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DXC Technology


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BizX - Business Transformed

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Team Name


DXC Technology


Team Members


8 members with unpublished profiles.

Project Description


Unlocking the value in open data and using it to drive social and economic value by helping entrepreneurs, start-ups and businesses start, grow, employ and thrive!

Access to freely available open data is key to entrepreneurs and small business owners overcoming the frustrations of an ever more competitive market. This issue is particularly close to our hearts as more jobs are outsourced offshore and unemployment rates rise, we want to help people find alternate ways of working and open new pathways for self-employment in the ACT, and across Australia.

Our product is based on the below hypotheses:
We believe that the process for starting up a business is difficult and full of uncertainties, and a competitor environment combined with a lack of easily-available demographic data results in an uninformed decision-making environment for new and existing business.

We believe that for a business to grow and prosper into the future, an entrepreneur needs information regarding the right location to offer their service or sell their product. Informing new and existing business decision-making using open data is key to nurturing a low entry barrier environment for new and existing business.


Data Story


A Mile in Business Shoes – Helping businesses start, grow, employ and thrive.

We believe that for a business to grow and prosper into the future, an entrepreneur needs accurate, relevant and easily accessible location data. Re-using and combining G-NAF, ABS business, and ACT population datasets in several ways, we created a product that provides business viability ratings based on location, competitors and demographics, helping entrepreneurs to identify the best areas to start and grow a business.
Our users are everyday, ambitious Australians that want the challenges of setting up a business clarified. This platform also allows State and Federal government to re-use the exact same data to support skill migration, identifying missing skills and incentivising preferred suppliers.

Users can use BizX to help them identify the ideal location for their business by highlighting gaps in the market in their target areas.


Evidence of Work

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Team DataSets

ACT Occupation List February 2014

Description of Use This data was used to analyse and inform the location-based business viability rating.

Data Set

GovHackATO - Gov Hack 2018

Description of Use This dataset was used to collect demographic data for a sample of the total population to provide parameters for our business viability rating.

Data Set

G-NAF

Description of Use We used this dataset to connect location datasets for postcode to suburb.

Data Set

ABS Stat

Description of Use We created a new raw dataset from ABS.Stat data to demonstrate where businesses are registered in each suburb.

Data Set

Challenge Entries

Business Canberra

How do we make it easy for business to start, grow, employ and thrive?

Eligibility: Must use at least one dataset from dataACT

Go to Challenge | 7 teams have entered this challenge.

On your mark, get set, start-up!

How do startups have the potential increase job demand in the long term?

Go to Challenge | 8 teams have entered this challenge.

A New Start

How can we improve the process of starting or growing a business?

Eligibility: Must use GNAF

Go to Challenge | 21 teams have entered this challenge.

Data as Art

Awarded to the team who creates the most original piece of art using ACT Government data

Eligibility: Must use at least one dataset from dataACT

Go to Challenge | 5 teams have entered this challenge.