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Chat with artist & creator Tiff Manuell

Chat with artist & creator Tiff Manuell

The Tiff range unfolded as a bit of a happy accident, I made a clutch for my girlfriend and a couple more at the same time. A gorgeous girl walked past my studio window and spotted them sitting on my desk, she popped her head in and asked if they...

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Republica Organic

Republica Organic

An honest, inspiring chat with Jacqueline Arias, founder of ethical coffee brand, Republica.

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Lekker Bikes

Rolling with Saskia from Lekker Bikes

We chat with Saskia from Lekker bikes about the bikes, the brand, parenting and of course the challenges of running a business.

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Cluey Learning. kid online tutoring

Road Testing Cluey Learning

An online + face to face tutoring platform where kids learn their way. Between our Lunch Lady crew, we have seven primary school kids and three high school kids. All of them attend different types of schools – some are in Steiner, some public, some private. But throughout all the...

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A chat with Kate Gordon,  Head Designer at Robert Gordon Pottery.

A chat with Kate Gordon, Head Designer at Robert Gordon Pottery.

Robert Gordon started a long time ago, in 1945 with our Grandma's first business The Pottery Cottage in Black Rock. Grandma studied ceramics at RMIT and went on to open her own studio with our Grandpa Colin.

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A chat about the beginnings of Fjallraven.

A chat about the beginnings of Fjallraven.

Fjällräven began when a young, adventurous boy named Åke Nordin grew frustrated with the lack of functional equipment to take with him in to the wilderness.

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Chat with Tamina Daellenbach, about telling the time with Flik Flak.

Chat with Tamina Daellenbach, about telling the time with Flik Flak.

One of the primary objectives in launching Flik Flak in 1987 was to teach young children to learn to tell time in a fun and interesting way

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Chats about Kombucha with Anthony Crabb, MOJO co-founder and CEO.

Chats about Kombucha with Anthony Crabb, MOJO co-founder and CEO.

In 2008, I began experimenting with home brewing Kombucha, starting on the kitchen bench and gradually proceeding to the family shed as demand for the tasty fermented brew grew.

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A chat with publisher Holly Toohey about High Five for the Boys

A chat with publisher Holly Toohey about High Five for the Boys

I'm a children's publisher, which means I acquire and create books and series aimed at a young audience. I work on both fiction and non-fiction projects

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Amy’s Kitchen

Amy’s Kitchen

A chat Rachel and Andy, the inspiring founders behind Amy's Kitchen.

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Quick chat with Alicia Jackson from Marmalade Lion.

Quick chat with Alicia Jackson from Marmalade Lion.

On my motherhood journey I couldn't find any products that were my cup of tea in terms of detail and quality or that made me happy when making the purchase!

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Oh Mabel

Oh Mabel

Oh Mabel was born over seven years ago when I wanted new sheets that were as fun and memorable as the sheets in my Nanna's linen closet, or the vintage sheets I collected from op shops.

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Boom Shankar

Boom Shankar

A cuppa with Boom Shankar founder Dui Cameron about being a gypsy, living in India & giving back.

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Chat with the crew behind made by Fressko

Chat with the crew behind made by Fressko

The inception of made by Fressko was in 2014 by two friends Sean and Lucas who noticed a gap in the market for a stylish bottle that was suitable for tea as well as coffee

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Q&A with Matt, founder of JOCO cups

Q&A with Matt, founder of JOCO cups

The JOCO brand was derived out of personal protest against the strengthening impact that plastic and disposable waste was having on our world. Our obsession with convenience was fast creating a plastic world with a disposable culture

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The beginnings of Birkenstock. An Interview with Marcel Goerke.

The beginnings of Birkenstock. An Interview with Marcel Goerke.

Birkenstock has been available in Australia since 1992, we opened the first store in Centre Way Arcade, at 259 Collins Street. Karl Birkenstock himself mapped out his Birkenstock distribution vision for Australia.

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Interview with renowned herbalist and maker of great gin, Phillip Moore from Distillery Botanica

Interview with renowned herbalist and maker of great gin, Phillip Moore from Distillery Botanica

Prior to Distillery Botanica I was the founder of Renaissance Herbs, Australia's largest wholesale herb nursery. It got pretty busy, we got to growing close to a million plants a year at one stage!

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A Chat With Bee Wrappy

A Chat With Bee Wrappy

When Christine and Sam wanted to reduce their use of plastic in the home, they started tinkering around with making their own plastic free wraps and Bee Wrappy was born.

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Brands For Good

Brands For Good

We chat with Deborah Pike from Brands For Good about ethical shopping beautiful products and changing the way the world consumes.

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A chat about making aprons, growing a business and juggling kids with Cargo Crew founder, Felicity Rodgers.

A chat about making aprons, growing a business and juggling kids with Cargo Crew founder, Felicity Rodgers.

In a nutshell, Cargo Crew began off the back of me running a fashion label with a girlfriend after graduating Fashion Design at RMIT. During our days of running our label we were often approached by businesses wanting us to produce them a fashionable uniform

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A chat with Andrea Horwood, co-founder of WelleCo.

A chat with Andrea Horwood, co-founder of WelleCo.

Our aim was to create the world’s best wholefood and organic supplements that make us and our customers feel transformed. Our high-grade food supplements are the modern upgrade to traditional synthetic vitamins.

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A chat with Joey, one half of Doña Cholita

A chat with Joey, one half of Doña Cholita

Since Jefte and I met we’ve always talked about starting a business. Over the years we’ve talked through a million ideas, but we always came back to Mexican food!

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Chat with Justine Flynn, co-founder of world changing brand Thankyou.

Chat with Justine Flynn, co-founder of world changing brand Thankyou.

We were uni students with no money or experience behind us but our life’s journey brought to us a moment where we were confronted by two crazy extremes - in Australia we were spending $600 million a year on bottled water, yet at the same time, 900 million people (now...

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Naomi Lazzaro from Pureharvest gives us the low-down on her family’s pioneering organic health-food company

Naomi Lazzaro from Pureharvest gives us the low-down on her family’s pioneering organic health-food company

Pureharvest started in the 70’s from a strong passion to share good quality natural health food with people. At the very beginning we were a small independent health food store in Prahran, Melbourne

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