Australians making ideas happen

Nathan is the founder of Talio, an integrated facility services and management company. Work hard and keep it simple for your customers and clients no matter how hard it is for you. Tell us a little bit about your idea and what made you decide to take the plunge and...

Talya Goding is the founder and designer behind Made With Love-Cards And Crafts, an online business selling beautifully handmade invitations, cards and party supplies. All of the items she sells are personally handmade in her home studio in Coffs Harbour in NSW. She is passionate about her business and the creative process,...

Eddy Lee is the founder of oneHug, a website and app that seeks to support charities by creating a community of minded people who want to help others. He was born in Sydney but raised in the NSW Central West town of Forbes, is married to his childhood sweetheart and father...

Nathan is the founder of Talio, an integrated facility services and management company. Work hard and keep it simple for your customers and clients no matter how hard it is for you. Tell us a little bit about your idea and what made you decide to take the plunge and...

Talya Goding is the founder and designer behind Made With Love-Cards And Crafts, an online business selling beautifully handmade invitations, cards and party supplies. All of the items she sells are personally handmade in her home studio in Coffs Harbour in NSW. She is passionate about her business and the creative process,...

Galvin Scott Davis is the Director and Creative Director of award-winning Sydney-based digital agency Protein One. He has led the agency to create engaging creative for clients which cross over multiple platforms. He was the brains behind the Ask The Butcher mobile app campaign to educate consumers on better eating which then became...

Geoffrey Edlund and Tim Daly are digital natives who share a fondness for technology, analytics and boutique beers. Earlier this year they formed a partnership called This Town. The first venture under the This Town banner is Ten Dollar Town; an events promotion, digital publication, and social media brand.

Hollie Gordon is a young Australian working to increase community engagement through Social Enterprise. Originally hailing from Brisbane, she developed a passion for social entrepreneurship and community engagement during her post-high school travel experiences, particularly in India. I had the idea in late May, registered the business in July and had the first functional version up and running at the beginning of September!

Hugo Lamb is a Melbourne based social entrepreneur working in the field of community engagement. In 2011 he established the Gilmore Society - an independent think-tank of university graduates dedicated to exploring ideas for Australia's future. From 2011-2013 Hugo was the Victorian Director of the Oaktree Foundation - Australia's largest youth-run aid and development organisation.

Paul Gray is co-founder and CMO at Bubble Gum Interactive, a VC-backed entertainment studio based in Sydney, Australia. The studio produces digital storytelling in the form of games, cartoons and interactive experiences.

Joshua McNicol is Head of Marketing at Temple & Webster, Australia's first and leading members-only online destination for beautiful homewares, beautifully priced. I'm incredibly interested in data-driven marketing that supports us in ensuring that beautiful creative ideas will develop into successful business campaigns as well.

Matthew Barnett is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Vimily. Katrin Suess is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Vimily.

Erica Davis, Fiona Triaca and Megan Liston are three women on a mission to redefine success. With more than 30 years corporate experience between them their startup, Naked Ambition, endeavours to encourage women to see ambition as a positive attribute.

Matt Martino has recently launched Shout, a free to download fundraising App that allows people to make micro donations to charity...

Having graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Alexie spent two years as a project engineer learning about project management and large-scale industry. On the side, she had always kicked around in local and international community leadership roles for social development projects.

William, Alex, Caleb and Hwi So were tired of paying ridiculous amounts of money for water.

Michael Cindric started Sentia 7 years ago and recently launched Doccy

Bosco Tan and Alvin Sing are the cofounders of Pocketbook - a Sydney based startup that's building an application which makes managing your money ridiculously simple.

Nikos Psaltopoulos is the Melbourne born founder of themanroom.

Intrapreneur, food lover and a passionate sustainability consultant based in Melbourne.

Jervis is the founder of eXpertLocal.com, a place to discover things to do from the perspective of someone who is passionate about showing you his/her view of life.

Tim and Jonathan are co-founders of Airtasker and an avid supporters of the Australian start-up scene.

In 2011 Lachy and Bridie teamed up to co-found Dismantle, a social enterprise, to empower people to adopt cycling as a part of their everyday lives.

Nicholas Atgemis was born and raised in Sydney. Ever since he was a kid he was aware of clothes.

Rebecca Dracup is from Subiaco in WA and is an environmental engineering and economics student at the University of Western Australia. She is the president of the university chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), an Australian non-governmental organization, and has recently returned from EWB's Dialogues on Development Tour in India.