Jim Penman’s face is arguably one of the most recognisable in Australia, with it emblazoned on trailers, trucks and signs. But who is Jim, and how did he achieve his monumental success? And more importantly, can Australians learn from his story and replicate it in their own context? Jim is the founder of Australia’s largest… Read more »
Traditionally, the first act establishes character, relationships and setting; it’s where the first plot point happens. This series collects the ‘first act’ jobs, careers or businesses of entrepreneurs. Introducing Gina Lednyak… Gina Lednyak finds opportunity. Or rather, she makes opportunities happen. “I started working when I was thirteen – literally the second I legally could.… Read more »
When young entrepreneur Tara Jane had trouble finding a Brazilian style bikini to meet her taste, the then 21-year-old decided to put the $10k she’d saved for a gap year to good use and make her own cossie instead. The ambitious girl boss jumped a flight to Bali with her heart and mind set on… Read more »
Magic Johnson is the King of reinvention. Known as one of the best basketball players of all time, Johnson retired from the NBA after 13 years following a shock diagnosis of HIV. While the world wrongly waited for Johnson to die, this monolith of a man, took stock, regrouped and re-emerged triumphant as a business… Read more »
Serial entrepreneur, Mick Dempsey is no stranger to fintech. His first venture Ezidebit, a payment solution for small businesses, helped change the way payments were processed for SMEs. Started in Brisbane in 1999, the business grew to become one of Australia’s leading payment processors. By the time Dempsey and his brother sold Ezidebit for a… Read more »
Pamela Jabbour was just 21 when she founded Total Image Group. Armed with a dream and a marketing degree, the pocket rocket CEO, her brother and a friend decided to launch their own company designing and manufacturing uniforms for Australia’s leading brands. A little over a decade later and Jabbour has taken Total Image Group… Read more »
To coincide with its APAC expansion, on-demand, two-sided marketplace in the sharing economy, ShareRing, is giving two, creative entrepreneurs the opportunity to win a free trip to Hong Kong, to present a five-minute business pitch to an audience of 120 people. ShareRing urges creative entrepreneurs who want to make a big impact in the sharing economy to submit their emerging business… Read more »
99designs’ second annual global poll of entrepreneurs has discovered significant similarities between the way men and women run a business. However, when it comes to raising outside capital for new ventures, a massive funding gap still exists. According to the International Women’s Day Entrepreneurship survey of more than 3,000 entrepreneurs, men are twice as likely as… Read more »
Business mentor Smriti Goswami tackles the issue of lack of female entrepreneurs in male-dominated industries Smriti Goswami has never let “being a girl” hold her back from chasing her dreams. From a Navy Diving Course, to a commercial pilots’ licence and adventure-sport excellence, Smriti has excelled in many traditionally male-dominated arenas. Now Smriti, a life… Read more »
I’m going in to bat for the young people. They’re the future of our society and our economy, and I’m backing them to shape an even better Australia writes Xero MD Trent Innes. I’ve met too many ambitious, dedicated and intelligent teens, twenty-somethings and thirty-somethings to believe the negativity you sometimes hear about their work… Read more »
You have a game-changing invention that you want to launch – with a bit of careful planning, collaboration and determination, your stroke of genius could be up and running before you know it. Here are 10 tips to successfully bring your product to the market. Love what you’re doing It’s easier if you believe in… Read more »
Nothing makes us happier than when we hear about small businesses who have picked up some great advice and rolled with it. When Melinda Clarke from The Melbourne Map wrote to us with a question for Ask Kochie last year she wanted to know how to finance her big idea through crowd funding. The two Dave’s… Read more »
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