With no formal degrees, Dorry Kordahi became the founder and managing director of Dorry Kordahi Management (DKM). Since beginning his marketing and branding business in 2002, out of a shed, DKM has come to operate in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai and generates more than $4,000,000 in revenue.

With her passion for green business and experience in niche product design, marketing and business, Tracey Bialek established Ripple Products to develop a niche product in the growing green business sector.

Online business has always been an interest of Stephen Langford’s. Appreciating the success of Netflix in the US, Langford soon launched Quickflix in Australia, and online business success followed.

Managing information online simply made sense to Rob Phillpot and Leigh Jasper. And so they founded Aconex, an online information management and collaboration service which services projects with a combined value of AU$200 billion across 44 offices worldwide.

When it came to setting up her own home office after moving from Sweden to Australia, Kristina Karlsson was quick to realise the lack of stylish home and office products that Australia had to offer. “I really wanted my office to be an extension of my personality, just as the rest of my home was. So, I designed my first range and it all started from there.”

When ideas man John Smith hit on a useful invention that was environmentally friendly and market savvy, he put his fledgling business in the box seat.  

At the heart of some of Australia’s biggest brands, lies a small business. How did these small companies create such big names? Here are their secrets to growing brand and sales, without expanding the business.

At a time when the air travel industry is plagued by serious problems, including security issues and soaring fuel costs, Graham Turner is still at the top of his multi-billion dollar game. His success has something to do with staffing policies, caution with cash flow, innovative customer service, and everything to do with entrepreneurial vision.

Through her agency Elite Introductions, Trudy Gilbert endeavours to find love—for others. Although there’s no guarantee of a fairytale ending, this matchmaker knows how to work the laws of attraction.

Geoff Golovsky knew there was more to veterinary business than healing wounded and sick animals, so he opened a dog day care centre to stimulate bored canines. Now the only problem is finding room for all those tail paintings.