Cara Waters

Knog raises $1 million on Kickstarter to crowdfund bike bell

Cara Waters Knog raised a few eyebrows when it turned to crowdfunding to raise $20,000 for the Oi bell but smashed its target to hit $1 million on Wednesday.

Turnbull wins over small business with double-dissolution election threat

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has won the support of small business following his gamble of potentially calling a double-dissolution election.

Cara Waters Move to threaten a double-dissolution election has the support of the small business community that wants an end to uncertainty.

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Welcome to the cash-free cafe: the future of payments for small business

Saxon Wright, founder of Pablo & Rusty's Coffee Roasters, shows off his Frank Green cup at the Coffee expo at the Melbourne showgrounds.

Cara Waters Saxon Wright's coffee business turns over $10 million a year but he's going cash free at his latest cafe opening in Brisbane.

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Not just 'Yes Minister' for the Small Business Ombudsman

Cara Waters The outgoing Small Business Commissioner Mark Brennan has some tips for Kate Carnell as the new Small Business Ombudsman.

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Bruce Billson to head Franchise Council of Australia

Cara Waters Former Small Business Minister Bruce Billson will lead the Franchise Council of Australia.

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Small business prepares wish list for early budget and July election

Small businesses are preparing a budget wish list for Small Business Minister and Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer.

Cara Waters Bring it on say small businesses as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull moves the budget forward to 3 May.

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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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Big win for small business on effects test

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces cabinet's approval of the effects test with Treasurer Scott Morrison and Small Business Minister Kelly O'Dwyer.

Cara Waters Cabinet's approval of an effects test is set to transform competition law for small business.

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Baby-proofing your business

Cara Waters Who's left holding the baby when you're a small business owner?

How the paid parental leave scheme discriminates against small business owners

Emily Green feels she had no choice but to keep on working in the pre-Christmas period when her child was born.

Cara Waters Small business owners are getting their claims rejected under the government's paid parental leave scheme.

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From a family of refugees, Bao Hoang has built Rolld into a $25 million business

Bao Hoang, co-founder of the Vietnamese street food franchise Rolld.

Cara Waters Bao Hoang's family came as refugees by boat to Australia and now he runs a $25 million business using his mum's traditional recipes.

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The 20-year wait for an invoice to be paid

Stephen Kerdel, owner of Sunrise Carpet Cleaning, has waited up to six months to get paid for invoices.

Cara Waters Small businesses are facing big delays chasing payments with 24 per cent waiting more than six months for invoices to be paid.

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Peter Alexander on how to sell your business with no regrets

Peter Alexander says selling his business to Just Group allowed him to focus on what he's good at.

Cara Waters Pyjama king Peter Alexander hasn't looked back since selling his business but other entrepreneurs are not so lucky.

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Australia's nine most influential female entrepreneurs

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'Enabled Employment' owner, Jessica May.
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Photo by Rohan Thomson, The Canberra Times

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Cara Waters Meet the movers and shakers, the disrupters and the innovators. 

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Small businesses can't get staff as apprentices dry up

Kids' hairdressing salon Red Nose Kids Cuts can't keep up with demand due to the lack of trained apprentices.

Cara Waters Small business owners complain of poor quality training and training centres are not providing the staff they need.

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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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Baby proofing your business

Marie de Vera with her son Harrison who started The Style Co.

Cara Waters Who's left holding the baby when you're a small business owner?

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Thankyou takes on nappy giants

Daniel Flynn, co-founder and managing director of social enterprise Thankyou, is set to launch a new line of nappies and baby products.

Cara Waters After shaking up the bottled water market Thankyou is setting its sights on Australia's $525 million nappy market.

Small businesses paying more tax than Uber

Alyce Tran, founder of The Daily Edited, says her business is slugged with more tax than Uber.

Cara Waters Small businesses are getting slugged while large multinationals pay minimal tax.

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Halls Gap motel manager exploited and unfairly sacked

The Fair Work Commission has found a motel manager was exploited and unfairly dismissed.

Cara Waters Fair Work Commission finds motel manager was unfairly dismissed and subjected to "exploitative" conditions.

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