My Adventurous Life: Dick Smith on business and being a daredevil
In this book extract, Smith recounts the deal to sell Dick Smith Group to Woolworths — a deal that was delayed when Smith announced he was attempting to jump a double-decker bus over 15 motorbikes.
Dick Smith on his modest ambitions, building three successful businesses and his ‘one notable failure’
Senior business reporter John Durie interviewed Dick Smith to discuss his key ingredients to business success and the ways in which he always found new ideas.
Serial entrepreneur Phil Leahy on how to find new business ideas — even after facing a 75% loss of revenue
When the pandemic hit, Retail Global’s events “got wiped out overnight” — resulting in a 75% loss of revenue. Here's how chief executive Phil Leahy went from such a great loss to building MedCart, Australia’s first medical marketplace.
Apple’s electric cars, emojis at work, and should you ask about salary history?
The most interesting pieces of news, insight and information from around the world, delivered to you by SmartCompany Plus.
How Mustard Made’s founders created a multimillion-dollar business while working on opposite sides of the world
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven beyond doubt that business can be done, and done well, from anywhere. But for some businesses, like Mustard Made, working remotely to one another has always been the norm.
The Great Resignation, robots, and McDonald’s deals with labour shortages
The most interesting pieces of news, insight and information from around the world, delivered to you by SmartCompany Plus.
Nike joins the metaverse, Bezos’ climate move, and why Uber lost $2.4 billion
The most interesting pieces of news, insight and information from around the world, delivered to you by SmartCompany Plus.
Three trends from this year’s record-breaking Young Rich List
A growing number of Australian entrepreneurs are finding success in the health, fitness and wellness arenas.
Lego’s sustainability move, an NFT of The Economist and WeWork’s second attempt at going public
The most interesting pieces of news, insight and information from around the world, delivered to you by SmartCompany Plus.
Hireup founders named NSW Pearcey Entrepreneurs of the Year for bringing change to the disability sector
Jordan O’Reilly and Laura O’Reilly have been recognised for the "incredible impact" of Hireup in the disability support sector.
How this small business owner partnered with David Jones to bring a touch of joy to NSW’s reopening
As the streets of NSW started to come back to life this week, one small design business was called upon by retail giant David Jones to spread a bit of colour and a little extra joy among returning shoppers.
How Zega Cookware went from prototype to international markets in under two years
SmartCompany Plus takes you behind the scenes of what to expect when working with large overseas retailers, and when moving from a B2B to B2C model.
