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The XYZed has scoured the internet for the most popular questions asked by self-starters - and now we’re answering them. We spoke with social media expert Chrissie Malloch, a strategist at Australian creative agency The Royals (who are also RedZed’s creative agency), about how social media marketing can work for you.

The XYZed has scoured the internet for the most popular questions asked by self-starters - and  now we’re answering them. Sheree Rubinstein, founder and chief executive of coworking space One Roof, tackles the issue of what to do when your small business has outgrown its workspace.

Mentors, mates, mistakes - business lessons for self-starters can come from a range of sources. And podcasts are a perfect learning tool to build into your routine, your downtime and your commute.

Having started Frank Body with zero dollars, Jess Hatzis and her fellow founders were doing it all. They made the signature coffee body scrub by hand in a warehouse after they knocked off from their 9-to-5s, built an ‘average website’ and shipped their products via Australia Post.

Designer Ellen Porteus is a straight talker. She’s the first to tell you that. Five months into her first in-house design job after finishing her study at Sydney’s UTS, she was restless. She decided to go out on her own.

RedZed, in collaboration with PureProfile, commissioned a report asking 500 self-employed Australians from various industries to tell us the truth about growth.

The self-employed are smart, quick to adapt and passionate about making their ideas a reality. What sets them apart is their motivation for growth - but what exactly do we mean by growth?

We’ve cherry-picked some choice words of inspirational wisdom about the serious business of BBQ, straight out the mouths of those featured in our Meet the Master episodes.