September 20 2019 Instagram blow-up led to major business success for Gemma Crowe, founder of Infamous Swim

Gemma Crowe founded Infamous Swim, an online swimwear brand for women, men and their children, in 2018. She witnessed her business’s Instagram blow up overnight – literally – with hundreds of thousands of users (now a 233k following!) clicking the follow button. The brand was launched initially with no more than a few thousand followers, Read More…

September 13 2019 5 crucial lessons learnt from building a startup home bakery, plus a startup tech company

Cupcakes and technology. These two words don’t really belong in the same sentence together. Throw the word “startup” in there and you’ve got some weird word salad. Yet, I’ve somehow mashed it up in the title of this article and as I dissect the lessons I’ve learnt, it’ll all piece together like a perfect recipe. Read More…

September 13 2019 Turning over $20m with TurmeriX: Ex police officer Errol McClelland’s “a-ha!” moment

Errol McClelland, 62, is a former butcher and Victorian police officer, who three years ago launched a healthcare business based on Turmeric, which is now available in twelve countries with an annual turnover of $20million.  Errol created health food brand TurmeriX after researching and developing a range of turmeric-based products, prompted by his own health Read More…

September 6 2019 Global in under two years: Face Halo founder Lizzy Pike reveals her success story

Lizzy Pike is the co-founder of Face Halo, an only 2-year-old product that is changing the game of removing make up and pushing the sustainability movement on a global scale. With just a splash of water, the product removes all make up and dirt. In just a 12 month period, Face Halo has replaced around 370 million wipes Read More…

September 4 2019 Building a life: how to step back from daily operations and make family and life a priority

Many people start a business with the aim of spending more time with family or more time on hobbies or self-development, only to find that the business needs them there 24/7. Hobbies and family time go out the window, and the business owner finds themselves with even less freedom than they had when working in Read More…

August 30 2019 From the automotive industry to the jewellery industry: Jackie Damelian’s entrepreneurial journey

Jackie’s involvement in her family’s customer-centric automotive business for several years has later come to shape and inspired the emergence of her own successful company, Jackie Mack Designs. Her shift into the jewellery industry has been nothing short of successful since its relaunch in November 2018. Since launching, Jackie Mack Designs has continuously surpassed monthly targets with a Read More…

August 23 2019 “Say yes and think about it later” – Anaita Sarkar’s ethos for running two successful businesses

Anaita Sarker founded Olivia&Co, an Australian personalised accessories online retailer, 3 years ago and then went on to launch Hero packaging, a 100% bio-degradable and eco-friendly packaging shipping solution, just last year with her husband Vik. She oversees two successful companies, has two children and is a guest lecturer at Macquarie University. So, there’s a fair bit Read More…

August 16 2019 “I just couldn’t see myself working a 9-5”: Sonya Mefaddi tells how she launched her biz

While it may seem like Sonya Mefaddi has already kicked some serious goals over the span of her career, the savvy business woman is just getting started and currently has a number of exciting projects in the pipeline.  Fashion Palette is celebrating ten years of business, and not only will Fashion Palette showcase for its 8th year Read More…

August 16 2019 Falling off a cliff: how to go from trainee to CEO by setting and achieving goals  

In 2001 I was in the best shape of my life, regularly skiing, climbing, and running. Then, the day before my 29th birthday, I fell off a 100-foot cliff while skiing in Canada, suffering injuries that included a crushed skull and brain, multiple broken bones, collapsed lungs, and a lacerated kidney. Luckily, I was operated Read More…

August 13 2019 Taking a business from $50 million in sales to $2 billion in under two years: CEO turned coach Andrew Laurie

Andrew Laurie has gone from sales roles to CEO, to founder and entrepreneur, to executive coach. He is someone that truly practices what he preaches. As a coach, he wants his business owner clients to live extraordinary lives through providing the freedom that entrepreneurship often promises yet rarely delivers. Andrew has designed his healthy, fulfilled Read More…

August 13 2019 Four steps to developing a succession plan

In part one, we spoke about the importance of succession planning. Now, we will look at the four steps you need to take to develop a successful succession plan. Assuming you have a strategic plan, the first step in succession planning is to project when you will need people with certain kinds of knowledge and Read More…

August 9 2019 Creating success in succession planning

Part one: Why do I need a plan? Although much has been written about succession planning in large corporations, it is equally important for entrepreneurial companies and family businesses. Without a succession plan, leaders put their companies at risk when they leave, move to another position, or retire. Why bother if it’s my company, and Read More…

August 9 2019 Meet the entrepreneur who saved his first startup $700k by networking

Dynamic Business revisits the startup success insights of Steve Baxter, one of Australia’s most successful tech entrepreneurs, an active investor and mentor to startups. You may recognise him as a ‘Shark’ on Channel 10’s Shark Tank Australia. In 1994, at the age of 23, Steve put his life savings of $11,000 on the line to launch his Read More…

August 2 2019 How Bridget Carmady overcame huge personal loss and used it to light her entrepreneurship fire

Bridget Carmady is a naturopath turned skincare business owner, who was motivated by her own personal experiences and a desire to address a gap in the market, to found Clemence Organics 3 years ago.  In her Blue Mountains based clinic, Bridget saw first-hand that her clients’ skincare needs weren’t met by other products on the Read More…

July 31 2019 Taryn Williams: What it takes to run 2 businesses successfully

Taryn Williams is the CEO and founder of theright.fit and Wink Models. She is one of Australia’s most popular female entrepreneurs and digital influencers. A former model, Taryn launched Wink Models in 2007 at the age of 21 and it has since cemented its place as one of Australia’s leading commercial modelling agencies with turnover Read More…