Sophie Venz, Author at SmartCompany

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How upskilling helped The Oodie founder David Fogarty build a business making $180 million in revenue

In this interview with SmartCompany Plus, Fogarty shares how years of self-teaching and upskilling helped him build his empire.

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How Funny Business “reset” its strategy to better serve its community

Funny Business co-hosts Robbie Hicks and Lachlan Bradford say their biggest message for their community is to dream big, but to have a life while doing it.

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“We thought that we were on a rocket ship”: How July co-founders bounced back after 95% loss in revenue

In 2019, luggage startup July was on track to hit $5 million in revenue — and then a pesky thing called COVID came along. Here's how the co-founders turned it all around.

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Five startups, $63 million in funding: Who has taken home the cash this week?

Five major raises took place in the last seven days or so, ranging from health tech to Web3, all the way to non-alcoholic drinks.

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How Ellen Weigall went from being “laughed out of the room” to building Australia’s only female-owned gin company

Ellen Weigall built BABY Pink Gin, Australia’s only female-owned gin brand that doesn’t sacrifice quality — nor femininity — when she was only 23 years old.

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State-by-state: The trading hours for the Queen’s National Day of Mourning

Here's what we know so far about next Thursday's trading hours and restrictions for each state and territory.

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From the metaverse to meta everywhere: Three Aussie businesses join NEXT to create the new digital world

At a launch event held last week in Melbourne, NEXT leaders explained how eventually we won't be referring to anything as the "metaverse". It will be "meta everywhere" instead.

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Five Aussie startups and firms receiving major cash injections despite the tech downfall

Despite the many unfortunate cases of layoffs and closures, it turns out there is still cash around in the tech investment scene.

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Meet the Pitch winner: Fashion startup Zipr set to shake up the secondhand retail market

With $100,000 AWS Activate credits on hand, Zipr founder Amber Linz is looking to tap into the $605 billion social commerce market.

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Gen Z fashion startup Zipr wins the Pitch, taking home more than $100,000 in prizes

At an event on Thursday night in Sydney, Zipr was crowned the winner of SmartCompany's inaugural Pitch evening.

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Workers aren’t just quiet quitting. Managers are quiet firing, too

“Quiet quitting” may be a new workplace phenomenon hitting the corporate world, but it turns out managers are guilty of a more passive-aggressive movement themselves: quiet firing.

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Want to own a Melbourne bar? Preston local Hardo is up for grabs — for free

Speaking to SmartCompany, Hardo owner Charlotte Tizzard says she and her business partners want to "give other people a leg up"... and don't want any money.

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