NSW FIRST - HOW SOLAR POWERED COMMUNITY MICROGRIDS WILL SAVE REGIONAL TOWNS DURING OUTAGES

CLIENT: ENDEAVOUR ENERGY

OUTLET: 7 NEWS

NSW has unveiled the latest weapon to keep the lights on as coal fueled power stations wear out. The new microgrid collects solar power from home rooftops that stores them in community-shared  batteries that kick in during black outs.

Endeavour Energy has supplied the massive battery system that will power an entire town. Bawley Point is one of the nation’s first community microgrids. It will mean the residents there will have power even during power outages. It’s the end of a two year mission to keep the lights on and its not possible without locals whose roofs are powering the battery when it is sunny. The power was down for 11 days during the 2019 bushfires and in its aftermath, Endeavour Energy worked with the community to put solar on the roofs of more than 100 homes. It only costs about $8M and its now a blueprint for other towns like Bawley Point, which are vulnerable during major weather events.

Watch the 7 NEWS report on Endeavour Energy’s work from Tom Sacre.

ONYAPRENEUR: RENAE BUNSTER, FOUNDER OF BUNSTERS HOT SAUCES

CLIENT: BUNSTERS HOT SAUCE

OUTLET: THE AUSTRALIAN, ONYAPRENEUR

Have you ever wanted to ask how an entrepreneur organises her day or business?She is Australia queen of hot sauce, and is internationally renowned because she knows her shit! Literally! Renae Bunster sits down with the Australian’s Entrepeneur section, Onya.

Tell us about Bunsters.

Bunsters is a Aussie company run from my house in Perth. We make hot sauces and ready to drink cocktails and ship them all over the world. We shot to global fame after making a silly hot sauce called Shit the Bed that, despite the name everyone actually loved. Turns out people really do want to shit their beds.

ONYAPRENEUR: JENNY LE, FOUNDER OF THE BUBBLE TEA

CLIENT: THE BUBBLE TEA CLUB

OUTLET: THE AUSTRALIAN, ONYAPRENEUR

Have you ever wanted to ask how an entrepreneur organises her day or business? Onyamagazine from The Australian, speaks to Jenny Le, the woman behind the breakout success, Bubble Tea Club.

Tell us about The Bubble Tea Club.

Bubble Tea Club is an e-commerce brand starting off by selling DIY bubble tea kits during the midst of the Pandemic, April 2020. After only 4 days from inception, it has over $1,000 in sales in the first day and grew rapidly every day after, making over $2mill in it’s first year with over 20,000 followers on their Instagram. To keep up with it’s growth, the team raised over $1.5mill from their 1,300 investors via crowd-funding which has help grow the internal team and expand to NZ, Canada and the US.Have you ever wanted to ask how an entrepreneur organises her day or business? Onyamagazine from The Australian, speaks to Jenny Le, the woman behind the breakout success, Bubble Tea Club.

Tell us about The Bubble Tea Club.

Bubble Tea Club is an e-commerce brand starting off by selling DIY bubble tea kits during the midst of the Pandemic, April 2020. After only 4 days from inception, it has over $1,000 in sales in the first day and grew rapidly every day after, making over $2mill in it’s first year with over 20,000 followers on their Instagram. To keep up with it’s growth, the team raised over $1.5mill from their 1,300 investors via crowd-funding which has help grow the internal team and expand to NZ, Canada and the US.

ONYAPRENEUR: CARA APRILE, FOUNDER OF LILLY’S LITTLE LUNCHBOX

CLIENT: LILLY’S LITTLE LUNCHBOX

OUTLET: THE AUSTRALIAN, ONYAPRENEUR

Have you ever wanted to ask how an entrepreneur organises her day or business? The Australian Onya section has profiled Australia’s queen of the lunchbox, Cara Aprile  

Tell us about Lilly’s Little Lunchbox.

