Entrepreneur
Move over AI, seaweed is the new wonder product
One type of seaweed cuts methane emissions and fattens cattle and another has natural polymers that behave like plastic.
- Simon Johanson
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‘Broke the mould’: Sydney fashion entrepreneur Premal Patel dead at 47
Influencers and Bollywood starlets wear his clothing, but Premal Patel was also a path-breaker for Australia’s Indian diaspora.
- Matt Wade
‘We are not selling out’: El Jannah’s new investor is a $180 billion US giant
The wildly popular Lebanese chicken chain has a deep-pocketed new backer to help it conquer Australia, and then its cultural motherland, Lebanon.
- Jessica Yun
- Analysis
- Japan
The smart decision 20 years ago that saved a Japanese town
Where others have withered, this mountain town has reinvented itself as a refuge for Tokyo’s entrepreneurs and artists - thanks to one smart decision.
- Lisa Visentin
- Investigation
- Organised crime
How baby formula investors became entangled with shady financial firms and organised crime
The company was on the cusp of a cash bonanza and ready to float on the Australian Stock Exchange. Now batches of its product are set to be sold at a pittance to go into pet food.
- Harriet Alexander
- Opinion
- Workplace culture
Gen Alpha are entering the workforce. Here’s what they want
It only feels like yesterday that a new generation entered the workforce, but it’s time we all got ready for a brand-new wave of workers.
- Tim Duggan
- Exclusive
- Start up technology
A WA journalism graduate’s journey from radio to Canva, then pasta – and back to tech
Anna Guerrero’s serpentine career path is a testament to the power of going with the flow.
- Hamish Hastie
- Exclusive
- Food & drink
Yo-Chi goes global: Cult favourite frozen yoghurt chain is growing up
The fast-growing Australian frozen dessert business is testing the waters in Singapore – but doesn’t want to look like it’s getting too big.
- Jessica Yun
Best seats in the house: New airport brings comfort to the economy class
It could be the ultimate democratisation of air travel: Seats near departure gates that are as soft and upholstered as those in the posh private club lounges.
- Julie Power
Beauty clinic founder pays tribute to husband found stabbed to death outside luxury home
Gry Susann Tomte, the Norwegian-born founder of Melbourne-based HÜD luxury beauty clinics, described her husband Zdravko (Zed) Bilic as “the kindest, gentlest person” who was “loved by everyone”.
- Lauren Ironmonger