Startup

The psychology of being a bikini entrepreneur

Kulani Kinis are now sold in the United States.

Kate Jones   How Danielle Atkins went from two-pieces to $200,000 turnover in just 12 months.

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Crowdfunding by day, cleaning by night

Getting a creative business off the ground can mean working multiple jobs.

Abha Bhattarai   Finding the money to get a creative business started can be a hard slog.

Customise your life

The Daily Edited's Alyce Tran at her pop-up shop in David Jones.

Cara Waters   Technology is enabling businesses to offer consumers customised products on a mass scale.

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Mind the gap for female entrepreneurs

Ahmed Fahour wants to give women more confidence to start their own businesses.

Ahmed Fahour   For the sake of our future prosperity as a nation we need to proactively encourage more female entrepreneurs.

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GlamCorner scores in the sharing economy of fashion rental

GlamCorner founders Dean Jones and Audrey Khaing-Jones have a background in finance rather than fashion.

Cara Waters   A trend towards access not ownership is behind the $800,000 boost to this designer dress rental business.

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A bags-to-riches strategy

Julie McMahon, left, and Jackie Hegarty plan to grow their bag business in Australia and the US.

Duncan Hughes   Jack+Jules has launched its first collection of recyclable shopping bags.

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Brisbane start-ups find a home in $5 million jobs 'incubator'

Inside "The Capital" in Queen St Mall.

Tony Moore   The Brisbane of tomorrow will not look like the 9am to 5pm working-day office space of today, two of Australia's fastest growing start-up businesses told reporters today.

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One mic to rule them all

Deirdre Porter is searching for backers for her MyMic app.

Cara Waters   A microphone fail at a technology conference led Deirdre Porter to develop an app which could mean the end of the dreaded roving mikes.

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Sally Fitzgibbons turns entrepreneur

Surfing star Sally Fitzgibbons has turned entrepreneur.

Cara Waters   Sally Fitzgibbons has started up her own fitness business as she continues training to be the female World Surfing Champion.

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Investing in start-ups

Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Christopher Pyne and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull address the media ...

Mike NIcholls   There are many ways you can actively reduce your risk when investing in start-ups. Here are a few tips for those who want to get started.

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Everyone wants to be a startup

Alexia Ruscone and Sophie Toohey, co-founders of Good Day Girl, say they've moved past the startup phase.

Cara Waters   Startups are so hot right now but are they really just early-stage small businesses?

These little entrepreneurs went to market

Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy, the creative directors of Dinosaur Designs, started off with a market store.

Kate Jones   Before crowdfunding and reality TV, the Aussie market was where some of the biggest names in business tested their products and found a following.

How a tradie became a serial entrepreneur

Jake Tyson says you need to look at what you can make money from, not just what you are passionate about.

Jake Tyson used to be a carpenter but has just launched his second multimillion-dollar company.

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Bunking in with Airbnb for business travel

Guy Pearson uses online room booking service Airbnb for his work travel.

Cara Waters   Small businesses are turning to Airbnb for their business travel as the sharing economy continues to gather speed.

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13 start-ups to watch in 2016

Envato co-founder and executive director Cyan Ta'eed.

Mike Nicholls   Investing in start-ups is a risky business, but here is a list of some of the most promising.

Aussie startup signs US deal worth up to $100 million

Chief executive and co-founder of Unlockd Matt Berriman in New York.

Cara Waters   The "freemium" phone plan startup Unlockd backed by Lachlan Murdoch is now available to more than 9 million customers in the United States thanks to a deal with Boost Mobile.

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Over 50 and just starting up

Barry Lehrer says it's never too late to start your own business.

Barry Lehrer   How I started a human resources tech startup at the age of 52 which attracted $2 million in investment and turns over more than $200,000 a year.

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My blooming social enterprise

Nipuni Wijewickrema and her sister Gayana who has Down syndrome.

Kate Jones   Nipuni Wijewickrema runs a "socially sustainable" business that has put her in the running for Young Australian of the Year.

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The million-dollar tennis selfie business

Spectators take selfies at the Australian Open which has catapulted Social Playground into the spotlight.

Cara Waters   Annabelle Smith built a million-dollar business from our obsessions with selfies at the tennis and other events.

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Teetering on the business brink

Gretha Oost has spent the past 10 years working on her business ideas, including Project O water fountains and this ...

Louis White   The reality of a business startup can be very different to the dream of instant wealth and success.

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Meet the Etsy makers

Artist Rose Miller with her children in the backyard of her house in Padstow where she runs her Etsy business.

Cara Waters   Who are the people making, selling and running businesses on Etsy in Australia?

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Co-working with a side of childcare

Erin Richards, co-founder of Happy HubBub, says she is the target market for the childcare centre and co-working space.

Cara Waters   Two entrepreneurs are getting ready to open Australia's first dedicated coworking space with childcare next month. 

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Scoring a deal for pressed juice at 30,000 feet

Flight Attendant Michael Cook with Botanica team Grant Swanepoel, Richard Magney and Nadia Watson on board a Qantas flight.

Cara Waters   How an Australian small business got Qantas to serve its cold-pressed juice on board.

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Start-up co-founders turn to therapy

The television show Silicon Valley depicts some of the stresses of start-up life.

Tracey Lien   The relationship between business co-founders can share striking similarities to a marriage.

Five tips for starting up a business in 2016

Kelly-Lee Wright, founder of Feather Drum, says she set about creating the product she wanted to buy herself.

Cara Waters   How to take the plunge and start your own business.  

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Sydney start-up ASAP set to ride wave of crowdtasking success

Dylan Samra

Francesca Wallace    Is your mouth watering at the thought of gelato? Just realised it's your mother's birthday?

Braving the Shark Tank of Chinese TV

Jessica Wilson is set to appear on the Chinese equivalent of Shark Tank.

Frances Mao   Two Australian entrepreneurs are spruiking their startups on Chinese reality TV show, The Next Unicorn.

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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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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