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South Australian winery Bird in Hand recently welcomed diners back to its on-site restaurant, LVN. With chef ex-Restaurant Botanic chef Jacob Davey heading up the kitchen, Anastasia Santoreneos had the task of testing the nine-course degustation. This story featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. A one-hour’s drive away from […]
Cate Hull knows a lot about transporting peculiar, bulky, ugly goods from one location to the next. Now she is taking her sustainably-focused Australian company FreightExchange overseas to tap into a trillion-dollar global opportunity. Hull did not coin the term “ugly freight”; it’s a phrase commonly used in the transportation industry, but she has made a […]
A grandfather and grandson teamed up to tackle the lethal global problem of antibiotic resistance, inventing a new class of drug in a Perth garage, and now getting it into phase-3 trials. This story featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. The minor scratch had festered, and a red line […]
The prolific online poster at Wischoff Ventures plans to write checks of $1 million or so into startups in areas like the “new supply chain” from her Nashville-based fund. This story featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. When shopping startup Checkmate went viral in December 2022, its little team […]
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins built Promise into a $520 million powerhouse by helping municipalities and utilities collect unpaid bills with zero-interest payment plans. This story featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. April Bingham, Director of Richmond, Virginia’s Department of Public Utilities, was worried. During the pandemic, as consumers struggled to pay […]
Few mutual fund managers can come close to this former Legg Mason portfolio manager’s 15-year market-beating record. Below he discusses lessons he has learned, plus his firm’s top ten holdings. This story featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. In the pantheon of successful mutual fund managers, Peter Lynch is […]
Luis von Ahn, who grew up with little money in Guatemala, aims to transform the popular language-learning app into an automated AI tutor. This story featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. Sitting in Duo’s Taqueria, a dimly-lit upscale Mexican restaurant in Pittsburgh, Luis von Ahn contemplates the end of […]
Forbes Australia has identified some of the most promising entrepreneurs making waves in the current startup scene. ‘Quick Takes’ featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. Mentorloop Childhood friends Heidi Holmes and Lucy Lloyd founded Mentorloop in 2016 after recognising a gap in the market for an easy way to […]
Race days are some of the last events where we’re expected to dress conservatively – but still be fashion forward. Stewart Hawkins speaks with Angela Belle McSweeney, a fashion doyenne, and a director of the Australian Turf Club about why and gets some style tips. This story featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here […]
The Artura Spider takes McLaren’s history and thrusts it into the future. It signals that it is not just playing catch-up with hybrid technology but setting the pace. This story featured in Issue 13 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. Nine million dollars. That’s the combined cost of the 14 brand new McLaren […]