When a Melbourne travel entrepreneur’s exit strategy went wrong, he bought back the business he had sold two years earlier.
An ex-teacher has cashed in on the celebrity culture by rapid expansion and acquisition of competitors - but the hard work has been done behind the scenes.
The merger of the market leader and its key competitor was fraught with risk. But careful management has made a bigger, better dental products business.
When its key manufacturer went into receivership, an equipment design firm bought the business. But the designers took 10 years to learn how to be good manufacturers.
A Brisbane motorhome renter and manufacturer is on track to double its revenue and continue expanding overseas. Its second-generation managers acquired skills outside the business - but still learn lessons at family barbecues.
Before hiring an outside CEO, members of an 80-year-old family business had to confront their own weaknesses - and then learn how to work with their new boss.
The CEO of a family-owned hardware chain in Victoria knows it is time to retire. But how to pass the baton - and to whom?
Baker Tom O’Toole made every mistake in the book when he bought and briefly owned his first business in the early 1970s – which is why his current one is so successful.
Selling your business might be like selling your own child – but it may be the best option.
The Tobin Brothers funeral directors have seen a lot of death - and they have tried to avoid the problems it can cause family companies.
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