Entrepreneur

Chilean sisters Patricia and Verónica Avila migrated to Australia with their parents as children in 1986, and as adults have been reunited with their heritage through the success of their small business.

Michael Watson was only 21 when he created his first business Wats On Tap, a mobile bar hire and beverage catering company.

It wasn’t too long ago that ‘trends’ referred exclusively to what one would see in a fashion catalogue, and ‘hash tag’ was the disused key on a handset phone – is it a case of get-with-the-times, or die?

As the new financial year gets underway, now is the perfect time to look at how you can run your business more effectively.

Take on some of the biggest companies in the world – tick. Help the AIDS epidemic – tick. Launch a product, now stocked nationally, all within a year? Tick. Just another day at the office for this 26 year old.

There’s the stereotype of the kid in jeans and a hoodie selling his start-up to Google for a couple of billion dollars – but that’s the exception. Most entrepreneurs are actually over 50.

It’s always been easy to blame your failed efforts at recreating favourite dishes from restaurants or TV chefs on your lack of an industrial kitchen – until now.

If it feels as though you’re losing more customers than you’re gaining, you probably are – and while it’s easy to blame the economy or the government, your business starts and ends with you.

Today marks the very first day of the new financial year, and a mid-year opportunity to start afresh – here’s 5 easy things to keep in mind.

An online ugg boot retailer has been left red-faced after an ACCC investigation revealed its ‘Made in Australia’ claims were totally false. Worse still, it also used the official Australian Made logo without authorisation.

As head of the Oatley family investments and businesses, which includes Hamilton Island, Sandy Oatley credits his success to developing and following a long-term vision.

In true entrepreneur form, an everyday annoyance blossomed into one of the best loved digital radio applications around.

It was through watching his parents start their lives over after migrating to Australia that Phillip Di Bella realised he wanted to have control over his destiny when it came to work.

If you’re constantly missing your morning caffeine fix so you can make it to work on time, don’t worry – now there’s an app for that.

In less than a year, Australia will host G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance 2014 summit so the countdown is on. This year, the plan was to show the world what Australians have to offer when it comes to creativity and innovation, and we did just that.

Originally conceived as a way to record precious family memories, a new start-up was recently launched with the aim of disrupting the video marketing field.

After spending almost 10 years in corporate HR feeling unhappy and overworked, entrepreneur Kelly Fischl resigned and forged her own path in business taking HR to a brand new level.

It all started when Dimitri Kontopos and his twin brother Harry were rummaging through the garage, when they realised how great it would be if men had stylish boxes to put all their manly accessories in.

Many kids would rather seek their own path than join the family business they’ve grown up in, but not Toby Bensimon.

It was through observing her father in action that award-winning entrepreneur, Sarah Riegelhuth, discovered her passion for finance. She has since enjoyed the successful launch of her business, Wealth Enhancers, which caters to the needs of young high-income earners moving fast in their wealth creation journey.