Influencers & Profiles
How Jarrad Skeen built $4 million recruitment company Affix: “You can’t get rich doing a crappy job”
Sick of the business models of traditional recruitment companies and fuelled by a desire to help out lesser-known startups attract talent, i…
Envato co-founder Collis Ta’eed on how he felt like an imposter in the early days of building his $74 million startup
Once called the ‘most profitable but least well known’ Australian startup, online digital assets marketplace Envato celebrates its 11th year…
How the founders of Nimble Activewear turned a childhood friendship into a $3 million fashion brand
Friends from the age 14, Katia Santilli and Vera Yan’s careers in finance and merchandising took them all across the world before the two fo…
Why Aldi Australia executive Joanne Brown strives to develop emotional intelligence in her team of 500 workers
When Joanne Brown first starting working for German grocery chain Aldi in the UK in her 20s, she brought with her skills and experience in t…
Piccolo PR founder Sarah Cichy on the “sleepless nights” involved in building a multimillion-dollar public relations firm
Founder of Piccolo PR Sarah Cichy eschewed all the entrepreneurial brouhaha when building her multimillion-dollar public relations agency, t…
How the search for clothes that fit led David Lukic to found million-dollar bodybuilding activewear brand Ryderwear
All David Lukic wanted were workout clothes that fit, and he reckoned other people might want them too.
That’s why in 2009, Lukic started…
Bakers Delight co-founder Lesley Gillespie on leadership, family and getting a degree
When it comes to education opportunities that create good leaders, co-founder of Bakers Delight Lesley Gillespie says “anything that opens…
Mirenesse founder Irene Patsalides on how she turned her frustration into a $100 million beauty brand
Working 70 hour weeks as a pharmacist, Irene Patsalides found she couldn’t rely on her makeup to see her through the day. So she decided to…
How Irene Falcone turned $100 and a small online blog into $20 million natural beauty retailer Nourished Life
It was only after selling her car and house, and quitting her job did Irene Falcone stop feeling like a “fish out of water” in the corporate…
How the founders of $4 million kid’s toy business Tiger Tribe are beating major Aussie retailers and taking their brand global
Naomi and Anthony Green founded children’s toy manufacturing business Tiger Tribe 10 years ago in 2007, after becoming disenfranchised with …
