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 »
A little over three years ago Caroline Africh, 36, was searching for a job. This year she has been awarded the gold gong at the annual Ausmumpreneur Awards for 2017 in the business excellence category. Having turned over $1.1 million in 2017 with her distribution business Things for Bubs, she says she is proud of her… Read more »
It’s not stuffing up your branding or missing out on the world’s best domain name, the biggest mistake you can make is simply not starting at all. I have to be honest: there is one thing in life that makes my blood absolutely, unequivocally, undeniably boil. And I am also afraid to admit that I… Read more »
Eighteen years ago I started my first small business providing corporate gift services from my kitchen table. I was 24 and operating out of a small two-bedroom apartment in Melbourne, so it’s no surprise the local café became my office. Meeting prospective clients face-to-face was transformational. My story soon changed from rags to riches, when… Read more »
To celebrate 10 years of Kochie’s Business Builders we will be bringing you a ‘Top 10’ every week to give you inspiration, advice and entertainment.
Known for her appearance on The Biggest Loser as the ‘straight-talking’ trainer, Michelle Bridges, 46, is Australia’s most prominent fitness trainer who has a son Axel with partner and fellow Biggest Loser trainer, Steve ‘Commando’ Willis. She has thousands of clients who have achieved incredible weight loss results. With fifteen books behind her, Michelle’s online small business 12… Read more »
Go to school. Go to uni. Get a safe and secure job with holiday and sick pay, not to mention a bit extra kicked in for when you retire. It seems like a no brainer; and of course there is absolutely nothing wrong with this, or being completely fulfilled and satisfied with a stable career… Read more »
Ten years ago, Monique Milenkovic was working as a HR Manager and never dreamed she would be running a budding cupcake empire. With the likes of Fifi Box, Danni Minogue and Chrissy Swan obsessed with her cupcakes, Monique went on to found one of Melbourne’s top destinations for cupcakes. Monique started The Cupcake Queens in… Read more »
George W. Bush apparently once said, “The problem with the French is that they don’t have a word for Entrepreneur.” Here are 10 fun facts you probably didn’t know about the term ‘entrepreneur’. Where does it come from? Entrepreneur is a French word coined by the economist Jean-Baptiste Say. It’s origin is from the French… Read more »
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