Entrepreneur

Aimee Marks is taking on the big guys with TOM Organic tampons, and at just 25 years of age, has had some stunning successes.

Virtual offices aren’t just about seeming bigger, they’re about being bigger, and they’re ideal for small businesses and entrepreneurs.

Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features Dimmi founder Stevan Premutico, who changed the way the restaurant industry takes bookings.

Brothers and joint Gelatissimo CEOs Domenico and Marco Lopresti have managed to take their small family business and turn it into an international success, one flavour at a time.

You might think life as one of Sydney’s top interior designers would be all glamour and tantrums. Not so. Behind the scenes there are the same cashflow and staffing issues as any other small business.

Get Threaded founder Liz See has been working to release her unique ‘brow bar’ franchise concept across Australia and New Zealand since 2009, launching with just $5000 in the bank. The first of her Master Franchisees opened for business this month, and See is reflecting on how she got the concept off the ground.

Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features the man who’s changing the face of the global jobs market – Freelancer.com founder Matt Barrie.

Social entrepreneurship has grown 37 percent in the past five years, making it one of the fastest growing sectors of the Australian economy, new research has revealed.

Ronni Kahn is one of the country’s most well-respected social entrepreneurs, having led the Australian shift toward social consciousness since launching her not-for-profit organisation OzHarvest in 2004. This week, she’s the star of our Friday Entrepreneur Fix.

When a niche nappy business from Newcastle took out one of export’s best-regarded awards, little did we know that the toilet habits of tots worldwide was such big business.

Avid global trotter turned online entrepreneur Jia En Teo channelled her frustrations with the online short-term holiday rental sector into creating Roomorama, a very profitable business that’s leading the property rental marketplace after merging with Fabrice Grindaalso of Lofty.com and securing $2.1 million in seed funding.

In a five-part article series, we look at the 10 most common ways small business owners waste valuable time and offer some solutions for combating this damaging behaviour. Part one looks at tackling shifting priorities and interruptions.

Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features Emma Isaacs, the owner of the country’s most loved and successful networking businesses, Business Chicks.

If there’s one certainty in business, it’s that companies love winning awards. Not only do trophies look nice on the mantelpiece, but as many past winners know, success at award time can have a telling effect on the future of your business.

Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features Entrepreneur of the Year and self-confessed “start-up guy”, Mark Harbottle.

This year our pick of the leading businesswomen in Australia includes a scientist, a spa owner, an online entrepreneur, an accountant and more! They’re a varied and impressive bunch.

We grill’d entrepreneur Simon Crowe about his booming burger business to find out why everyone’s lining up to have a taste of his buns.

Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features Pascale Helyar-Moray, the founder of revolutionary website StyleRocks, which allows jewellery-lovers to create customised pieces to match their tastes.

Liam Taylor made a significant career change in 2009, moving from personal trainer to CEO of Perth-based business Surge Fitness and becoming a respected business leader in the three years since. Before Taylor took the helm at Surge, the business was on the brink of insolvency but it now boasts an annual revenue of over $3 million and a membership of more than 3,000.

New Sydney start-up Ticket Ninja is tapping into the marketing potential of social media users and giving them free event tickets, in return. Founder and entrepreneur John X spoke to Dynamic Business about how his business is changing the events marketplace.