Work is a way to make money. Please,stop calling it your ‘baby’

Work is a way to make money. Please,stop calling it your ‘baby’

For as long as I can recall,I’ve squirmed when women call their careers or businesses “my baby”. As a business owner about to become a parent,I now know why.

  • byMichelle Battersby

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How do you start a business when somebody else owns your name? Use your nose

How do you start a business when somebody else owns your name? Use your nose

Following in the footsteps of other founders who have started over,beauty entrepreneur Jo Malone is striking gold a second time.

  • byDamien Woolnough
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The April 14 Edition

In a rare interview,Zoë Foster Blake shares her success story – how she went from magazine beauty writer,to author,to entrepreneur in a decade.

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Why no one wants to start a small business any more

Why no one wants to start a small business any more

Australia’s 2.5 million small businesses are collapsing at a rapid rate – and there are many who say the government is adding to red tape rather than reducing it.

  • byJessica Yun
‘Bedroom coder’:Aussie game developer breaks out after Sonic success

‘Bedroom coder’:Aussie game developer breaks out after Sonic success

Christian Whitehead drew international acclaim for his work with Sega and the blue hedgehog,but his new team’s first project is wholly original.

  • byTim Biggs
‘Who cares,I can do it’:How this 30-year-old Perth entrepreneur built a pretzel empire

‘Who cares,I can do it’:How this 30-year-old Perth entrepreneur built a pretzel empire

The entrepreneur believes part of her success was the naivety of youth.

  • byTracy Vo
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Fred’s empire is worth ‘almost a bil’ but he hasn’t changed his penny-pinching ways. Here’s why

Fred’s empire is worth ‘almost a bil’ but he hasn’t changed his penny-pinching ways. Here’s why

Australian tech entrepreneur Fred Schebesta’s main company was last valued at $650 million,but he still uses two-ply toilet paper and his go-to shoes are six years old.

  • byBen Grubb
School’s out – and these students mean business

School’s out – and these students mean business

Across Victoria,teenaged entrepreneurs are starting and running companies at the same time as completing their high school studies.

  • byEmma Koehn
The Chinese titans making a killing everywhere but China

The Chinese titans making a killing everywhere but China

Chinese entrepreneurs have been forced to take matters into their own hands.

  • byShuli Ren
‘It doesn’t quite feel like a life of success’:The reluctant son who became a billionaire

‘It doesn’t quite feel like a life of success’:The reluctant son who became a billionaire

After a difficult childhood with his father,Yasuhide Uno wanted nothing to do with running the family business.

  • byMin Jeong Lee,Yoojung Lee andYasutaka Tamura
Poppy King was more than a lipstick queen. She challenged ideas of beauty

Poppy King was more than a lipstick queen. She challenged ideas of beauty

As a teenager,I finally found the role model I’d always longed for in the form of an 18-year-old entrepreneur.

  • byBunny Banyai