All it really takes is an idea, and from there the rest will come. At least that’s what happened when Ned Montarello came up with the idea to start and export ThinkSmart, a business-to-business financer for small and medium businesses. “The idea was really about seeing the appetite of the small business community in particular,” […]
Flight Training Adelaide may be sending student pilots into the clouds, but that’s definitely not where its own head is. Read of to see how Keith Morgan turned Flight Training Adelaide into an export award winning business. “One cannot fly into flying,” Friedrich Nietzsche once philosophised. How true. It has taken Flight Training Adelaide (FTA) […]
John Bilmon on P.T.W. Architects Exporting since the mid-1980s, P.T.W. Architects’ key markets include China, the Middle East and New Zealand. Established in 1889 (as Peddle, Thorp & Walker), a milestone in PTW Architects’ export journey occurred 100 years later, when, along with Hua Yi Designing Consultants, the company won an international design competition for […]
Will Evans from The Purist Company Exporting since 2004, The Purist Company’s key markets include the UK, US, China, New Zealand and Hong Kong. After developing his first range of products in WA, Will Evans moved to Sydney and set up The Purist Company in 1997 in a small factory in the Blue Mountains. The […]
Gary Lines and Maggi Miles from Byron Bay Cookie Company Exporting since 2002, Byron Bay Cookie Company’s key markets include the UK, Ireland, Europe, Japan, New Zealand and Singapore. Cookies developed by Gary Lines and Maggi Miles are not only found here and overseas, but in the airspace between, on airlines such as Qantas and […]
Sean Ashby and Guyon Holland from aussieBum Exporting since 2001, aussieBum’s key markets include the US, Europe and Asia. aussieBum’s growing range of swimwear, underwear and leisurewear is going from strength to strength, with 90 percent of sales in foreign markets. After initially being stalled by Australia’s major department stores, owners Sean Ashby and Guyon Holland […]
Apen’s Chris Vonwiller Exporting since 1998, Apen’s key markets include North/South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Appen provide speech and language processing technology in products such as speech recognition and phonetic transcription devices. Clients include big guns such as IBM, Microsoft, Sony, and Telstra, as well as Australian and US government and defence organisations. While […]
The Wiggles Exporting for more than 10 years, the Wiggles’ key markets include the US, UK, South Africa and Argentina. The four Wiggles (Greg, Murray, Jeff and Anthony) were crowned Exporter of the Year at the 2005 Export Awards, and have become a household name around the world, with 70 percent of their business in […]
What is an entrepreneur? There’s no definite answer, but there is one thing we know—it’s more than just running a business. So we’ve turned to the experts, who say innovation is a requirement in becoming an entrepreneur and growing your business. When the title ‘entrepreneur’ is thrown around it can cover anyone from the business […]
Diana Williams from Fernwood Women’s Health Clubs In the early 90s Diana Williams recognised an untapped market for a women-only gym. With co-founder John Clow, the pair were just in time to beat overseas competitors to the market, and rolled out the hugely successful Fernwood Women’s Health Clubs franchise, which now boasts 75 locations around […]
