Profiles

Luke Baylis is a man with good timing – eleven years ago he managed to turn his own personal quest to eat healthy and improve his lifestyle into a successful and increasingly popular Australian food chain.

In several years, Nahji Chu has managed to turn what began as a small kitchen based catering business into a multimillion brand spanning locations across both Melbourne and Sydney as well as gaining a foothold in the UK.

It was a business inspired by the passion of its founder and the quest to provide a new sense of meaning and purpose in challenging times.

They’re the management consultancy team dedicated to ensuring your business has what it takes to succeed.

Some entrepreneurs dream of having a business that not only makes money, but that can also fulfil their desire to help others. Social entrepreneur Kimi Anderson has managed to do just that.

Follow your dreams. It may sound like a cliché, but that’s exactly what this successful mother and business owner did.

The unimaginative among us may lament that ‘all the good ideas are taken’. For young Melbourne entrepreneurs Jordan Catalano and Tom Hywood, that notion is ridiculous.

Between the demise of the Yellow Pages and the growth of mass-produced ‘cookie cutter’ furniture – it was only a matter of time before a backlash started.

Go back not all that long ago, and the concept of paying $3+ for a small plastic bottle of water would have prompted gasps at the sheer audacity of such a ‘product’.

Sipping chardonnay and looking out across rows of perfectly manicured grape vines doesn’t quite compute with the day-to-day reality of running a vineyard. Not to mention an on-site winery, cellar door, and restaurant.

Michael McGlynn is frank about the purpose of his studio: he wants it to produce quality art. The higher the quality of the product, the better it is for business.

Starting out as a boutique makeup brush brand 12 years ago, the chance meeting between an Australian entrepreneur and a makeup artist in London preceded the complete transformation of an Australian brand.

Juliet Rosser believes in supporting Australian artists. So much so that she set up a business to promote their work and better engage the public with the arts sector.

On the face of it, opening a new spin and yoga studio in Sydney’s CBD sounds like a shortsighted plan. Aren’t there already dozens of gyms doing that exact same thing?

It’s odd to think that just a few years ago, Sydney wasn’t known for its small bar culture. Pubs and large-scale venues reigned supreme – but thankfully, things have changed.

“It’s getting exciting,” says Douglas Barton. The youthful looking Mr Barton has good reason to be excited. His business, Elevate Education, has just won the 2014 NSW Telstra Business of the year. The business also took out the NSW small business category. Elevate Education operates across four countries and holds study skills seminars attended by […]

It’s an ‘it’ product in certain circles, and just like any other type of beverage, there’s the good, the bad, and the just plain cheap n’ nasty.

It’s the quintessential party scene in countless American movies since the 1990s: exuberant youths sprawling over a house in the burbs, sipping mystery liquids from red tumbler cups.

Jason T Smith wasn’t planning to go into business for himself. Instead, he aspired to become a “medical missionary” and work in the developed world helping those less fortunate than himself.

If using entirely plant-based ingredients in his products means Malcolm Rands is labelled a hippie, then that’s a label he’s ok with.