Posts tagged "Smart50 2014"

Brisbane-based shopfitting company Tu Projects has had an impressive growth spurt in the last few years, taking on some major clients and almost tripling its revenue to more than $32 million.

Brisbane’s property market has been volatile in the past few years, but Calibre Real Estate is proving good agents can grow in any market.

There’s a good reason video game developer Daniel Visser says he would like to run into the high school career adviser who told him to learn a trade and stay away from video games.

Adelaide-based solar company Suntrix experienced extraordinary growth in its first year of operation – ballooning from a business with a $250,000 turnover to become a $7.3 million company. “It was a crazy time,” says Jenny Paradiso who founded the business with husband David Hille while they still had two small children at home.

Sydney-based cleaning company Clean Business Services has had an extraordinary past few years. The business, which was established in 1985 after the merger of three cleaning companies, has nearly tripled its revenue in three years – jumping from more than $1 million in 2011-12, to $2 million in 2012-13 and posting more than $3 million for the last financial year.

Since appearing at number 38 in last year’s Smart 50, Melbourne-based labour hire company Amrick has nearly doubled its revenue and bulked up its internal resources, taking on at least 15 more staff.

Richard Haby was at a friend’s barbecue when he overheard someone complaining about the cost and quality of trampoline parts in Australia.

Klyp founders Chris Byrnes and David Perkins met at university in 2002, when they were encouraged by their professors to commercialise a CD-ROM project they’d been working on.

Husband and wife team Finn Kelly and Sarah Riegelhuth started Wealth Enhancers after recognising the financial advice industry was traditionally geared towards those who were older and already wealthy, ignoring Gen Y clients altogether.

When Kate Morris and her business Adore Beauty first appeared on Smartcompany’s Smart 50 in 2009, online shopping was still largely viewed with suspicion. Fast-forward five years and the perception of internet shopping has rapidly changed, and according to Morris, so too has online cosmetic company Adore Beauty.

The Melbourne City Institute of Education (MCIE) almost doubled its revenue in the 2013-14 financial year. The previous Smart50 Awards finalist now turns over more than $3.3 million annually and has grown by 78.53% since it was founded by Gary Coonar and his former business partner Kuldip Singh in 2008.

Luxury international travel is no longer just about the perks of staying in a five-star hotel, says Luxperience founder Helen Logas. “People are looking for experiences beyond 1000-count sheets and flat screen TVs,” Logas told SmartCompany.