Entrepreneur

For most people, blogs are a small creative window read by family and friends. Dynamic Business profiles five women whose home hobby became big business. This time, meet Not Quite Nigella.

A new Australian website is bringing the best American merchandise bargains to local shoppers keen to take advantage of the strong dollar.

Australia’s first training and mentoring school for entrepreneurs, CEOs and high-end executives has opened its doors in Sydney.

BikeExchange.com.au took out the AMP Innovation Award at the Victorian Telstra Business Awards on the weekend, thanks to its demonstration of genuine innovation leadership since it opened for business in 2007.

For most people, blogs are a small creative window read by family and friends. Dynamic Business profiles five women whose home hobby became big business. Up first: Polka Dot Bride

In tandem with the launch of its E6 and E7 smartphones, Nokia has launched an online book following the stories of seven successful Australian entrepreneurs as well as a must-win mentoring competition.

Yiying Lu designed ‘Lifting a Dreamer’ as a happy e-card to send to friends. But when Twitter bought the image from iStockphoto, it became a global phenomenon. The 20-something graphic designer tells Dynamic Business how talent, timing and a tweet or two came together to change her life.

Former Dynamic Business cover star Samantha Wills is making it big in the United States and is living between Sydney and New York. Jen Bishop caught up with her for this exclusive interview.

Freelancer.com Founder and CEO Matt Barrie has been named as the Technology category winner of the 2011 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, for the Eastern Region.

The University of Queensland (UQ) is offering a $100,000 prize to the emerging Australian entrepreneur that delivers the most innovative business plan.

Is it possible to model the success of one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our time? How is it that one man can succeed with 300 companies while most fail to do so with one?

Gold Coast entrepreneur Dan Murray was just 17 when he started Sly Underwear. He tells how the burgeoning business came together with a little help from his friends.

I came to entrepreneurship on the birth of my first child. My corporate world didn’t look kindly at my first pregnancy 16 years ago and new to Australia, knowing a handful of people, I decided to start my own thing.

Dinosaur Designs’ Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy are both business owners and husband and wife but perhaps more importantly they’re artists.

Small businesses can now access a new free computer-based information tool – the latest addition to the Australian Government’s extensive range of assistance and resources for small businesses.

It was day 273 (week 39) of what seemed like a never-ending second pregnancy, and Rebecca was trying to finish off the last of her client work before taking a few weeks off. Unfortunately, that was all she could manage with a growing client base and ever increasing ‘to do’ list.

Colette Hayman tried to retire after selling tween jewellery success story Diva but found it too boring. She tells JEN BISHOP how she’s back and starting from scratch, putting her name to another retail jewellery concept, Colette Accessories.

Fleur Madden-Topley blogs about the Winklevoss twins Facebook court ruling and having business confidence.

“No one is employing these grubby, money hungry lookalikes, Harvard graduates or not.”

Brad Smith’s story is a classic example of a passionate hobby unfolding into small business success. From quiet beginnings in the backyard shed with his Dad, his passion, drive and energy have helped him build a retail chain of braaap stores.

Former Dynamic Business Magazine entrepreneur of the year Matt Barrie has taken out the number one spot in BRW’s inaugural Entrepreneur of the Year competition. The founder of Freelancer.com said he was honoured.