As the pandemic continues to impact small business owners’ lives and livelihoods, making the switch to selling online is becoming a necessity. Statista predicts Australia’s online shopping revenue will grow to $34.5 billion this financial year. If that’s not reason enough to jump aboard the eCommerce train, we give you the lowdown on the other… Read more »
Alisa Latto and Danni Crews have a friendship that spanned more than 25 years. Among their many shared values, a mutual interest in health and wellness brought them together, especially when they started to have families. It led them to launch 123 Nourish Me in 2016, developing a range of organic products for children –… Read more »
Niki’s Natural Wipes take their name from the baby boy who inspired the world’s only natural baby wipes infused with organic coconut oil and Manuka honey essence. Niki was a happy and healthy baby until he ended up in hospital suffering from a urinary tract infection, and ongoing nappy rash had his parents constantly worried… 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 »
Pets are the best friends many people have and looking after them is important. Everyone wants the best for their pets, including Ben Whitfield. That’s why he created Meat Mates, made from premium New Zealand, sustainably farmed meat. Ben quips that Albert Einstein said any fool can make things more complex, so his philosophy is… 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 »
Founder James Bruce has married his love of organic products with his passion for design in his beverage brand, StrangeLove. The Melbourne-based company specialises in sodas and premium mixes and sources 98 per cent of its ingredients locally. A single beverage can have as many as 10 ingredients in the blend. The result is complex… 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 »
When bushfires scorched Australia last summer, one way people found solace was through the Melbourne wellness brand Sensori+ and its air detoxifying mists and candles. For co-founder Marc Wang, it was validation that eight years of product development for the brand’s environmentally friendly products, locally-made from natural ingredients. That initial growth in sales continued through… Read more »
Jaz Wearin isn’t new to brewing beer, but when she was pregnant and craved a cold one, she couldn’t find a non-alcoholic beer she enjoyed. So she decided to solve her own problem and make one. Jaz is already a craft brewing veteran, having co-founded Sydney’s Modus Operandi Brewing in 2014 with her husband Grant.… Read more »
When banker and fitness fanatic Andy Coley swapped English cool for Australian sunshine several years ago, the chance to head to Bondi Beach, rather than the gym, to make his heart rate rise was irresistible. And while he wanted to give himself a good workout, lugging exercise equipment such as kettlebells to the beach took some… Read more »
Christopher Mathews decided to launch his startup when his daughter came home from daycare coated in a thick layer of sunscreen. He decided to make something that was all-natural, without the chemicals that cause problems for some people and spent six months experimenting with different formulas in his kitchen and even got sunburned testing them… Read more »
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