Profiles
Go People founder Wayne Wang on raising millions, being adaptive and getting a helping hand from Amazon
It’s seen three iterations of its name, raised $5 million in capital, and weathered the storm of Amazon entering the Australian market. Sy…
“We’re better than all of them”: How Melbourne headphones startup nura is planning to be as big as Bose
Above a busy street in Melbourne’s north is the headquarters of a three-year-old Aussie headphones company that, if all goes according to …
Smart50 winner Prospa to ring the ASX bell this week: The path to the lender’s $576 million valuation
Six-year-old small business lender Prospa has led the charge on opening up Australian fintech businesses to shareholders, and is slated to l…
No experience? No worries: How Sharlene Barnes created $1.8 million app, Skool Loop
All it takes is an idea. Sharlene Barnes had exactly that — an idea that had stuck in her head ever since her children started attending …
How 16-year-old entrepreneur Connor Cameron founded jobs marketplace Stakk to make it easier for students to find work
Sixteen-year-old startup founder Connor Cameron says he’s had an entrepreneurial streak since his first year of high-school, selling soft …
How Simon and Lani te Hennepe built global travel startup TRAVLR out of a simple PDF document
Simon and Lani te Hennepe’s travel startup TRAVLR operates across six countries, has over 85 staff, and has raised $5 million in venture c…
How Jonathan King founded mental health startup Lysn after realising his initial goal was too ambitious
The vision for mental telehealth startup Lysn started out big and ambitious: to create an online allied health hospital for patients and cli…
SafetyCulture founder Luke Anear on how to use emotion to grow a multimillion-dollar startup
Luke Anear is currently focused on securing market dominance for his workplace safety apps, but his fast-growing startup SafetyCulture is a …
Why Elanation co-founder Katherine Pace is building a wearables company for kids: “We’re merging digital with the physical world”
Eighteen months ago, Elanation co-founder Katherine Pace never thought she’d be building a children’s company.
Coming from an enginee…
Fintech Sail Funding launches with $8 million and an algorithm it says will change how small businesses get loans
The founder of fintech Sail Funding says he is “very, very lucky” to have secured $8 million in funding for his business, but the SME le…
