A $7 million loan and a giant leap of faith
Not many people would be brave enough to borrow $7 million to open a family holiday park while pregnant with their first child, but with business booming six years on, Sophie Bone has no regrets.
Not many people would be brave enough to borrow $7 million to open a family holiday park while pregnant with their first child, but with business booming six years on, Sophie Bone has no regrets.
The Garage Sale Trail began as a small part of Bondi festival two years ago with the aim of keeping waste off the sidewalks. Now a national event, co-founder Andrew Valder explains how he took it across the country, and reveals his next sustainable business plan.
Going from a Qantas aircraft mechanical engineer to the owner of an award winning international coffee roasting company has been quite the career change for Dancing Bean Espresso owner, Rob Mergard.
Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features Dorry Kordahi, the BRW Young Rich List member who failed his HSC and went on to found one of the countries most successful promotional marketing businesses.
Meet the two UTS graduates behind the world’s second largest natural beauty brand, Yes To Carrots.
Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix features Carolyn Creswell, founder of Carman’s Fine Foods and company culture champion.
Do you know a deserving entrepreneur? Nominations are now open for the 2012 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards.
The entrepreneur behind the widly-successful Stayz site has turned his attention to SMBs, launching a start-up to help business owners create a professional and easy to manage and market website.
Consider Richard Branson, Apple, Samsung, Madonna and Lady Gaga. They continually top best sellers lists because they’re always innovating – reinventing themselves in ways that captivate and capture their audiences. The good news is, your small business can do the same.
This week, your Friday Entrepreneur Fix features the founders of Dinosaur Designs, design-duo Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy.