Back in 2012, accountants Nick Hill and Andrew Walker were tired of working for firms that didn’t align with their values and what they wa…

This founder’s key piece of advice for business owners is inspired by 1999 smash hit Galaxy Quest: “Never give up, never surrender.”

These founders say their key to success so far has been having plenty of ideas, and evidently, their 11th one was the real winner.

Having seen thousands of businesses shut down, Mackay Goodwin's founders are in-the-know on what makes or breaks a business.

Andy Fryer and Adam Parnell thought the highly disrupted sign industry would be a great challenge, so the pair jumped straight in.

The thought of listing on the ASX is unlikely to cross the minds of many Australian small business owners, but after doing so in 2015, Over The Wire has seen nothing but growth.

Whereto Research was left asking ‘where to’ for a different reason after a spate of bad hires left the business damaged.

Fashion retailer Hello Molly knew it wouldn’t be able to penetrate the saturated market of basic and casual clothes, so decided to find a niche instead.

For HR and payroll software startup ELMO, innovation is a critical component to its business, even when no one wants to be the “guinea pig”.

Stand aside Tesla, because if Coastal Transport Services gets its way, it’ll have autonomous trucks on Australian roads in no time

Not only does Empower Wealth love helping people make money, but it is making a fair bit itself, boasting revenue of over $8 million last financial year.

The longest-running business on this year’s Smart50, Tentworld was founded in 1968 and has featured on the list twice.