Larissa Ham

Larissa Ham

Larissa is a reporter and producer

New ACCC guide encourages collective bargaining for small businesses

Larissa Ham Australia's competition watchdog is encouraging small businesses – particularly farmers – to use people power.

Melbourne start-up wages war on food waste

Larissa Ham "I used to be horrified at the chef literally scraping masses of product into the bin."

Awkward: When business names go bad

This childhood favourite later changed its name to the more generic FADS Fun Sticks.

Larissa Ham It's all well and good to come up with a catchy business name. But what if the world shifts on its axis and you're suddenly left with something evil, racist or just downright inappropriate?

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Can women brew beer?

women beer brewing craft beers duong leimin

Larissa Ham The entrepreneur behind strawberry-flavoured beer Strawberry Blonde certainly thinks so.

Why has raw food exploded?

Tommy Nichols has transformed his parents' 20-year-old blender distribution business into an online force.

Larissa Ham Sex and the City started the trend that has become a favourite of health nuts.

A million Insty followers and counting

Larissa Ham Meet the local duo that is dominating the hottest social media channel on the planet.

The lady tradie revolution

Juanita Mottram and Laura Madden, of Eve Renovations and Workwear, are helping to change female tradies' wardrobes.

Larissa Ham Who says females don't belong in the trades? Meet the women bringing a breath of fresh air to these industries.

Who's making money from Airbnb?

Treehouse Bilpin, in NSW.

Larissa Ham Learn from the masters making money from the room-renting site.

Make the most of your commute

commuter

Larissa Ham Don't waste your travelling time this year, use it to be productive.

It's a doll's life

One of The Doll's Hospital's patients before surgery.

Larissa Ham This festive season, spare a thought for some of the toys of Christmas past.

Could you make it in LA?

Mark Baird: the Aussie acting mafia embraced him.

Larissa Ham One Aussie could and did and he's now serving macchiatos to the stars.

Meet the Costa Rican miracle couple

Sarah and Scotti Trinler

Larissa Ham An Australian woman and her husband have not allowed a life-changing accident to end their dream.

My small business: Team Trinler turns tragedy into an adventure triumph

Larissa Ham It's a wild old day when I meet Australian Sarah Trinler and her Swiss-American husband Scotti in a small surfing town on the south Pacific coast of Costa Rica.

Meet Barbie's fluffer

Larissa Ham This is the woman who has kept thousands of the popular children's dolls looking their best.

Your blog can attract millions of followers

Christina Butcher

Larissa Ham Australia's top social media stars share the secrets of their success.

This terrible employee is now a great boss

Larissa Ham She hated working for the man and took as many liberties as she could. How did she get out of her rut?

Is this the end of online fraud?

Shock

Larissa Ham This business will check out anything you want to buy on the net before you commit.

Do tatts matter at work?

Tattoo thumb

Larissa Ham Have we reached a point at which anything goes when it comes to body modification and the workplace?

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This woman started a retreat empire

Janine Hall

Larissa Ham After early failure, Janine Hall now has businesses in Bali, Morocco, Byron Bay and now Portugal.

Retreat entrepreneur Janine Hall recovers from wipeout to surf wave of success

Janine Hall's business in paradise.

Larissa Ham After an initial setback Janine Hall has businesses in Bali, Morocco, Byron Bay and Portugal.