Maria Enna-Cocciolone started her distribution business Inskin Cosmedics 15 years ago from her garage. Since then, she’s grown it into a multi-million-dollar family business and pioneered the use of medical aesthetics with the launch of her own brand O Cosmedics. When Maria Enna-Cocciolone told her parents she wanted to be a beauty therapist, her father… Read more »
Formed in the nineties, Organic Beef Exporters (OBE) is Australia’s first meat distributor dedicated to the production of organic beef. A collaboration between a number of farming families, OBE operates in Australia’s heartland covering an area over 30,000 square kilometres. The cattle OBE raise roam across natural organic plains, with hardly any fences. Free from… Read more »
A cohesive and memorable brand can be the difference between your small business flourishing or floundering. No one understands that better than Taylah Rose who launched her business, Made by Taylah Rose, in 2014 when she was just 15. When Taylah was invited to a birthday party and had no money for a gift, she… Read more »
Starting up your own business can be a tricky, well … business. While the benefits are many – you get to craft and watch your vision come to life, it’s not without challenges. It’s also not cheap; from paperclips and coffee cups to staffing and the tech required to get the best product to your… Read more »
Shavonne Stengel turned 19 a few weeks ago, but incredibly she’s already been in business for years. Just how a 15-year-old can start such a successful business comes down to a combination of a clever innovation, strong relationships and great systems. When Shavonne was in Year 10 and a tiny 15 years old, she started… Read more »
When you think of classical music, tradition springs to mind. But get to know the Australian String Quartet and you might think differently. They certainly do. “Our work seeks to break the stereotypes around string quartet music and to take music to exciting and intimate places where people can experience music-making up close,” explains Australian String… Read more »
When Aaron Trotman moved from country Victoria to the big smoke of Melbourne at the age of 18, he was introduced to a world of food and drink he had never imagined. “I was instantly hooked,” Trotman tells Kochie’s Business Builders. “It took a while to get the country out of me – I couldn’t… Read more »
Adrian King has spent a lifetime crafting short-form videos as an animator, editor, producer and creator. Now he’s brought all those skills to bear in Brivvio – an app that makes social video marketing as easy as 1-2-3. “One of the things I say is Brivvio is about telling a story, you know, sharing a… Read more »
Start up. Scale Up. Go hard. Hustle. Get bigger. Take over the world. When you’re a small business, the question you probably get asked a lot is what are your growth plans, how will you get bigger and grow your empire. It’s like being small is not good enough, and you are only legit if… Read more »
As people pack their bags and hit the skies en masse, premium luggage brand July is enjoying a surge in sales – and expansion opportunities. The brand marketed as “designed in Melbourne. Made for the world” was borne of the simple desire to make better luggage. “We wanted to create something beautiful – something that… Read more »
Throughout the perils of a premises change, a pandemic and parenting, Michelle Grand-Milkovic and Michael Milkovic have steered Sydney seafood restaurant love.fish through choppy waters. Every day, hundreds of diners flock to love.fish for a quintessentially Sydney experience. The location, smack bang in the middle of the Barangaroo harbourside dining precinct, is second to none.… Read more »
After the sudden closure of one successful business, entrepreneur Jemima Key wasn’t going to let that hurdle stop her from achieving her dreams to run a business that helps the planet. In less than 24 hours, this determined female founder created Old Bags and is taking the eco-friendly, socially-conscious business world by storm, writes PR… Read more »
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