Jack Cowin on the latest greatest idea he’s “stolen” from the US
The Hungry Jacks founder who bought KFC to Australia and took over Dominos is still at it, this time borrowing from Chick-fil-A that’s tripled profit.
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Lachlan Murdoch: Holding the keys to the empire and, maybe, the future of democracy
Three-part series on Lachlan Murdoch sheds light on the family’s media empire and the ongoing battle to control it.
Bae in the USA: Juiced pear trio take on Big Apple
Bae Juice, armed with $1 million from online gambling magnate Laurence Escalante, learns how hard it is to take a drinks brand to the US.
How PsiQuantum snagged $1 billion to build a Quantum powerhouse in Brisbane
The Australian story behind PsiQuantum, the Silicon Valley unicorn that received almost $1 billion of taxpayer money to build a quantum computer in Brisbane. This story featured in Issue 12 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. Professor Andrew White could tell his postdoc student had itchy feet. It was 2004, and they’d […]
JJ’s genes: Son of Lululemon founder ships first load of legal ecstasy to Australia
Suppliers of magic-mushroom-derived psilocybin and MDMA, aka ecstacy, are rushing to meet the market created by Australia having allowed their clinical use. Two founders speak to Forbes Australia.
Tailor-made: Theodore’s AI approach to bespoke fashion
Their suits are high-end now, but tailor Theodore wants to take their bespoke threads to the masses. How to scale tailor-made clothes is the problem. Sean Fagan and Tim Aquino reckon they have the answer – the Pocket Tailor app. The AI measures you with your phone, steers you to the styles you’ll like, and […]
‘We don’t guess’: Peter Barrett has 10 unicorns corralled in his Playground and he’s hunting more
Peter Barrett dropped out of Sydney uni to head to Silicon Valley in 1986. He gave Elon Musk his first job in the Valley, worked with Bill Gates, and started a venture fund, Playground Global, that has had 20% of its portfolio hit billion-dollar valuations. He also started a school in his backyard. He has […]
Exit strategy: How this company sold itself to its workers
Business owners are finding new ways to give their staff a piece of the pie, but Australia is lagging on employee ownership. This article features in Issue 12 of Forbes Australia – out Monday, 12 August. Tap here to secure your copy. Janna DeVylder walked into a meeting with a big corporate mergers-and-acquisitions guy who […]
It’s not you, it’s me: Sydney quantum lab’s break up with Microsoft
David Reilly worried that breaking up with Microsoft had thrown his Sydney-based quantum computing team’s future into peril… Then the phone started ringing.
Canva hits a billion-dollar milestone … without realising
Canva has been giving away a billion dollars of its premium product every year and hadn’t bothered to count.