Lilly’s Little Lunchbox is more than just a meal delivery service. Our mission is to be the world’s largest and healthiest tuckshop, delivered that not only delivers dietitian-designed, fresh and healthy lunches made for kids, with the incorporation of the 5 core food groups in every meal but is also instilling healthy eating habits in the next generation. Families order their meal options online, using a subscription model. We provide a carefully curated menu to ensure it meets the highest nutritional standards, offering a wide variety of options, exposing families to a variety of different meal options. We deliver across the whole of the east coast of Australia (QLD, NSW, ACT and VIC), with soon to be announcing our launch into South Australia.

EUGENE CHENG, FOUNDER OF THE SNEAKER LAUNDRY

CLIENT: THE SNEAKER LAUNDRY

OUTLET: THE AUSTRALIAN, ONYAPRENEUR

Have you ever wanted to ask how an entrepreneur organises his day or business? The Australian Onya section has profile Australia sneaker cleaning legend Eugene Chang from The Sneaker Laundry.

Here is a taste:

What inspired you to start The Sneaker Laundry?

I just got so tired of throwing shoes away that I really loved. There was always this nagging feeling as I threw away dirty used shoes that perhaps they could be saved or rescued. When I looked into it six years ago, there were only cobblers and none of them ever really knew what to do with sneakers. Not today’s sneakers anyway that cost anywhere from $300 to thousands of dollars.

Australia’s ‘hot sauce queen’ banks $3.9 million, breaks equity crowdfunding records

CLIENT: BUNSTERS

OUTLET: FORBES

Renae Bunster’s Bunsters Shit the Bed Hot Sauce is a crowd-pleaser – particularly among equity investors, who were reportedly buoyed by sales data from the product’s Woolworths debut.

Bunsters Shit the Bed banked a total of $3.9 million across three raises via Australian equity crowdfunding platform, Birchal. Bunster, a Perth mum and self-proclaimed ‘hot sauce queen’, broke equity crowdfunding records for the total amount of return investors – she reported 46% of investors in her third campaign were previous investors, compared to Birchal’s average of 6%.

“This extraordinary level of investor confidence not only underscores the compelling appeal of Bunsters but also cements their status as one of only seven companies in Australia to successfully complete three CSF offers raising $3.9million,” Birchal’s Emily Macfarlane said.

SYDNEY PAIR'S PLAN TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST AI AND FAKE TRAVEL REVIEWS

CLIENT: EXCEPTIONAL ALIEN

OUTLET: NEWS.COM.AU

With many fearing the rise of artificial intelligence is going to negatively affect their jobs and threaten their businesses, two men from Sydney see disdain for AI as exactly what their business needs to thrive.

Michael Canning and Justin Drape thought they may have been crazy when they launched a travel app during Covid and are thrilled they made it to the other side.

Now, they believe the rise in AI and ChatGPT will actually have travellers turning to them just at the right time.

SCIENCE CRACKS THE CODE THAT TRICKS KIDS INTO EATING VEGETABLES

CLIENT: WELLY

OUTLET: 9 NEWS

A Melbourne entrepreneur has tackled the perennial parenting problem of how to get children to eat vegetables! He’s created a new instant vegetable smoothie, but as medical reporter Emily Rice asks, does it get the tick from dieticians?

Children can be picky about what vegetables they like and dislike… so 31 year old entrepreneur, Jarahad Valeri, has developed a new product, which he believes will get more goodness into little bellies. Watch the report on Welly and see if this smoothie powder is the answer for parents.

AUSTRALIAN 'POD' HOTEL STARTUP WANDER SECURES INVESTMENT FROM EX-AIRBNB CHIEF

CLIENT: WANDER

OUTLET: SMARTCOMPANY

Upmarket ‘pod’ hotel startup Wander has secured investment from former Airbnb country manager Sam McDonagh, as the accommodation innovator eyes expansion across regional and rural Australia.

Wander designs, installs, and manages WanderPods — miniature, boutique hotel suites built to bring the luxury hotel experience to some of Australia’s most scenic locales.