Tights turned a $20k investment into a $2 million business
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Tights turned a $20k investment into a $2 million business

Having to wear men's shorts to exercise in when pregnant prompted Nadia Tucker and Stevie Angel to start Active Truth.

  • byAlexandra Cain

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Not so comfy anymore … disrupting the sofa game
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Not so comfy anymore … disrupting the sofa game

Industry veteran Steve Layton had a serious light-bulb moment that lead him to start Sofa Brands.

  • byAlexandra Cain
What's an algorithm factory?
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What's an algorithm factory?

Berend Berendsen founded Widget Brain after studying artificial intelligence.

  • byAlexandra Cain
Meet the cold call queen who built a $15 million business
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Meet the cold call queen who built a $15 million business

Pamela Jabbour credits her success to her ability to hit the phones and hit them hard.

  • byAlexandra Cain
Ruined by the GFC,this business earned $12 million last year
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Ruined by the GFC,this business earned $12 million last year

Dominique and Kevin Grubisa’s property investment business was flattened by the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 but now it's thriving.

  • byAlexandra Cain
Hack warning:Secure your data or risk a $31 million fine
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Analysis

Hack warning:Secure your data or risk a $31 million fine

How you store your customers personal data is a very important question for small business.

  • byAlexandra Cain
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'We had virtually nothing':the danger with using overseas app developers

'We had virtually nothing':the danger with using overseas app developers

As the saying goes,buy cheap pay twice,which is especially the case with the often-unscrupulous international web of app developers.

  • byAlexandra Cain
$20,000 tax break? We don’t care – we’re not using it

$20,000 tax break? We don’t care – we’re not using it

A whopping 85 per cent of small business owners have never used the $20,000 instant asset writeoff.

  • byAlexandra Cain
Oh my aching feet! How to stop long-term damage from standing
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Oh my aching feet! How to stop long-term damage from standing

The risk for small businesses that deprioritise their employees’ health and wellbeing is the potential for long-term physical damage for staff down the track.

  • byAlexandra Cain
Can this business sell $50 million in silk sleepwear?
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Can this business sell $50 million in silk sleepwear?

You’ve made it if Kendall Jenner sends her runner to the Beverly Hills Hotel to buy eight sets of your sleepwear.

  • byAlexandra Cain
AI levels the playing field for small business
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AI levels the playing field for small business

Artificial intelligence is no longer just the domain of big business with deep pockets and large data sets.

  • byAlexandra Cain