Pam and Martin Brook have come a long way since selling macadamia muesli at their local market. Their business Brookfarm was the first food-manufacturing company to win a Telstra Australian Business of the Year Award, and now exports its award-winning products across the world. Despite the global success, the founders say its community ethos remains intact, creating an important point of difference for the business.
Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week stars SourceBottle founder Rebecca Derrington, who’s remade the relationship between journalists and expert sources and created a profitable business in the process.
Over 9000 businesses shut their doors during the first half of 2012, but two successful entrepreneurs believe the younger generation can save failing businesses – and they want to show you how.
Despite the fragility of the current economic climate, SMB owners have reported they would start up a business again, with research finding 70 percent are happy with their entrepreneurial career choice.
Taking inspiration from Steve Wozniak’s recent trip to Australia, Sharon Williams shares her 10 top tips for inspiring innovation in your business.
In 2010, Michelle Glitman began selling one-of-a-kind vintage fashion pieces on Facebook. MIISHKA took off, and now has an 88,000-strong fan base. Here, the former stylist reveals how she built a profitable online business, one Facebook ‘like’ at a time.
The billionaire entrepreneur built his Virgin Group empire attacking niches dominated by legacy companies. Now he’s entering a market that’s out of this world.
Remember the first day you became your own boss? Remember how you felt? Here’s how to get that back.
Meet the two guys who wanted to create a Facebook for wine, but took the concept and turned it into something much bigger – Vino Mofo.
Jim Marggraff, founder of digital smartpen business Livescribe, has faced no shortage of financial challenges as an entrepreneur. He launched just as the GFC hit, and battled to find investors to get Livescribe off the ground. But after 5 years- and one million smartpen sales- his company is at the forefront of the market. Here’s how he did it.
