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 »
They say it takes a village to raise a child and you could say the same about running a family business. So how do you raise it to be a successful adult with strong foundations and good prospects? With more than 67 per cent of Australian businesses being family run, there’s a lot of us… Read more »
It’s International Dog Day! So we’ve decided to shine a spotlight on some of our favourite businesses that have a focus on man’s best friend. Introducing Active Creatures. Created by husband and wife team Cameron and Melody in their hometown of Melbourne, Active Creatures is a luxury sportswear brand for people and their pets. Their… Read more »
Luke Cook’s startup, live events and rewards app, Funlocka, ground to a halt when COVID-19 hit. But a trip to his local café sparked an idea for a business pivot that saw Cook reshape his offering to support the mental health of the millions of Aussie’s working from home. “As a founder who had invested… Read more »
When Brendan Small’s father first began cleaning carpets 50 years ago, little did he know his Dad’s commitment to delivering a stellar service for his customers would wide up in the creation of SpotGo, a range of consumer products sold throughout Australia. Since the launch of the family business in the 1960s, the Small family… Read more »
When businesses get sustainable packaging right, customers and clients take notice. That has certainly been the case with Henschke Winery, KeepCup and Modern Dental. These businesses, and many others, are setting the new standard for sustainable packaging excellence in Australia, implementing innovative solutions to reduce their impact on the environment and improve business outcomes. So,… Read more »
Enough about the ‘pivot’. Sarah Davidson, co-founder of global matcha powder brand Matcha Maiden, co-owner of Matcha Mylkbar café in Melbourne, and Seize The Yay podcast host and author, says the best online strategy is to ’embrace the mini pivot’. Ever since she left her job as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer in 2015, Sarah Davidson has gone by the job… Read more »
Australia has produced a plethora of artisan chocolatiers but what makes our TAS Innov8rs winner stand out from the rest is owner Maurice Curtis’s dedication to the craft. All his chocolate is created from scratch. It’s a farm-to-table approach that ensures Federation Chocolate has control of the process from bean to bar. It’s a labour… Read more »
When under-30s friends Jye de Zylva, a former carpenter, and Davie Fogarty, an entrepreneur, joined forces to launch a line of innovative dog beds in 2019, little did they know how successful the brand would soon become. Equipped with their love of dogs, a foolproof sales and marketing model, and backed by Davie’s own savings,… Read more »
Tina McIntosh had been living with chronic pain for years when she decided to take matters into her own hands. The result was Brain Changer, the ACT winner of our Innov8rs competition. Brain Changer is a 12-week recovery program that uses neuroscience to put pain management back in the hands of sufferers. When McIntosh developed… Read more »
When Michael Mathews started Victorian-based cleaning equipment company EcoTeq, a key factor in determining the equipment he’d bring to the market was grounded on the product’s impact on the environment. After decades working in the cleaning equipment space, traditionally working with diesel and petrol powered equipment, Michael wanted to reduce the impact on the planet… Read more »
Since the start of the pandemic, an increasing number of workers have made the digital shift to remote working, where home life merges with work life. In response, business owners have had to act quickly to reshuffle their management processes and ensure a smooth transition for the team and the company. Despite the challenges that… Read more »
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