Australian research and innovation policy keeps funding a program and expecting an ecosystem to grow where the money lands. The two are different instruments doing different things. A competitive, time-limited, university-led grant is built for accountability and speed, while a durable, demand-led collaboration is built for density and patience. Using the Trailblazer Universities Program and the CRC record, this Insight sets out four questions that settle the choice before mo

Research analysing 26,000+ startups globally reveals founder personalities predict success with 82.5% accuracy. Teams combining diverse personality types are twice as likely to achieve successful exits. Six distinct founder personalities identified, from technical "Fighters" to business-focused "Leaders." For Australian innovation policy, this suggests moving beyond supporting individual entrepreneurs to fostering personality-diverse founding teams through redesigned policies