Entrepreneur

How business can boom on New Year's Eve

Kate Jones   For the small business behind Sydney's New Year's fireworks spectacular and other hardworking small business New Year's Eve is one of the busiest times of year.

Fishburners turns to Brisbane for start-up growth

Murray Hurps says the Brisbane office is taking a lesson from Sydney's demand for space and is factoring in future growth.

Jessica Sier   The "sleeping giant" that is Brisbane's start-up scene is set to awaken.

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4 wishes for small business in 2016

Tim Reed, chief executive of MYOB would like to see a few changes for small business in 2016.

Tim Reed   From consistency in the Prime Minister's office to certainty in global markets, Australia's SMEs are likely to have an extensive – but pragmatic – wish list for 2016.

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Never come home sandy again

Sandusa beach towel

Louis White   Entrepreneurs are developing products so beachgoers can leave the sand by the sea rather than bring it home on their towel.

Holiday like an entrepreneur

Owners of small businesses find it hard to get away on holiday.

Cara Waters   It's hard to get a proper holiday when you run your own business but these entrepreneurs are escaping for the Christmas break.

What happens when the trend is over?

Sheryl Thai, founder of Cupcake Central, says there will always be demand for cupcakes.

Cara Waters   Cupcakes reached when Sex and the City was screening and macarons can now be found in McDonalds but some businesses thrive when the fad has finished.

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Making money in my activewear

Stylerunner is banking on the popularity of activewear continuing.

Cara Waters   Meet the entrepreneurs making millions from our love for wearing yoga pants to do do everything but yoga in.

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Searching a 'vague' Innovation Statement

Bastion Cycles co-owner Ben Schultz uses 3D bike printing in his business.

Cara Waters   A 3D bike-printing business is the sort of business the Prime Minister's Innovation Statement should be aimed at.

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Government to save startups from 'Valley of Death'

The change is aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship.

Nassim Khadem   A suite of new tax incentives by the Turbull government aim to increase investments in startups.

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Aussie small businesses' innovation fail

Yummia  founder Mia McCarthy has built her business on innovation.

Cara Waters   Australian small businesses are lagging well behind their Asia-Pacific competitors when it comes to innovation.

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10 business lessons in 10 years

Sean O'Meara founded ImPOS 10 years ago and has learnt a lot from both his mistakes and successes.

Sean O'Meara   How Sean O'Meara started up ImPOS and turned it into a point of sale software business with $7 million revenue.

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Busting into the beauty industry

Evette Hess, co-founder of Poni Cosmetics.

Cara Waters   Female run start-ups are building million dollar businesses.

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Toypreneurs gear up for Christmas

Caspar and Darryl Thompson construct a wooden handmade toy kit for Buildme Toys.

Caroline James   A range of wheeled make-it-yourself wooden toy kits is set to compete with mass produced plastic toys ​this Christmas.

'Tis the season to be launching

Fred Schebesta, founder of Finder.com says the bigger the launch the better.

Fred Schebesta   The world's best Obama impersonator, chauffeured Tesla rides and a banana split stall were the key elements to this successful business launch.

Rozibaby prams collapses into liquidation

Rozibaby founders Tahir Baig and Rosh Ghadamian.

Cara Waters   A customised pram-making business founded by Melburnians Rosh Ghadamian and Tahir Baig three years ago has collapsed into liquidation.

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Cashing in on adult colouring books

Colourology founder Sally Belinda Broad is trying to strike while the iron is hot.

Kate Jones   Meet the entrepreneurs making serious money from the sudden interest in colouring in.

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Garbage queen's $10 million business

Capital City Waste Management founder Le Ho has succeeded in a male-dominated area.

Cara Waters   There's nothing sexy about garbage but Le Ho went into the waste management business precisely because it's always in demand.

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The next generation of female entrepreneurs

Job Capital and Inspiring Rare Birds founder Jo Burston is launching a new book #IfSheCanICan.

Cara Waters   Meet our newest and brightest female entrepreneurs: they're fearless and they won't give up.

How to have an extraordinary routine

Madeleine Dore runs the Extraordinary Routines website detailing peoples' daily routines.

Cara Waters   Just how do top entrepreneurs structure their days, how do they fit it all in and is there an ideal routine that would make you more productive?

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When did you last LOL at work?

James Adonis dinkus

James Adonis   And what happens when workplace humour goes wrong?

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Koko Black collapse 'out of the blue'

Koko Black chocolates in the Royal Arcade, Melbourne.

Cara Waters   Luxury chocolate retailer Koko Black has collapsed into administration but administrators Deloitte insist it's "business as usual".

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Meet the Australian woman advising world leaders

Alexandra Cain

Alexandra Cain   She co-founded an investment bank and now she's taking New York.

Stale fast-food industry risks being trashed

Tony Featherstone dinkus

Tony Featherstone   Small operators are not responding quickly enough to online change.

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This startup wants to make you happier at work

PeopleSpark founder Mitchell Harper wants to make workplaces happier.

Cara Waters    BigCommerce co-founder Mitchell Harper launches a startup today which aims to make you happier at work.

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Best beer in the world? Two Birds

Jayne Lewis, co-owner of Two Birds Brewing.

Cara Waters   Spotswood craft brewer takes out the best beer award at the Wetherspoon's Real Ale Festival in Britain beating 50 other beers from around the world.

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New Shark in the tank

The new Shark Tank line-up: Dr Glen Richards, Naomi Simson, Andrew Banks, Janine Allis and Steve Baxter.

Cara Waters   Shark Tank is filming for another season but there's a change in the judging lineup with real estate mogul John McGrath replaced by pet care business founder Glen Richards.

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The small businesses behind the Melbourne Cup

Farrier Mark Cumming  shoes VRC Derby Runner  Iron Boss in the Mark Kavanagh  stables at Flemington.

Cara Waters   It's the race that stops a nation but behind the scenes myriad small businesses keep the Melbourne Cup Carnival ticking over.

What David Tonkin did next

David Tonkin is trying to disrupt the global events market.

Caroline James   Flight Centre's co-founder is back in the travel market in a bid to unsettle global event ticket sellers.

Aussie business scores Oscars goody bag spot

Celebrities line up for a selfie with Ellen Degeneres at the 2014 Oscars in a canny piece of product placement for Samsung.

Kate Jones   Rashoodz is hoping to crack the US market after securing a coveted slot in the Oscars goody bags.

Toy king takes out EY Entrepreneur Of The Year

Manny Stul Chairman and chief executive of Moose Enterprise.

Cara Waters   A philosophy of innovation with integrity helped this entrepreneur win the Australian EY Entrepreneur Of The Year.