Melissa Edyvean (and her partner, Martin Buggy) discovered chai latte while visiting New York for the new millennium celebrations in Times Square, signalling the start of the entrepreneurial journey. As a long-time PR and marketing consultant, Melissa recognised that the achieving their ideal lifestyle would require a stripped down business model that didn’t operate on…
Kerri-Ann Hooper has worked in the real estate, building and customer service industry for almost 30 years. A few years ago Kerri-Ann felt the pull to launch her own business and so, in partnership with her sister Natalie Doolan, she launched Carnelian Projects. They offer house and land packages to first homeowners, investors and those…
Scott Webster is a renowned chef, who has successfully translated his skills within in the hospitality industry into numerous successful enterprises. He has previously worked at leading international hotels and restaurants in Australia and abroad. Newcastle-born, Scott returned home a decade ago, opening the award-winning Carrington Place and more recently, the emporium-style food store Throsby…
From a suburban mechanics’ workshop to international businesswoman and disrupter of a global industry, Rachael Sheldrick is an author, speaker, and successful business owner and mentor. What started out as just helping her husband with the books at their mechanics’ workshop in Whitebridge has led to Rachael consulting to thousands of auto repair business owners…
Ahn Wells is a Newcastle-based artist and curator, owner of Gallery 139 Hamilton and founder of Independent Galleries Newcastle. After volunteering and spending time with other artists and within other galleries, she decided to launch a gallery that supports emerging and professional artists in Newcastle. She believes that if your work is your passion it…
Heidi Alexandra Pollard is a company culture architect who has travelled the globe consulting to companies, governments and entrepreneurs. At UQ Power Heidi and her team challenge managers to break with tradition because rules stifle the originality and uniqueness that enable people to achieve their highest performance. A seven times published author, Heidi writes for…
Nadene Barretto is the founder of Eight Recruitment, a recruitment consultancy that has shifted away from the traditional format most of the industry adheres to. She has pioneered an approach that enables the company to offer all the benefits of experienced, knowledgeable consultants, but without the costs of unnecessary infrastructure and overheads. Part of Nadene’s…
Steph Hinds is an accountant but certainly not your typical pen pushing number crunching accounting nerd. As the Founder of Growthwise Accountants she helps start-ups, tech companies and small businesses concentrate on what they do best by removing most of the admin hassles and revealing the data they really need to make the right decisions….
Daniel Wright has spent 20 years working within the IT sector in the Hunter Region, serving the SME space. He grew up surrounded by entrepreneurs making it a natural journey for him to set up his own business. As the Managing Director of sabervox (previously Regional IT Group), Dan has driven innovation within the company, developing…
Wendy Green is an accredited Designer, a member of the Design Institute of Australia and a member of the Master Builders Association. With a wealth of industry experience behind her, Wendy launched her design consultancy, Wow Factor Design, in 2003. More recently she has brought to market Designer in a Box, a luxury home wares and…