Tag: Profile

Entering either the café or the gym markets is in itself a risk. Throw in the cutthroat eastern suburbs of Sydney, and you’ve got a powder keg of risk.

It was the thrill of creating something new that led Chris Guzowski to go into business for himself.

Visiting Sydney from Amsterdam, co-founder Eduard Zanen tells me in his pragmatic Dutch accent that Bugaboo is a stroller company, and they make strollers.

Along with his business partner Charles Rolls, Tim Warrillow founded a new category of drink – the premium mixer – challenging the status quo of Schweppes, which dominates the market.

For Melbourne-based entrepreneur Jonathan Hill, attending a backyard barbeque proved to be the start of a lucrative business venture.

Dynamic Business had a chat to David Smorgon about his career and his latest venture, Point made., which works with family business owners, corporates and senior executives to identify, solve and improve their communication issues.

The CEO and co-founder of SEEK has had a big year. For Andrew Bassat, winning the 2013 title of EY Entrepreneur of Year last month was the culmination of hard work and believing in oneself.

Bob Beaumont started Beaumont Tiles with his father in 1960. Starting out as just a small shop in the backstreets of Adelaide, Beaumont Tiles has grown to become Australia’s biggest tile merchant and imports some 70 containers of ceramic tiles every single week.

Originally training as a nurse, Penny Spencer spent 16 years working her way up the travel ladder before launching her own agency, Spencer Travel, in 1998.  Spencer has since become one of the big names in the Australian travel industry, with her business now turning over $30 million a year and recently being named one […]

Lachlan Donald knows better than most just how much the local startup ecosystem has grown, having worked with graphic design startup 99designs in Australia before heading to San Francisco for three years.