Nominees
2009 Business3000 Nominees
Nominee: Rentoid.com
Steve Sammartino
General Manager
Rentoid is a website where people can rent things to and from each other using the internet.
A website
- where people can make money out of their idle assets without selling them - and renting instead.
- where communities connect to satisfy their temporary needs and share assets in a clever way
- where people either make or save money
More importantly Rentoid gives us a way to reduce our impact on the environment, using technology to maintain our lifestyles while reducing needless consumption.
The company vision is to become the largest on line renting portal, certainly in Australia and possibly the world. In fact our goals are rather large. We want to be a vanguard organisation that proves there can be a business which provides a virtuous circle for all stakeholders involved. A business which can provide profit without pillage.
Nominee: Experimenta
Liz Hughes
Managing Director
Experimenta is respected as Australia's leading organisation dedicated to commissioning, exhibiting and promoting the most advanced media and technology-based art.
Our mission is to drive the development of contemporary media arts.
Since 1986, Experimenta has transformed public spaces, exhibition venues and corporate environments into captivating, interactive, and thought provoking destinations. From large-scale outdoor installations to intimate and extraordinary indoor exhibitions, the artworks shown worldwide by Experimenta are always evocative, intriguing and uniquely multi-sensory.
Experimenta offers advice and expertise to assist private, corporate and government partners in realising a surprising, involving and rewarding vision that speaks to business innovation, to the community, and to the future
Nominee: Rooftop Cinema
Barrie Barton
Co-director
In 2007 Rooftop Cinema opened its doors atop the iconic Curtin House on Swanston Street in the city. Providing a combination of art house film, fresh food and beverages, fake grass, deckchairs and the best view in Melbourne, it quickly became one of the most sought after entertainment experiences in the city, attracting tens of thousands of patrons annually.
On the back of over $1.2 million dollars of positive publicity in its first season, Rooftop Cinema has grown substantially year by year, attracting greater sponsorship revenue and stronger ticket sales - all while maintaining its cachet and reputation as one of the coolest and desirable outdoor entertainment experiences in the world.
Our objectives are simple: We set out to build one of the most beautiful cinema experiences in the world, underpinned by a robust sponsorship model and marketing strategy to drive revenue. Now that we have achieved that with one site, our objective is to extend the concept to numerous sites in numerous cities.
Nominee: Hidden Secrets Tours
Fiona Sweetman
Proprietor
Hidden Secrets Tours has operated as a small group walking tour company since 2004, and despite novice beginnings, its sole proprietor Fiona Sweetman, has created a product that is now being used as an example for local government tourism plans, and mentoring for novices of a new generation. Fiona's 13 years experience in running various small business has been drawn on to enable a niche product to start small, and develop slowly as markets and infrastructure became available.
Her Certificate 4 in Workplace training, and Small group team building programming has brought an innovative style to the offer of niche and luxury tourism in Melbourne.
Fiona has previously had her own dress making business, where all manners of financial, design and construction she was responsible for.
The management experience is, and has always been on the job, and expert advice is regularly sought to enhance the practical learning's of the day to day.
9329 9665
Nominees: Mind Australia
Paul Ashton
General Manager Community Relations
Mind is a professionally managed Not for Profit organisation with 30 years experience in supporting people in their journey of recovery from mental illness. It is run by a Board of Governors with the support of an Executive Management Committee who have expertise in Finance, Marketing, Business Strategy, IT, and Service Delivery, as such it is able to mentor new staff into the organisation and assist smaller NFP's in addressing critical business issues
Mind is a leading non government, not for profit whose role is to support the recovery of people with a mental illness and those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to; rebuild their lives, reconnect with family, friends and the community and rediscover the joys and meaning of life that we all take for granted.
Mind operates over 60 programs in Victoria and South Australia, ranging from Residential Rehabilitation, Outreach, Respite and Day Programs to a major 10 Art Exhibition at Federation Square each year.
Mind actively works with some of the most marginalised and stigmatized peole in the community, those with low prevalence, severe mental illness and the homeless to support them in rebuilding their lives.
9455 7906
pashton@mindaustralia.org.au
Nominees: Shaper Group
Dan Atkins
Co-founder & Managing Director
The Shaper Group is a group of companies that works with businesses, government and not-for-profit organisations who want to improve their competitive advantage and reputation by embracing sustainable business practices.
