Bikini maker Rebecca Klodinsky learnt that diamonds aren’t forever, so she started making her own jewels. When Rebecca Klodinsky couldn’t find the bikini she really wanted, she put on her backpack, went to Indonesia and found a factory that would make it for her. Thus was born her label Frankii – now rebranded as IIXIIST […]
How Clayton Larcombe found himself as the go-to guy for international Esports. Eight years ago, Clayton Larcombe was on the Hong Kong trading desk for Morgan Stanley. Still, since his return to Australia, he’s found himself owning a chunk of an Esports betting operation, founding an investment fund emphasising Esports that now has $500 million […]
Move over Google Wing: Melbourne-based drone services company Swoop Aero is changing the drone services game and attracting global attention. Swoop Aero co-founder Eric Peck broke the speed of sound the day before his 21st birthday. He also received his Hercules aircraft captaincy two weeks after turning 25. He is somewhat “miffed” by that fact, […]
Having been taken over by a ticketing giant, Fan+ is gearing up to change the hero/fanatic relationship. Rod Harys was CEO of the Sydney Kings basketball franchise when he experienced his great fanboy moment. Meeting stars can be mundane for people atop sports organisations. Still, when Harys got a tap on the shoulder back in […]
After experiencing extreme highs and lows with his previous company, SKINS, Jaimie Fuller has taken his “what not to do” in business and applied it to his wearables sports tech business, eo. After years heading up the global sports compression clothing label SKINS, there aren’t many professional athletes and international sporting teams that Jaimie Fuller […]
The metaverse is here whether the world is ready for it or not. Tech leaders say timing is of the essence as companies decide what role the technology will play in their future. The metaverse – or a shared virtual reality space – might sound to a like a far-off tech concept straight out of […]
Forbes Australia launched in September 2022 to bring you ideas that change the world. Here’s our most read articles to date. The metaverse and Web3 certainly gained a lot of interest. KPMG goes deep into the metaverse with new appointment The billion dollar brothers Entrepreneurs taught us a lot about how to succeed. The quest […]
Collaborations bring enormous diversity to what’s on offer from Haydenshapes, with innovation key to every project. At 15, Hayden Cox started shaping surfboards, and at one point, he noticed another local artist in Sydney’s Mona Vale who was producing some “pretty incredible street art”. “I asked him to come and paint surfboards,” Cox says. He […]
The CEO of Microsoft-owned GitHub explains why artificial intelligence is revolutionising the way coding works. In a world where software plays an increasingly central role in day-to-day life – from producing sophisticated business reporting functions to driving a car or choosing the next series to binge on, the shortage of software developers is cause for concern, […]
These three companies offer next-level experiential perks to high performing team members. A berth on a famous yacht race: LawConnect When app developer Payal Pattanaik got an email saying she had won a place on the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2022, she didn’t know what it involved. She had entered the companywide lottery without […]