Aimee Marks was designing new tampon packaging when she had her lightbulb moment. Unusual? More like a fortuitous episode. Now the young go-getter is heading up the country’s fastest-growing organic tampon business – Time of Month, or TOM, for short.
Loren Downing has faced more as a small business owner than most. After discovering tumours in her lungs and on her voicebox, the consultant couldn’t speak for a year. Despite this inauspicious start, Downing has created a successful consultancy for small business.
Susannah George launched TheUrbanList.com last year, because she believed small businesses could be better leveraging the web to drive customers through their doors. Here, she talks about building a platform to facilitate this and reveals her desire to build a business that attracts the best talent available.
Billie Goat Soap may have become a household name for its curative abilities, but as founder Leanne Faulkner will tell you, building the $2 million business wasn’t an easy ride.
After testing a new social network idea in the music industry, Rebekah Campbell saw a wider reach for her social search platform, Posse. Now, with the backing of some illustrious web personalities, more and more people are putting together their posses.
The 2012 Telstra NSW Business Woman of the Year award winner was announced in Sydney this week, in front of a 600-strong crowd of peers and supporters.
When Alex Riggs first decided to sell clothes at a market stall, it was simply a small side venture while she was at university. She now runs Oobi Baby, one of the most coveted children’s clothing labels in the country, and is sharing some important lessons learned along the way.
When Sharon Thurin started Slim Secrets in 2005, she never dreamed her niche healthy snack business would become hot property in global markets. Here’s how the Aussie entrepreneur built a brand that’s in demand across the globe.
For many small bricks and mortar retailers, the prospect of adding an online store to the mix is daunting. How will you manage the technology? What about all the extra responsibilities? According to one Canberra boutique owner, the secret is good systems and a willingness to educate yourself.
When Diana Williams opened the first Fernwood gym in 1989, she thought she was setting herself up with a new hobby. Williams never expected her pastime would attract more than 68,000 members and generate over $100 million in turnover.
