Mark Whittaker

How a Shark Tank judge was inundated with requests from fellow business leaders to take them to the Amazon and make them one with everything.

Start-ups sealed a deal a day over the second quarter of this year, signalling that the “fog of fear” that had engulfed the start-up world was starting to lift. Key Takeaways Venture capitalists had a “significant mood shift” in the second quarter of this year, according to the latest survey of Australian VCs by Cut […]

Pooch supplying unicorn Pet Circle has kept its billion-dollar valuation with a $75-million capital injection from Prysm Capital. Mike Frizell, CEO and Founder of Pet Circle, is speaking live at the Forbes Australia Leadership Forum. Secure your seat here. The company that bills itself as Australia’s largest online pet retailer posted a loss of $31.8 million […]

Global travel amenities company Buzz has bought cult Australian sustainable personal-care brand Single Use Ain’t Sexy, for an undisclosed sum.

Kelly Slater and Mick Fanning, once great rivals on the water, have teamed up to share the lessons they’ve learned in entrepreneurship.

Paypal Australia and Hyperwallet director Simon Banks talks about the leadership lessons he’s learnt at the surf club and on stage for a hard-rockin’ band. You must be good at delegating. Yes and no. You might have heard of a philosophy called ‘servant leadership’ – that you are there to help your team achieve their […]

Casino operator Star Entertainment will cancel all executive bonusses, freeze salaries and axe 500 jobs after “experiencing a significant and rapid deterioration in operating conditions” particularly at its Sydney and Gold Coast casinos.  

The Women’s Football World Cup, kicking off in Australia and New Zealand in July, is challenging the Winter Olympics to be the third most watched sporting event in the world. FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 CEO David Beeche forecast 2 billion viewers would watch the tournament – a 90 per cent increase in eyeballs on […]

Palmer Luckey, 30-years-old and worth US$1.8 billion, could be building video games and virtual reality systems, or cruising in his private submarine – but has instead chosen a job that’s “depressing” and “corrosive of the spirit”.

Cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services will invest $13.2 billion in Australia over the next four years, the company announced yesterday.