Four years into our business journey, the sharks started circling – and we welcomed it. My co-founder and I were pleased to accept the opportunity to appear on Channel 10’s Shark Tank, the show where potential investors were the sharks and entrepreneurs the meat, writes Matej Varhalik, CEO and co-founder of SpeedFit. While our venture… Read more »
Penny’s Cheese Shop is a pocket-sized fromagerie in Sydney’s Potts Point that is customer-focused, fun-filled and makes the best cheese toasties in town. “I think I fell into cheese by accident. I remember shopping with my mum and choosing cheese at a local deli when I was young. I loved that we could taste things,… Read more »
A friend listened to her first podcast last month – an investigative journalism narrative – and binged the whole series over a long Friday evening. Now she’s avid for more. It was a reminder that, despite the vaunted podcast boom, 70% of Australians surveyed last year still hadn’t listened to one. So to get you… Read more »
The fitness industry was amongst the hardest hit during 2020, with shutdowns and restrictions severely hampering business and opportunities for growth. Despite this, many business owners used their ingenuity to adapt and thrive. We asked five giants from the industry to weigh on on their learnings and successes from the year that was… Tim West,… Read more »
Altina Drinks has plenty to celebrate over the holiday period after surviving a long and difficult year, but it won’t be the silly season. The family-run business that produces alcohol-free cocktails is on a mission to normalise celebrations, minus the expectation to drink alcohol. And it seems it’s catching on… Unlike many other small businesses… Read more »
Zenify is a profits-for-purpose business with two key brands: Zenify Pets and Zenify Earth. The company’s mission to help others is matched with the passions of their customers. Zenify donates products to support causes close to the hearts of people who buy Zenify’s products. “We’ve chosen this direction of our business because we want to… Read more »
When the publishing industry rejected children’s book authors Stu French and Teigan Margetts and their idea for books about the world’s big issues that inspire kids to create positive change, they decided to go it alone and launch their own publishing house, Ethicool books. The Melbourne-based husband and wife team produce illustrated children’s books for kids… Read more »
Great Wrap founder Jordy Kay had a dream to create a sustainable compostable cling wrap that could keep food fresh without the nasty plastic byproducts traditionally associated with food wrappers. An industry ripe for disruption A winemaker by trade, Jordy tells KBB he was tired of seeing the amount of plastic cling wrap being generated… Read more »
Faced by a health dilemma, mother of four Sophie Westlake created her own household disinfectant that’s proven to kill COVID, to safeguard her husband from the virus. The disinfectant has proved so effective she’s taken it to market and it now has TGA approval. Sophie’s husband Steve has Myasthenia Gravis, an illness that is similar… Read more »
When Eduardo Richetta found himself out of a job during COVID he made the unusual decision to start a new business with his partner Emma White. The pair upped sticks from their Gold Coast home and moved to Noosaville to open family-friendly restaurant and tapas bar, Eduardo’s By the River. Just months old, the business… Read more »
It was 1977 when Linda and (the late) Ian Tyrer left their city lives behind to start their vineyard, Galafrey Wines, in the Southern part of Western Australia. Today Mount Barker and Margaret River have become famous around the globe for the quality of their wines, but back in the ’70s, the region was but… Read more »
When the Prime Minister cancelled events across the nation due to COVID, single mum Lena Hughes had to think quickly to keep her fledgling business, Bubbles and Brushes, in the black. Based in Orange in NSW’s Central West, Hughes business delivered ‘paint and sip’ workshops which allowed novice painters to experience the joy of creativity… Read more »
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