Topic: Entrepreneurship
Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Sustainability
Helena Uhm | health without hush
Drawing on her background in nursing and public health, Helena Uhm founded Inoya to bring greater transparency and sustainability to period care. She discusses women's health, innovation and creating change through conversation.
Filed under: Arts and Culture, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Leadership
Immersive Technology, Human Connection: The Work of Georgie Pinn
Georgie Pinn has built a career turning public spaces into places where audiences don't just watch — they participate, create, and connect. Through her studio Interactor, she designs immersive experiences that put community at the centre.
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Filed under: Innovation, Diversity and Inclusion, Entrepreneurship
Making Travel Accessible with Santiago Velasquez
Catching a bus is something most of us take for granted. But for many Australians with a disability, it can present many challenges. Propelled by his own transport experiences, Santiago Velasquez created Hailo – the world's first accessible travel app.
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Filed under: Leadership, Legacy, Entrepreneurship
Philip Ryan | The power of collaboration
Philip Ryan has led a long and successful career in law, finance, and entrepreneurship. But he'll be the first to tell you that he didn't get there on his own. Now he's paying it forward and helping the next gneration find their place in the world.
Filed under: Career pivots, Entrepreneurship
Susie Taaffe | Rewriting the rules (and the wardrobe)
From the outside, Susie Taaffe's career looks like a series of bold pivots. But to Susie, each step gave her the knowledge and skillset she needed to end up where she is today—founder of body-positive underwear brand Skanties.
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Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Leadership
Heidi Cooper | Queensland business: the economic force behind our state’s bright future
Heidi Cooper is the CEO of Business Chamber Queensland and an advocate for the business community. Drawing on her experience in some of Australia's largest companies, Heidi discusses the future of Queensland business.
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Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Marketing
Professor Gary Mortimer | When small businesses ‘bend the rules’
QUT alumnus and staff member, Professor Gary Mortimer, is widely recognised as Australia's leading retail expert. His recent research dives into why bending the rules can be a win for businesses and their customers.
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Filed under: Innovation, Portfolio careers, Entrepreneurship
Dr Ken Dutton-Regester | Science meets storytelling
Dr Ken Dutton-Regester has turned his scientific expertise into creative tools—from VR to escape rooms. He shares his journey from researcher to founder of Excite Science, and his mission to make cancer education more accessible and engaging.
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Filed under: Health and wellbeing, Entrepreneurship
Esme Soan | For better health
Esme Soan has always been passionate about women’s health—from improving pregnancy care, to managing chronic pain to rehabilitation after cancer treatment. We discuss her career, Pear Exercise Physiology & Physiotherapy and emerging health issues.
Filed under: Entrepreneurship
Alyce Renderos | The business of gifting
Meet ballerina turned entrepreneur, Alyce Renderos. As Founder of corporate gifting service Saltus Gifting, Alyce shares her career journey, the highs and lows of small business ownership, and her advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Global careers
Rebecca Jefferd | Flawless foundation
Rebecca Jefferd’s resume is full of household brands from BP, L’Oreal, MECCA, the TOM Co and now Ultra Violette, the sunscreen empire she co-founded with a former colleague. The QUT Alumni Team discuss her career and what’s happening at Ultra Violette.
Filed under: Entrepreneurship
Emily Yeoh | No Time Like Now
Emily’s journey is the antithesis of linear – migrating from Malaysia to study and graduate with a Bachelor of Engineering to then competing on the 2014 season of Masterchef Australia. This candid Q&A reveals what after the cameras stopped filming.