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Small business smarter:how to launch your big idea

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These sisters started their magic company with a $1000 investment. It now turns over millions

These sisters started their magic company with a $1000 investment. It now turns over millions

Sisters Jacinta Evans and Alicia Gordon struggled to find potion-making activity kits for their families. So they started their own company.

  • byEmma Koehn
The August 10 Edition
Magazine
Good Weekend

The August 10 Edition

Why craft brewers are reeling| The ‘never-ending trip’:a medical nightmare| Revelations of an Uber driver| An Australian of the Year’s advice to teen girls

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‘How did we do?’ Companies are getting clingy,but Bunnings is the worst
Opinion
Opinion

‘How did we do?’ Companies are getting clingy,but Bunnings is the worst

If you can find a clingier company,we’ll beat it by 10 per cent.

  • byJo Stubbings
How this entrepreneur got Kendall Jenner to wear her bikini brand

How this entrepreneur got Kendall Jenner to wear her bikini brand

“We had to think outside the square,and lure her in somehow,” says Triangl founder Erin Deering.

  • byErin Deering
‘We will miss him’:Auto Masters managing director Nigel Warr dies after motorbike event accident

‘We will miss him’:Auto Masters managing director Nigel Warr dies after motorbike event accident

It was 1992 when Warr joined Auto Masters as a manager at the Northbridge centre. By 1996 he owned 15 franchises. Today the group boasts 82 locations across Western Australia,South Australia,and Queensland.

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Taste for TikTok turns Brisbane bakery into a blockbuster overnight

Taste for TikTok turns Brisbane bakery into a blockbuster overnight

When a former travel writer opened her dream bakery in Fortitude Valley,she was struggling to attract customers. Now,she opens every day to a line of people.

  • byKristen Camp
From Avon ladies to nutrition clubs:How much do you really earn in multi-level marketing?

From Avon ladies to nutrition clubs:How much do you really earn in multi-level marketing?

Australia has seen a surge in people seduced by multi-level marketing companies as experts warn against side-hustle schemes.

  • byAmber Schultz
Behind the scenes at Sydney’s month-long Ramadan night market

Behind the scenes at Sydney’s month-long Ramadan night market

It’s the biggest event of the year for Lakemba’s businesses as more than a million people flock to Haldon Street.

  • byAmber Schultz
‘Brisbane buzz’ the talk of the town at Lord Mayor’s Business Awards

‘Brisbane buzz’ the talk of the town at Lord Mayor’s Business Awards

The city’s rebound after the COVID-19 pandemic has been applauded by more than 600 business leaders at a gala awards ceremony.

  • byTony Moore
Second-best hits the spot
Opinion
Column 8

Second-best hits the spot

Where messages to the past and to the future cross paths.