Jim’s to Hoover up sacked Godfreys staff with free $35,000 franchises

Jim’s Cleaning Group is offering to give every sacked worker from the collapsed Godfreys vacuum cleaner chain their own business. When Jim’s Cleaning Group founder Haydar Hussein heard that up to 171 Godfreys staff faced the sack after the collapse of the vacuum cleaner chain on January 30, it hit him on an emotional level. […]

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This mining magnate is giving away a million dollars a year to break Australia’s ‘resource curse’

American Charlie Bass made a fortune in Australian mining but is now giving away a million dollars a year trying to break the country’s ‘resource curse’ – making him a Senior Australian of the Year candidate. Charlie Bass remembers seeing a bunch of men in dusty work clothes sitting on the kerb in Kalgoorlie, mid-morning, […]

Not dead yet: RØDE and Blackmagic on building advanced tech in Australia

How RØDE beat off an attack by a Chinese drone company and how a lack of workers sent another high-tech manufacturer offshore Peter Freedman, founder and owner of RØDE Microphones, was worried. DJI, a Chinese government-backed drone company, was diversifying into video and sound and had come out with a new wireless microphone early this […]

Inside Jaguar’s electrifying next chapter

From the racetrack to the road, the iconic British automaker is charging forward in its bid to lead the transition in the luxury EV space. Standing in the heart of London and just 10 minutes from the start of the season’s most important race, there’s not a driver in sight. Instead, hundreds of fans, actors […]

Backstage at Side Stage: How a bunch of founders founded their own VC fund

If you had to pick a point where Side Stage Ventures began, it would be backstage at the Splendour in the Grass music festival in 2018. Jaddan Comerford, founder of Unified Music, was there feeling chuffed with himself. Despite never having had to raise money for his own bootstrapped agency, he’d just dabbled in a […]

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Inside Telix: The Aussie guided nuclear missile for cancer

Radio-pharma biotech Telix is building on the success – and the cashflow – from its nuclear-guided prostate cancer tool to aim for new cancers, and new treatments. Subscribe to Forbes Australia for full access to this and all articles today Subscribe     Already a subscriber? Sign In