Lunch with an entrepreneur
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Life after Destra, and the digital future
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Dominic Carosa, 33, was until two months ago, the founder and chief executive of digital media and entertainment company Destra Corporation. He talks to AMANDA GOME about life after Destra, the lessons he learnt, his new plans and how the digital world is changing.
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Age proof your brain
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Thursday, 10 July 2008
Think you’re losing your edge as you age? Think again. Jennifer Goddard tells JACQUI WALKER how we can all defrag our necktop computer.
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Life of a bum
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Aussie Bum, which is a men’s swimming and underwear company that has gone worldwide very quickly. It started in 2001 and it’s already turning over $20 million. Founder Sean Ashby talks to AMANDA GOME.
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How to put the Wow in your marketing
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Friday, 23 May 2008
Pow Wow Events founder Suzi Dafnis shares her secrets and insights into the power of marketing, and where the right approach can take your company. By AMANDA GOME.
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The curious, cool and crazy entrepreneur
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008
What do leaders need to be successful? What is creative conflict? And what about the Madonna effect? Oren Harari explains all to JACQUI WALKER.
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Jobs for the boys and girls
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Friday, 2 May 2008
James Masini looked at how the job market worked, from the younger perspective, and found that actually it wasn't working well at all. His job website is fixing that, and he shares his journey with AMANDA GOME.
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Google: Search and revenue
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Wednesday, 23 April 2008
Google Australia has a new general manager. Karim Temsamani talks to AMANDA GOME about the direction the company is taking and the trends he sees as central to Google’s future.
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Building online traffic with Vroom
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008
The founders of fast growth online car hire business Vroom Vroom Vroom, Peter Thornhill and Richard Eastes, tell JACQUI WALKER how they built traffic with search engine marketing, created an innovative culture, and are planning global expansion.
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Sales jobs: On the road to nowhere (unless we detour)
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Tuesday, 11 March 2008
The internet has changed selling forever. So why are your sales staff still selling in the same old way? International sales guru Tom Snyder warns AMANDA GOME that hundreds of thousands of salespeople will lose their jobs in the next five years unless they re-invent themselves and the way they do business.
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Online job giant SEEKs to adapt
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Tuesday, 19 February 2008
Seek founder Paul Bassat speaks to AMANDA GOME about the direction his business must take to continue on its enviable growth path.
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Internet pioneer on new web trends
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Tuesday, 29 January 2008
Lloyd Ernst had an early start on the web, and has learnt how to achieve growth the hard way. He talks to AMANDA GOME about future web directions and what’s in the pipeline.
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Trend master
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Tuesday, 8 January 2008
What will the world be like in 30 years? And what opportunities will this world provide entrepreneurs? Europe's foremost futurist, Ray Hammond, tells AMANDA GOME.
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Social central
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Tuesday, 18 December 2007
Bebo, one of the most popular social networking sites, has 40 million registered members. Founders Michael and Xochi Birch talk to JACQUI WALKER about web trends and priorities for the future.
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A clean sweep
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Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Craig Lovett’s company Cleanevent has transformed the venue and events cleaning industry. He talks to AMANDA GOME about how he took the company from $35 million to $135 million in six years.
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The king of follow-through
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Wednesday, 28 November 2007
Plenty of young entrepreneurs talk of bundling companies together and heading off to a float “by the end of the year”, but William Scott is one who went and did it. He tells AMANDA GOME of his amazing journey.
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Bouncing back
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Wednesday, 21 November 2007
John Randel's first rubber manufacturing factory went up in smoke, but he clawed his way back, and has made a great success of his second enterprise, A1 Rubber. He tells his secrets to JACQUI WALKER.
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Like minds, like links
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Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Fiona Boyd co-found Artshub, and has taken the lessons she learnt there to a new collector social networking site (with collection exchange capabilities) called CollectZing.com. She talks to AMANDA GOME.
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Global IP protection online
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Thursday, 18 October 2007
Safeguarding intellectual property used to be a labourious, expensive task. PCT Filer founder Justin Simpson tells AMANDA GOME how he has simplified the whole process.
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In full throttle
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Wednesday, 26 September 2007
The founder and chief executive of Carsales.com.au, Greg Roebuck, tells AMANDA GOME what it has been like driving a company from a standing start to 66% of market share.
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Healthy Gains
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Friday, 21 September 2007
Annette Sym’s self-published cookbooks offer recipes for “guilt-free” indulgence and have propelled her company, Symply Too Good, to leadership of her market. She tells her story between guilt-free mouthfuls with AMANDA GOME.
