Profiles
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.
A passion for quality bircher muesli – and a healthy dose of entrepreneurial spirit – inspired Mia McCarthy to launch Yummia in 2011. The then 21-year-old’s healthy breakfast snacks proved to be instant success and her product was recently picked up by supermarket giant Woolworths.
After seeing how salt therapy helped his father overcome chronic respiratory illness, Irishman David Lindsay decided to bring the therapy back to his adopted homeland.
Customers are increasingly using their mobile phones to pay bills instead of reaching for their credit card. Mark Reiken’s booming start-up Text2Pay hopes to make the transaction safe, quick and easy for both customer and merchant.
The stars weren’t exactly aligned when Craig Somerville decided to turn online marketing upside down in 2008. For starters, he was a 19-year-old uni student and the world had just plunged into a bitter recession.
Thinking big comes easy to Gen George. The 22-year-old noticed a gap in the employment market for odd jobs and shift work while travelling and promptly set up a business to fill it when she got home.
As we head towards the end of the year, Dynamic Business looks at the 11 young entrepreneurs and business owners aged 30 or under who are moving Australia’s small business world into the future.
The brains behind the globally successful Carman’s Fine Foods business has taken home the 2012 Telstra Business Woman of the Year Award.
Starting an organic men’s skincare line was a logical step for Paul Anderson, who had been clocking up an A-class list of clientele at his grooming salon MANKiND in Surry Hills since opening for business. It might sound like a dream run, but as Anderson explains in this interview, he couldn’t secure funding for what the banks considered an untested business concept – which meant taking the ultimate risk.
Not everyone has the ability to launch an internet startup, let alone three. But Netregistry founder Larry Bloch has done just that.
One young go-getter is sharing how she plucked up the courage to ask her former boss to go into business with her – and how she hasn’t looked back since.
Mai Haven is responsible for introducing Konjac, the latest and greatest superfood to the Australian market, after using it as a home remedy to help her husband lose weight. Here’s how she used a vegetable from her childhood to create a business that’s set to grow 500 percent this financial year
Bespoke is the new black in design land, with consumers more willing than ever to spend big on products made exactly to their taste and specifications. Enter, a fast-growing start-up and its innovative digital product that’s giving people complete design control over a household product many of us take for granted.
Finding reliable part-time staff can be a headache for small businesses, while on the flip side, it’s tricky for jobseekers to find work that fits in with their schedules. This ongoing frustration sparked a business idea for two savvy entrepreneurs, who are now planning to take their successful recruitment platform internationally.
In development land, apps are going off, with many an unlikely “app-preneur” making it big off the back of a wildly popular download. Now, one local start-up is bringing together all the people involved with the process to better develop and market these little goldmines.
You only have to look at business failure rates to appreciate how tough it is keep a venture alive and profitable in today’s environment, but this is something two entrepreneurial mums have done successfully for the past 20 years. Here’s their impressive story.
Too many businesses believe that to be successful on YouTube you need to invest big bucks or operate in a flashy industry. Not so. One local cashflow financier is tearing this notion to shreds, having notched up over 50,000 views on the platform to date. Here’s the secret to its success.
Frith Hucks isn’t an artist. Not that you’d know it by looking at her start-up, art-luxe concept label Bay & Fyfe. Here’s the story behind her globally growing start-up, which has attracted the attention of the likes of Miranda Kerr and Nicole Kidman.
Dreaming up and delivering an international film festival is no mean feat, but Allanah Zisterman wanted even more for her latest project, so she decided to host it on an island. What might have been a logistical nightmare for some, has become this entrepreneur’s greatest achievement.
