Entrepreneur

Family toothpaste business goes global

Cara Waters   Justin and Rachel Bernhaut took a small family business and turned it into a worldwide toothpaste company selling in 35 countries and turning over $8 million.

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From corporate dropouts to $10m business

Robin McGowan and James Wakefield came up with the idea for Insitchu when they were buying suits for their corporate jobs.

Harry Tucker   James Wakefield and Robin McGowan ditched their corporate jobs to found online menswear store InStitchu.

The business of circus life

Silvers Circus matriach Anna Gasser (right) and daughter Rosita.

Caroline James   The golden era of traditional circuses is over but family circuses continue to make a living.

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Making dough from doughnuts

Damian Griffiths, the founder of Doughnut Time, with one of his $6 doughnuts.

Cara Waters   Small businesses are jumping on board the craze for doughnuts but are they just the "cupcakes of 2016"?

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After 10 years this bubble's about to float

Redbubble chief executive and founder Martin Hosking is planning to list the online marketplace on the ASX to take the ...

Kate Jones   How Martin Hoskings built an online market place which is getting ready to list on the ASX.

Perth Mumpreneurs share their secrets

Lettie Ennis' mats have been sent all over Australia, Europe and North America.

Fran Rimrod   Three Perth mums reveal how they cleverly make social media work for them to realise their business dreams.

The Roxy factor

Roxy Jacenko started Sweaty Betty PR at the age of 24.

Cara Waters   PR Queen Roxy Jacenko has built a $13 million business all while playing out her private life in the public sphere.

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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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From refugee family to $25m Rolld

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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What paid parental leave?

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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Your three second window

Natalie McKenna, director of Regeneration Unlimited Communications and a researcher at RMIT University in public ...

Louis White   Three seconds is all it takes for someone to make a decision when they meet you and that moment is crucial when you're running a business.

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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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Selling 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

Jessica May, founder of Enabled Employment, is one of the most influential female entrepreneurs in Australia.

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

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What keeps you up at night?

A good night's sleep can be hard to come by when you're an entrepreneur.

Louis White   It's hard to get a good night's sleep when you run a small business.

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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 ...

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

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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Failure disguises the success to come

The key thing about failure is the hard lesson in humility it teaches.

Nick Curtis   The list of successful people who have embraced failure is edifying.

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Lessons from the underdogs

Emma Dumas is taking on the big players with The Muesli.

Kate Jones   Meet the small businesses taking on Coles, Woolies and Bunnings.

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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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What US tech stock turmoil means for Aussie startups

Google went public in 2004, but was funded during crisis times.

John McDuling   US tech giants have been smashed on the markets, and local tech start-ups could soon feel the heat.

Queues out the door

Lune Croissanterie baker and co-owner Kate Reid says she hates disappointing people.

It's a problem many business owners would love to have, but at Lune Croissanterie in Fitzroy and Jack's Burgers in Newtown the wait time is both a lure and a deterrent.

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Outsourcing gets personal and private

Would you outsource your wedding speech to a canny small business?

Louis White   Meet the small businesses that can help you write a wedding speech, do a last-minute dry-cleaner run or find a missing legal document.

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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Chin chin to the gin renaissance

Cameron McKenzie, one of three owners of Four Pillars, in the company's distillery in Healesville.

Small Australian distillers are tapping in to a global boom in gin.

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Are solopreneurs happier?

Michelle McQuaid says regularly using your strengths helps you feel more confident, energised and engaged in your work.

Michelle McQuaid   Why working by yourself leads to being more engaged and energised at work.

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How a refugee turned a $1000 router into a $15 million business

Sam Bashiry, founder of Broadband Solutions.

Cara Waters   Sam Bashiry arrived in Australia at the age of ten unable to speak English but he says the experience gave him the courage to start his own business.

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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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