Entrepreneur

Australia’s under 40s entrepreneurs will gather this March for the Young Entrepreneur Unconvention in Sydney, Melbourne and for the first time in Brisbane.

Running a business while caring for a small child is a daunting task made even harder by a lack of helpful management tools. Bronwen O’Brien spotted a gap in the market and launched DigitalSorbet to help women in a similar position.

Danny Bond, Brodie Brown and Thomas Williamson grew up together in sun-soaked Perth. More than a decade and a half later, the trio are bringing a fresh perspective to summer footwear in Australia.

The Beak family has worked in the meat industry for four generations – and counting. That’s an astonishing 130 years of combined experience that David Beak has drawn upon to create the perfect sausage.

Fred Schebesta is the co-founder and director of credit card comparison website Finder.com.au. In this post he writes about five movies that taught him entrepreneurial lessons.

If Quvenzhané Wallis can be nominated for Best Actress in the Oscar Awards at the wee age of nine, then you’re certainly not too young to start a business!

As a business owner, you now have the power to define why you are in business, what’s important to you about what you do, and use that clarity and passion to transparently connect with an almost infinite number of your ideal clients.

This week six successful female entrepreneurs got together to discuss business, women in business, networking and everything in between. This is what they talked about.

After running a business networking company for the past two years, Ty Wiggins shares his knowledge on what does and what doesn’t work in business networking.

Female entrepreneurs from a variety of industries are sharing their knowledge and opinions at a roundtable this week presented by BlueChip Communications and Dynamic Business.

Paul Schulte has come a long way since pouring beers at Cargo Bar. Since joining the Keystone Group as a bartender in 2001, he has worked his way up the corporate ladder and is now a major player in Sydney’s thriving entertainment scene.

After a decade growing and perfecting her eponymous fashion label, Mela Purdie is launching a new line of beach and after-five wear for women on-the-go.

Australian National University (ANU) is the beneficiary of the most generous philanthropic gift in history after Graham Tuckwell gave the uni $50 million towards a scholarship program.

As the managing director of a successful digital agency, Luke Kelly realised conventional online stores did not guarantee retailers sales or exposure.

While not everyone has a business idea in them, some people just stumble onto one. This is what happened to prosecutor Peter Michie, who started his own dive school after taking it up as a hobby.

During her seven year stint on popular ABC drama GP, Denise Roberts realised drama schools weren’t teaching young actors the art of screen acting and saw a business opportunity.

Glenn Tan turned his back on a career as a charted accountant to indulge his passion for t-shirts. Designing them was easy but the entrepreneur had to start his own business to sell them.

Australia’s growing rate of obesity was weighing heavily – pun intended – on Sharon Thurin’s mind in 2005. After a sleepless night grappling with the issue, the mother of three decided to do something about it and started Slim Secrets.

If you run a business, chances are you’re using at least one MYOB product. We sat down with the software giant’s CEO before Christmas to discuss small business trends for 2013 and to find out what the company can do to make your life easier.

While you might not think that Lance Armstrong is a good business model after last week’s final confession, there are some lessons that business owners can take away from his example. Read on for what you should, and should not do in business.