Failure not an option: Shaun Bonétt’s rise, lessons and investments

Shaun Bonétt Shaun Bonétt started his career with a simple dream: he didn’t want to fail. Working in Adelaide as a corporate lawyer in the early 1990s where he specialised in bankruptcies and insolvencies, he found himself going through the never-ending spiral of people’s financial miseries. He decided there had to be something more. He […]

Gold Coast markets to a global giant: How Simon and Tahnee Beard turned Culture Kings into a $600 million empire

Simon and Tahnee Beard’s international streetwear empire Culture Kings has grown with loyalty, cultural relevance and “effortlessness” to take the brand from Gold Coast markets to launching a Las Vegas megastore.  The husband and wife team sold the business to US company a.k.a Brands in 2021, selling half for $300 million in cash and taking […]

The decadence, colour and partnership behind Charles Billich Gallery 

For almost 40 years, Charles Billich Gallery has provided a hub of creativity at The Rocks in Sydney, while creating a powerful market for art internationally and withstanding significant periods of change and disruption.  The gallery’s longevity stems from a balance of re-invention and consistent passion from the surreal vision of prolific painter, drawer and […]

How to build loyalty when you sell… toilet paper

Over 10 years ago, the three co-founders of Who Gives A Crap had the audacity to take on the dominant and well-established players in the toilet paper category. They did this from a tiny office in Melbourne that also served as the first warehouse, and they raised the $50,000 they needed for their first production […]

Intelligent Story Software Othelia Harnesses Small Language Model AI to Safeguard Creative Content Industries.

The advent of sophisticated artificial intelligence programs, particularly generative AI, has brought to the fore the various ethical issues related to creating literature using AI. There are concerns about intellectual property rights and plagiarism, as large language models such as ChatGPT4 pull from existing information and literary works. AI’s ability to generate literary and dramatic […]