Big beauty brands struggle as e-commerce warriors find loyal fans

What’s the future of beauty? Kinder, more natural, safer products that have the environment in mind are forging ahead. What is the future of beauty? When the economy was booming and consumer confidence was high, premium skin and haircare brands were cruising. But in times of economic turmoil, with inflation currently high and consumer confidence […]

Success is not a Spectre for billionaire CMC Markets boss, Lord Cruddas

Peter Cruddas just wanted to make his mum proud when he started his business, but taking delivery of the first EV Rolls-Royce will soon be another sign of his success. With an estimated net worth of US$1.3 billion, he joins Forbes Australia’s Successful Thinking column to discuss his motivations as an entrepreneur and why he […]

Fair Threads founder and former prisoner, Luke Anderson

How hard conversations with the private sector are giving ex-prisoners a second chance

Would you employ this ex-prisoner? Tony Layh can show you why you should. When Tony Layh – general manager of Prison Industries at the Department of Justice and Community Services (Victoria) – had the idea of up-skilling ex-offenders and working with external organisations to fill an employment need – the reaction of most companies was: […]

Indigenous ceremony with Bernadette Hardy

How one Indigenous designer is bringing Country into spaces

Bernadette Hardy was going to become a nurse, but one connection with Indigenous Business Australia changed her life. “Sometimes you have to be ready to find certain pieces of your life that are corner pieces,” says Bernadette Hardy, a Gamilaraay and Darug designer. With her husband, Chris, their hardyhardy design partnership is breaking boundaries across government and […]

Catapult – which has market capitalisation of $197 million – already works with almost 3,000 professional teams from top sporting codes from the AFL to Premier League, NRL and the NBA – but it wants to expand.  

This $200 million Aussie company wants to be ‘the Salesforce of sports’

Catapult Sports is changing the game when it comes to professional sport.  Combining wearable technology with hi-tech video is helping Australian tech company Catapult Sports change the game when it comes to professional sport.  Catapult Sports was initially formed in Melbourne as a collaboration between the Australian Institute of Sport and Cooperative Research Centres in […]

Siobhan Savage co founder from Reejig

AI firm uncovers the one issue costing businesses millions

How Reejig’s Siobhan Savage is maximising employee potential. Reejig’s co-founder Siobhan Savage has one question for every CEO in the world. “If you don’t have a zero wasted potential people strategy in place, why not?” Savage predicts there will come a time soon where Boards will be reporting on ESPG, where P stands for people […]

A picture taken on October 17, 2016 shows an employee walking behind a glass wall with machine coding symbols at the headquarters of Internet security giant Kaspersky in Moscow

‘Not the reality’: The $250k cyber risk facing businesses

Directors fearing a breach are rejecting Board appointments and they are not the only ones running scared. We probably remember to lock our windows and doors in our homes, but we are not so careful when it comes to our personal data. Research from the Commonwealth Bank found 60% of Australians surveyed had personally been […]

Jun Bei Liu is Lead Portfolio Manager at Tribeca Investment Partners with just under $1.1 billion funds under management.

Billion-dollar manager Jun Bei Liu on where she’s investing

How volatility in the markets can sometimes work in your favour. Jun Bei Liu is Lead Portfolio Manager of the Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund at Tribeca Investment Partners, with just under $1.1 billion funds under management. Liu explains the long-short investing strategy used, the rewards of volunteering, and what to watch for in the coming […]