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GROWING

Passion for plants proves to be bloomin' marvellous

Jo-Anne Hui When Edible Blooms' founder, Kelly Baker-Jam-

Breathing life into Aussie innovation

Phil Morle.

Christopher Niesche Phil Morle is one of the people would-be web entrepreneurs turn to for a chance to turn their dream into reality.

ENTREPRENEURS

From $100 in his pocket to a sprawling bun empire

Breadtop.

Peter Cai When Simon Ip arrived in Australia 20 years ago as a pastry chef, he had just $100 and a French certificate in patisserie. Last year he and his brother sold $50 million worth of buns.

ENTREPRENEUR SECRETS

Accidental entrepreneur keeps on truckin'

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Entrepreneur Secrets Two Men and a Truck founder Richard Kuipers never set out to run a business, let alone build one with 65 trucks and $8 million in annual sales.

ENTREPRENEURS

Dodging the doubters: how to get rich despite the sceptics

Jack Delosa.

Alexandra Cain Like many young entrepreneurs, Jack Delosa faced a huge amount of scepticism from friends and family when he bailed out of a commerce/law degree aged 18 to buy into his first business.

ENTREPRENEUR SECRETS

For the love of schnitzel

Roman Dyduk.

Entrepreneur Secrets Polish-born Roman Dyduk opened a pancake and schnitzel restaurant in 1975, fell in love with a waitress and two weeks later proposed.

Can’t drink, can’t vote - but this teenager is hot property in Silicon Valley

Lachy comp thumb

Entrepreneur Secrets He's founded four online start-ups and sold three, not a bad resume for somebody who hasn’t had their 18th birthday.

10 QUESTIONS FOR...

Taking the mummy market by storm

Mastering the mummy market.

What is it about Koolaman Designs' hand-stamped silver jewellery that has Aussie mums gushing?

$100m software sold a year, not a single cold call

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Asher Moses A billion-dollar business built by two Sydney friends in an apartment 10 years ago is widely tipped to be the first Australian tech start-up to go public.

Got a law degree? Join the entrepreneur's club

From law degree to entrepreneur.

Alexandra Cain A law degree is a great grounding for an entrepreneur. But business owners with a legal background also need to throw off the risk-averse mindset that comes with the territory.

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FAST GROWTH

Fast track to a fitness empire

Jetts founder Brendon Levenson.

Larissa Ham A 31-year-old personal trainer raised in public housing has come in second on this year's BRW Fast 100.

SURVIVAL STORIES

Entrepreneurs who bounced back from the brink

Entrepreneur Damien James.

David Wilson Have you ever been down to your last cent? Two entrepreneurs who flirted with bankruptcy tell how they survived.

Gold-plated plan drives entrepreneur

Web developer Tai Tran, who is selling the personalised Victorian number plate 'Facebk'.

Mex Cooper Facebk is on the market for $1.2 million.

Thinking small in a world of big business

Michelle Matthews

Lawrence Money A local entrepreneur joins the campaign against globalisation.

ENTREPRENEUR SECRETS

Meaty idea makes millions for ex-Wall St banker

Pie Face.

Entrepreneur Secrets A former Wall Street banker is creating serious wealth from an unlikely source: meat pies.

ENTREPRENEUR SECRETS

Taking on the giants: a bottler of an idea for the greater good

Thankyou Water.

Entrepreneur Secrets A group of young social entrepreneurs is taking on the giants of Australia’s $600 million bottled water industry for a good cause.

Wild ride: the 'Steve Jobs of yoghurt' shares his secrets

Hamdi Ulukaya

Entrepreneur Secrets Hamdi Ulukaya's tale is almost too incredible to believe. Seven years ago he bought an old dairy plant and hired five staff. This year his business is on track to sell $US1 billion of yoghurt.

Media darling reveals her battle with the black dog

Entrepreneur Secrets As entrepreneurial success stories go, Leanne Faulkner's was a beauty. From a kitchen table, she developed Billie Goat Soap, a venture that at its peak turned over $2.4 million annually.

Giving the burger market a good grilling

Grill'd founder Simon Crowe

Entrepreneur Secrets No ads. No celebrity endorsements. No meal deals. No upsizing. Grill'd Burgers wants a brand without the trimmings.

Aussies clean up in global contest

Now that's an Aussie invention.

Valerie Khoo Three Australian businesses have beaten a field of more than 3000 entrants in Shopify’s prestigious Build-A-Business contest.

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