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Back to basics
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Friday, 31 August 2007
Sue Ismiel built Nad’s from a kitchen-table company to an international success. Then she made a big mistake. By AMANDA GOME.
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Bebo's social science
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Friday, 17 August 2007
Social networking is huge, and the name behind one of the biggest, Bebo, is Francisco Cordero. He tells JACQUI WALKER all about the networking revolution and Bebo's place in it.
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Loud and clear
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Wednesday, 1 August 2007
M2 Telecommunications founder Vaughan Bowen bought into the industry in 1999, and has hit the $100 million revenue mark in quick time. He tells AMANDA GOME his lessons and strategies.
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Content king
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Thursday, 21 June 2007
Domenic Carosa's first business venture was selling postcards as a child. Now he's running a $70 million video, film and music content company. He tells AMANDA GOME about the journey.
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The baby’s bottom business plan
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Thursday, 14 June 2007
Infant lotions and potions may seem like a small market, but it is certainly big business for Catherine Cervasio-Arfi. She tells AMANDA GOME her story.
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Thinking smarter
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Thursday, 7 June 2007
The IT financing and intermediary business ThinkSmart has just floated – very successfully. Founder Ned Montarello shares his journey with AMANDA GOME.
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Easier green
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Thursday, 24 May 2007
Entrepreneur Paul Gilding has made a business out of going green. He shares his secrets with JACQUI WALKER.
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Going up?
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Thursday, 17 May 2007
Oliver Roydhouse was just 23 when he started his company Inlink, manufacturer and installer of screens in office tower elevators, in 1999. By AMANDA GOME.
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Survival of the fittest
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Thursday, 10 May 2007
IT solutions entrepreneur Dave Stevens found a niche that was underserviced, and has grown his business out of that to a $33 million success. He shares his story with JACQUI WALKER.
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The accidental entrepreneur
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Thursday, 3 May 2007
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Mortgage magic
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Thursday, 26 April 2007
Specialist lender Bluestone Group has been at the forefront of changing the mortgage industry in Australia. Its founder Alistair Jeffery shares the experience with AMANDA GOME.
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Slice of the action
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Thursday, 19 April 2007
Tom Potter founded the Eagle Boys Pizza franchise chain in 1987, and grew it to 200 stores with an annual turnover of more than $100 million. He talks to JACQUI WALKER.
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Noodling nous
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Thursday, 12 April 2007
The fast-service restaurant chain Wagamama opened in Australia only five years ago, but now boasts 13 outlets and a turnover close to $20 million. Founder Luke Fryer talks to Jacqui Walker.
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Marketing wiz shares his secrets
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Thursday, 5 April 2007
Marketing has come a long way, and rapidly, from the bad old days. Smart Group has not only the nous to work, but also the runs on the board to make a difference.
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The drinks are on him
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Thursday, 29 March 2007
Jeremy Hyman is 28 years old, living in New South Wales, and is the founder and owner of the online bar and bottle shop guide Cheapdrinks.com.au. He talks to AMANDA GOME.
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Sales: From zero to hero
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Thursday, 15 March 2007
Jack Daly is a sales guru in the US who built six businesses from scratch into national sized firms. He tells AMANDA GOME his secrets.
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Finger on the e-pulse
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Thursday, 8 March 2007
Hitwise made successful forays into internet ratings long before anyone else had a clue. Founder Adrian Giles talks to AMANDA GOME
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Best lesson? Learn to deal
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Thursday, 1 March 2007
The founder of Upstream Solutions started out with six people on staff, but now, a short 10 years later, staff number 300 and the aim is a turnover that tops $100 million. By JACQUI WALKER
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Jobs whiz heeds a tough lesson: that cash is king
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Tuesday, 20 February 2007
Guy Sigston of recruitment company Lloyd Morgan explains how he survived a cash crisis in 2002 and sold the company recently for $13 million. He explains his stragegies and tells about his audacious new venture. By AMANDA GOME
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Start fast, stay fast
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Thursday, 8 February 2007
Verne Harnish gave the world the term "gazelle", for a fast growth company that keeps growing fast for a long time. He shares his secrets to success. By AMANDA GOME.
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New internet millionaire shares his secrets
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Thursday, 1 February 2007
What works online? Ask David Eedle. He just sold his young internet site for more than $3 million. He made plenty of mistakes building the site and learnt from all of them. By AMANDA GOME.
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