MYOB and Peking Duk launch snail food truck to celebrate ‘weird and wonderful’ business ideas

Aussie music duo Peking Duk is on a mission with a classic French twist to show aspiring business owners across Australia and New Zealand that even the most ‘weird and wonderful’ ideas can be brought to life with the launch of a food truck – featuring snails.

Business management platform MYOB tasked Peking Duk musos Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles with helping the platform launch some inspiration into the gold mine of Australian untapped business potential and give it a nudge in the right direction.

The challenge to inspire budding entrepreneurs comes as MYOB releases findings from its 2023 MYOB Belief Barometer, which found the fear of failure is a key barrier when it comes to starting a business.

Approximately 42% of the 1,000 Australians surveyed confirmed they had a business idea that they never brought to life, with the research also finding that 76% of Aussies have had at least one business idea, but only 35% went on to start one.

The Peking Duk duo, who owned Melbourne bar Talk to Me from 2018 to 2020, will be calling on Australians to help them decide on a name for the escargot truck and what will be on the menu through the...