As a multidisciplinary group the Shaper Group's knowledge, experience and specialties are in providing leading edge sustainability advisory, carbon management, project implementation, sustainability branding and communication, executive search and recruitment services. Shaper Group also coordinates the not for profit Melbourne and Adelaide Sustainability Drinks.
With extensive knowledge and expertise in sustainability, climate change, carbon markets, CSR and "green" communication, the Shaper Group makes the complex task of integrating sustainable business practices into their clients' core business activities simple.
Taking an integrated approach, they assist organisations in capturing opportunities, reducing risks, increasing efficiency, productivity and innovation, gaining access to markets, resources quality staff whilst enhancing brand reputation and shareholder value.
9 614 6177
The Auspicious Arts Incubator
John Paul
Executive Director
The Auspicious Arts Incubator supports the development of a thriving independent performing arts sector that has the ability to generate income and a diversity of investment. To deliver this the Incubator provides coaching, business and marketing skills training and venue support to Australia's newest creative entrepreneurs who have already demonstrated leadership and a commitment to developing a sustainable arts practice.
The Auspicious Arts Incubator is the only dedicated Arts Incubator in Australia. We are a unique organisation that daily crosses the bridge of art and commerce creating value in the areas of civic pride, social capital, entrepreneur-ism, communal meaning, business sustainability, capacity building, international trade, critical - creative thinking.
9 948 4086
Tiffins Pty Ltd
Mikhil Kotak
Director
Tiffins is Australia's first Indian hot food lunch delivery system using innovative heat preserving thermally efficient Tiffin containers that conserve reheating costs, are re-usable and delivered on tricycles demonstrating an all round environmentally sustainable business practice.
It positions itself as a healthy, low fat, low-calorie takeaway. The business model focuses on building and retaining brand loyalty from a loyal customer base in the Melbourne CBD area
8 317 2602
Wunderkammer
Ray Meyer
Wunderkammer is a shop/Museum dealing in scientific curiosities. They sell antique scientific and medical instruments, fossils, mineral samples, taxidermy, framed butterflies, insects and other such things.
Wunderkammer is the only shop of its kind in Australia.
They also manufacture and wholesale some products.
Wunderkammer has been established at 439 Lonsdale Street for 3 years.
9 642 4694
Seventh Wave
Dugald Christie-Johnston
Director
Seventh Wave is a boutique business that specializes in providing bespoke programs designed to maximize the performance of individuals, teams and organizations by unleashing the potential within.
Founded in May 2008, by Dugald Christie-Johnston, Seventh Wave provides Extraordinary Leadership Development, Outperformance Coaching, Unique Team Offsites and Dynamic Keynote Speaking
The incredible success of Seventh Wave is largely due to its business model. By partnering with clients that are seeking to develop their business through strategic investment in their people, Seventh Wave is able to utilize strategies rarely seen in the corporate world. The client benefits from a seamless, ongoing solution that is designed specifically to leverage key strengths, maximize energy, and search for opportunities to exploit.
dugald@seventhwave.com.au
Co2 Australia Ltd
Andrew Grant
CO2 Australia is the Australian market leader in the establishment and management of forest carbon sinks intended for registration under formal emissions reduction schemes
CO2 Australia has grown to include a staff of 31 in-house professionals located across six offices in three Australian states. Large-scale tree plantings have been successfully established and managed in New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia, totaling some 12,500 hectares of mallee eucalypts.
CO2 Australia is the Australian market leader in the establishment and management of forest carbon sinks intended for registration under formal emissions reduction schemes
CO2 Australia has grown to include a staff of 31 in-house professionals located across six offices in three Australian states. Large-scale tree plantings have been successfully established and managed in New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia, totaling some 12,500 hectares of mallee eucalypts.
8 9321 4111
info@co2australia.com.au
Nominee: KeepCup
Abigail Forsyth
Hot Coffee. Cool planet!
Our love for a great takeaway coffee is costing our environment clearly. Reuse is the most significant impact environment we can make.
Unsatisfied with the alternatives to replace disposable cups, we designed the KeepCup. KeepCup is the first barista standard reuseable coffee cup.
Many small acts will make a phenomenal difference.
9 620 0244