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Maureen Houssein-Mustafa started her business with $1,600. 17 years on and lots of hard work, she has an internationally recognised, benchmark College (The Australasian College Broadway) worth $35 million with 100+ staff and over 300,000 students having graduated from the College in that time. They offer career paths in beauty, hairdressing, English, aged care and business management. Since its inception Maureen and her team have achieved many milestones. They were the first private registered training organisation to win the prestigious NSW training provider of the year award in 2000 along with being the first private RTO to be accredited to deliver hairdressing qualifications in Sydney.
In 2009 the college was selected as a finalist in the Telstra Business of the year awards in NSW and just recently was recognised in the NSW Telstra Business Woman of the year awards as the winner in the CBA Business Owner Category. She now goes on to compete in this category nationally. And on Australia day this year 2011, Maureen was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her incredible efforts and service to vocational education and training and to the community.
My Biz, Your Biz - with Banika Smee from Witjuti
Born in 1979 as the first born daughter of three, Banika grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. With her father, owning a local spare car parts store, she was either helping in her dads business or learning from her mum how to sew, paint or decorate. Banika developed a drive to succeed from a young age, enrolling in ballet school, participating in concerts and competing in eisteddfods.
Throughout high school she studied textiles & design, photography and computers. Her parents encouraged her design passion and scheduled after school graphic design training for her. Upon leaving school she studied Interior Design and then headed straight into the workforce. Her employment experience includes working for a manufacturing business, a hair care company, in IT Recruitment and most recently as Director of Operations & Graphic Designer for an international skin care manufacturer.
After eight years within the skin care industry Banika decided to start her own business. The idea for Witjuti, a loungewear range made of bamboo materials came to her after the birth of her first son. After enduring many sleepless nights, she’d reached the point that she just wanted something comfortable and supportive to wear that didn’t look like her pyjamas! Not finding anything, she decided it was time to put her design skills to work and create her own versatile clothing range that women could feel relaxed, confident and comfortable in.
The Witjuti range has been designed for women moving through life’s stages and looking for style and comfort in what they wear, whether they have just had a baby, are working out, traveling or just lounging around.
While working from home with a baby, and networking online via Social Media, Banika came in contact with another local northern beaches mum in business and after talking they realised there was a need for a network group that catered for mums! So Diana Holwerda and Banika Smee started Mumpreneurs Northern Beaches Network, now know as Mum Entrepreneurs which is expanding throughout Sydney in 2012.
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