Mark Whittaker

Lightning generates the lightbulb moment to spark a shiitake storm.

Before he could give people a free dental checkup in his Pearlii app, Kyle Turner had to take a lot of intimate photographs.

Earlier this year, Alisha Geary zoomed in from Paris to the weekly Dream Venture Masterclasses ahead of a shark-tank style pitch against other Indigenous start-ups. Everyone there was vying for a slice of the $150,000 from Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation and, perhaps more crucially, for the attention of the venture capitalists in the […]

Super fit and super rich property developer Tim Gurner shares his 14 favourite biohacks for longevity, performance, brainpower and stress management.

Much of the $2.7 billion donated by Mindaroo has been directed toward Indigenous employment.

This is how Wild Hibiscus spent $1.6 million researching how to put ‘caviar’ in a bottle and create a magical spirit. Lee Etherington’s journey to becoming the maker of finger lime gin began with a hibiscus flower dropped, on a whim, into a glass of champagne. The diners at his dinner party that night some […]

How hard work and a sprinkle of fairy dust turned an idea into a $2.3-billion business within months. Magic Eden founder Sid Zhang would like to thank the Victorian education system for landing him where he is today – a founder of the eighth-fastest company to reach a billion-dollar valuation.   Zhang couldn’t believe how little […]

Will Davies describes the culture shock of staying on after selling Car Next Door to the ride-share giant. At parties, Car Next Door founder Will Davies can tell that people don’t quite know how to word the question, awkward with the nuances. “They’ll say: ‘So I’ve heard you’ve merged with Uber.’ And I say, ‘I’ve […]

How Australia is undermining China’s monopoly on the minerals that will be crucial for energy transition. When Luca Giacovazzi explains why rare earths are so important to the future of the planet, he likes to bring up the small electric motors that push water through heating radiators. “Not that long ago, the EU legislated that […]

Paul Schaafsma on the power of celebrity – and stories – when it comes to selling wine. Winemaker and entrepreneur Brian McGuigan was signing bottles and talking to customers at a drive-through bottle shop in Sydney suburbia one rainy night. His operations manager, Paul Schaafsma – the man who would one day create the Kylie […]