Tag: StartUpSmart

Sep 01 2011

Hawthorn Glen v Aconex rematch: round one to Hawthorn Glen

By Paul Wilkinson in Business/Financial, Legal, People issues, Vendors
1 September 2011

According to Australian specialist news site StartUpSmart, a potentially acrimonious public showdown between SaaS construction collaboration provider Aconex and disgruntled shareholder Hawthorn Glen has been averted by a last minute settlement between the two sides. As noted in June (post), Hawthorn Glen had demanded access to Aconex documents relating to February’s EGM when a move to …

Aconex, Australia, Hawthorn Glen, Leigh Jasper, Martin Hosking, SaaS, StartUpSmart

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Jun 01 2011

Aconex chairman in Hitler t-shirt row

By Paul Wilkinson in Business/Financial, Collaboration, Legal, People issues, SaaS, Vendors
1 June 2011

Martin Hosking, chairman of Melbourne, Australia-based SaaS construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex, is also chairman of a totally separate online arts community, RedBubble (read his Wikipedia profile here). This has a sideline t-shirt operation which has become embroiled in a controversy about selling t-shirts with Hitler and Holocaust motifs. The ‘Hipster Hitler’ controversy has now been simmering …