Success Stories
Frank's clean sweep with NEIS
With the assistance of Kangan Institute's New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS) scheme, Frank Youhana is looking forward to a long and prosperous life as a small business owner. Here, the former Iraqi refugee tells us his remarkable story. Read More
Approaching Business with Verve
Job security is a very low priority in the performing arts, with most actors experiencing long periods of unemployment between engagements. But Darren Natale has found a way to make his passion for acting and singing into a secure business proposition. With training through NEIS, the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme, Darren now owns and runs a very successful performing arts school, 'Verve Studios'. Read More
Changing fortune
Much like the mythical phoenix rising from the ashes, Debra Newlan changed her stars when she made the decision to stop being an employee and become her own boss.
Five years ago, the café owner and single mum-of-three was living to work, struggling to make financial ends meet and finding her employment in hospitality less satisfying by the day. Read More
On the cup and up - the rise of The Paper Cup Company
If you're a fan of Willy Wonka and his Chocolate Factory, it's a fair bet that the first few bars of the Oompa Loompa song will pop into your head when you visit Tullamarine business The Paper Cup Company.
A spiderweb of tubes rocket paper products left and right, machines are stationed about the factory floor, boxes of finished product are ready to be shipped off to their final destination while sheets of printed cup designs wait patiently for their chance on the production line.
With orders rolling in from across the globe, these colourful, locally-produced cups could just as easily end up at a New York coffee house as at the chip stand at a local footy match. Read More
One for the family
Dr Ayu Abdullah and her husband Tarmidi Ibrahim are well on their way to building a bright, successful future for their family of five.
As the couple's dental surgery celebrates its first anniversary this October, office manager Tarmidi and dentist Ayu say that a desire to provide the very best for their children has seen the business grow beyond expectation in just the first 10 months of operation.
After several years of research into the possibility of establishing their own dental practice, Tarmidi and Ayu were introduced to the government's New Enterprise Incentive Scheme - a program which they say has made a significant contribution to the way their business functions. Delivered through Kangan Institute's Business Enterprise Centre, the couple's NEIS studies consolidated an already impressive list of skills and qualifications. Read More
Rice and Spice equals success for Kangan Institute graduate
When Ifzal Syed completed his Master Degree from Melbourne University in Development Studies - specialising in GIS Environmental and Social Impact Assessments, he did not expect it difficult to find employment in his chosen field. Read More
The right fit
If you could apply the Sliding Door theory to Simone Minett's life, you'd see two very different pictures of a successful woman.
In one life, she's a member of the hectic corporate world, working as a marketing manager for an international liquor company, drawing a weekly wage and easing away the stress of a long and busy week on a Saturday and Sunday.
Switch to the other life and you'll meet the Simone who is a mother of one with another on the way, a wife and a director of Fitnessworx, a national company providing fitness programs for children across Australia. She is wholly content with her decision to leave the corporate world in search of personal and professional satisfaction. Read More
