Seeing a gap in the services offered by IT distributors, Tony Gea Gea decided to fill it; with 24/7 Distribution. Now 24/7 Distribution has become the leading services-based distributor of unified communication solutions with offices in every state in Australia, India, New Zealand and Fiji. Tony Gea Gea saw that an IT distributor could play […]
It was a combination of gut feel and knowing what was happening that led Costa Anastasiadis to the open his first Crust Gourmet Pizza Bar in Annandale, Sydney. After opening four more stores, Anastasiadis invested in a proper franchising model. Today Crust Gourmet Pizza Bars have 17 stores operating under the franchise model across Sydney, […]
With no formal degrees, Dorry Kordahi became the founder and managing director of Dorry Kordahi Management (DKM). Since beginning his marketing and branding business in 2002, out of a shed, DKM has come to operate in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai and generates more than $4,000,000 in revenue. DB: What helped you most when trying to […]
With her passion for green business and experience in niche product design, marketing and business, Tracey Bialek established Ripple Products to develop a niche product in the growing green business sector. “I had a real desire to be in a business that was active in the environment sector, but could also create some sort of […]
Online business has always been an interest of Stephen Langford’s. Appreciating the success of Netflix in the US, Langford soon launched Quickflix in Australia, and online business success followed. DB: What helped you most in trying to get the business off the ground? SL: Two other major players with some serious money behind them were […]
Managing information online simply made sense to Rob Phillpot and Leigh Jasper. And so they founded Aconex, an online information management and collaboration service which services projects with a combined value of AU$200 billion across 44 offices worldwide. When it comes to the beginnings of their Aconex business, Phillpot says: “We were two young guys with […]
When it came to setting up her own home office after moving from Sweden to Australia, Kristina Karlsson, from kikki.K, was quick to realise the lack of stylish home and office products that Australian retail had to offer. From there, Karlsson designed her first retail range, and the beginnings of kikki.K. With no business experience, let alone […]
Through her agency Elite Introductions, Trudy Gilbert endeavours to find love—for others. Although there’s no guarantee of a fairytale ending, Gilbert knows how to work the laws of attraction. Matchmaking is a blessed occupation in Jewish culture; an old myth decrees that all honest matchmakers go to heaven. Although Trudy Gilbert, founder and director of […]
Here’s a checklist of inspiration for aspiring exporters. Our collection of 50 favourite export case studies shows that there is no magic ingredient to making it on the world stage, but it certainly helps to get the basics right. Tim Possingham on Pfitzner Performance Gearboxes Exporting since: 2003 Key markets: US, Europe, New Zealand, China, Japan, […]
Here’s a checklist of inspiration for aspiring exporters. Our collection of 50 favourite export case studies shows that there is no magic ingredient to making it on the world stage, but it certainly helps to get the basics right. Woodhead Exporting since: 1986 Key markets: China, Singapore, India, Thailand, Middle East, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, the Maldives. […]
