ThirtyNiners South Australian Business Chamber

The quote ‘if you build it, they will come’, may be accredited to the movie Field of Dreams, but for Luke Rogers, this mentality is no game, as he has spent much of his career building some of South Australia’s most famous tourist destinations.

Evan Lucas, a renowned financial commentator, independent analyst, author, and money expert, recently visited Adelaide to present to the South Australian Business Chamber’s ThirtyNiners group. 

Traditionally, successful athletes and businesspeople are said to possess similar traits like: ‘motivated’, ‘hardworking’ ‘and ‘disciplined’, but for James Kitching, none of his success in the sports business world would be possible without having a genuine passion and love for what he does.

To some, failure or what it means to fail will always have a negative connotation, but for Liza Zhang she believes feeling empowered to fail fast is the secret to success.

Failure is an inherent part of life, and for many entrepreneurs can be the ‘make-or-break’ crossroads of their business journey – but for Nicholas Murphy, Executive Chair of MLEI Consulting Engineers, he firmly believes business failures are a rite of passage on the road to success.

Many business owners claim to have a vision for South Australia, but there are none clearer than Lachlan Hoy's vision to make South Australia the hub of innovation.