able to lean on our investors and advisors, which has been very helpful." Small business survives Morrison's cabinet reshuffle and Michaelia Cash emerges with additional sway "Very pleased to see Senator Cash back." A unicorn a year: More than 50 Australian startups founded since 2011 are valued over $100 million "Over the next five years a new group of world-class Internet and software companies will be formed in Australia."   Update your subscription preferences Copyright © 2019 Private Media Pty Ltd, publishers of Weekend Smarts. All Rights Reserved.