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- Furniture sells online
Dean Ramler is not only proving that people do buy furniture online but is building a successful business around it. By PATRICK STAFFORD - Retooling the inner geek
Web-based application developer GeekIT moved its focus to match its market, and hasn’t looked back. PATRICK STAFFORD finds that founder Mary Henderson is still finding opportunities to diversify. - Battling the big brands with an online strategy
Ruslan Kogan began selling cheap electronics in an industry that tells consumers you get what you pay for. So convincing the market to trust his online offerings has required a specific brand management approach. By PATRICK STAFFORD - Empire building
What if you built a global design business without a global headquarters? The radical new business model of the 139-year-old Adelaide building design practice Woods Bagot could provide the template on how to go global. By EMILY ROSS - Dyesol’s electric blue sky
Technology that allows iron roofing or glass windows to generate electricity – it sounds like futuristic pipe dreams, but Dyesol’s power-generating innovation is turning the dream into revenue-generating reality. Founders Sylvia and Gavin Tulloch talk to BRAD HOWARTH - Carnegie's ocean power surge
Alan Burns believes he can help solve Australia’s green energy crisis. After a decade of R&D and $25 million in government funding, his company Carnegie Corporation is ready to turn its undersea power vision into a reality. By TIM TREADGOLD - Going, going, going online
Auctioning veteran Pickles Auctions was confronted with competition from keen online rivals. Instead of being swamped by the new force, principal Tim Pickles tells AMITA TANDUKAR and JAMES THOMSON how the firm has taken the web into its stride to win greater market share. - Care begins at home
Nick McDonald founded Prestige Home Healthcare on the premise that people who are in need of care still prefer their own home. But as he tells PATRICK STAFFORD, skills shortages are putting a brake on growth. - Essa keeps digging
Turmoil on global financial markets has hit the resources sector hard. But as Darryl Stevens, chief executive of mining equipment supplier Essa explains, the mining won’t stop because commodity price are falling. TIM TREAGOLD reports. - Finger on the Sporting Pulse
Nick Maywald got the idea for his company Sporting Pulse while playing social basketball. But as he explains to AMITA TANDUKAR, the company is now repositioning itself to take advantage of potentially huge revenue streams from online media and social networking. - Testing, then pushing, the limits
Ten years after a cashflow crisis stopped Planit Software Testing in its tracks, the company is now a dominent player in its sector. Co-founder Chris Carter tells PATRICK STAFFORD about the lessons learnt along the way. - Hitting a mobile target
ComTel’s mobile phone advertising strategy is finely honed to snare targeted marketing, and is being approached without the perilous ‘make or break’ imperative. By JAMES THOMSON - Blind-sided by science
Smart scanning technology, tailored to modern security threats, has suffered from being almost too brilliant for its wider market. TIM TREADGOLD explains what went wrong for the company behind the innovation. - Healthy snack business ripens
Wendy and Garry Visontay took an inspired idea and grew a thriving business with a healthy bottom line. Now it must defend itself against competitors in a low barrier to entry industry. JAMES THOMSON looks at the story behind Fruit At Work - Footytips.com.au picks another winner
The humble office footy tipping competition has taken to the web seamlessly, and footytips.com.au founders Nathan Isterling and Heath Kilgour are set to ramp up their site’s capabities. By JAMES THOMSON - Noise control a sound innovation for Sensear
Breakthrough technology, that allows human voice to be heard while filtering out industrial din, has put Justin Miller’s business Sensear within earshot of cornering a huge market. By TIM TREADGOLD - OnCard makes the dragon pay
OnCard International chairman Peter Abotomey explains how he led the company out of adminstration and into China's booming payments, rewards and loyalty card market. By JAMES THOMSON - Lenard’s no chicken when it comes to change
With a new private equity investor on board, and big changes to its business model and product range in the pipeline, the challenges facing chicken franchise Lenard’s are far from poultry. By MIKE PRESTON - Austal’s innovative manoeuvres
How Austal’s executive chairman John Rothwell saved his business from the twin terrors of the oil price and the dollar. By TIM TREADGOLD - The perfect Storm
A wave of government grants for community water projects has helped take Storm Sustainability from start-up to $50 million business in just two years. Managing director Stephen Webster tells JAMES THOMSON how the company is handling explosive growth