When Maddy Avery ditched her day job to move to Mackay and start her own business, she made a conscious decision to prioritise what was important in her life – purpose, balance, family and a satisfying career. While it sounds like Avery was chasing the elusive dream ‘to have it all’, by founding Birdcage Marketing… Read more »
Bella Eco is no ordinary fashion label. The brainchild of Michel Schuhmacher, Bella Eco is an entirely sustainable fashion brand that produces activewear and undergarments that will completely break down into biomass and biogas in just five short years. As one of the largest consumers of textiles per capita in the world, second only to… Read more »
Despite increasing awareness about environmental issues and sustainability, it’s a sad fact that in Australia alone, more than 5 million tonnes of food ends up in landfill every year. Astonishingly, each of us wastes around 140kg of food every year with much of it being fruit and vegetable matter. This equates to around 20 per… Read more »
Tim Hewitt had just turned 50 when he had a serious wakeup call. He can pinpoint the exact moment: “On the way to the hospital with a heart attack.” “That was about the time I thought ‘I can’t keep doing this’,” he tells Kochie’s Business Builders. After having two stents put in to treat his… Read more »
While the trickle back into Melbourne’s CBD offices is slow, Decoy Café is ensuring their staff will be COVID secure as their loyal customers start streaming back in due to easing restrictions. Slinging quality coffee has been a lifelong family affair for brothers Bill and Chris Spathis; the duo started working in their family coffee… Read more »
One Melbourne entrepreneur came up with a clever solution that makes it easier to connect hair stylists, barbers and apprentices with their customers. Dan Namonyo was working in finance when he had a lightbulb moment. He came up with an idea for an app with a two-fold benefit: firstly, to help hairdressers manage and grow… Read more »
Husband and wife team Truett and Eva Dellow first began their business journey together in 2016. At the time, the couple had great success creating bespoke furniture. It was whilst crafting one-off pieces for clients that they began experimenting with timber bending methods. Realising there was a gap in the market for remarkable designs and… Read more »
Australia is blessed with some incredible national parks and now it’s easier than ever to explore them thanks to Aussie Park Guides. Aussie Park Guides is the brainchild of the Schmidt family. Avid lovers of the Australian bush, the Schmidts wanted to share their passion for our native flora and fauna. By developing an app… Read more »
At a time when the Amalfi Coast couldn’t feel further away, an Italian café, deli and bar has proven to be a ray of European sunshine when Sydney’s inner-city set has needed it most. Launching a business is not for the faint-hearted. Launching that business during a global pandemic, a week after your city has… Read more »
From kitchen damage to bushfires to lockdowns, it hasn’t exactly been business as usual for the first two years of Joshua Abou-chedid’s Sydney restaurant Crazy Nonna Pizza Pasta Bar. “I’ve never had this many grey hairs in my life,” Joshua tells Kochie’s Business Builders of the pressures of running a hospitality business during lockdown –… Read more »
Louise Kramer has always been passionate about animals. “My family always had dogs and cats and looking after them was always my responsibility,” she tells Kochie’s Business Builders. “My two elder sisters would pass anything to do with their care to me because they knew I enjoyed it so much. I was the kid who… Read more »
Whether you’re after a puppachino or a meaty muffin, Miss Drew’s Doggie Cafe on Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula has your four-legged friend covered. A baker by trade, cafe owner Kim Anderson switched gears to create delicacies for dogs in 2016 when she opened the doggie cafe named for her petite pug, Miss Drew. The venue quickly… Read more »
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