Chinese personal shoppers hit the front pages by cleaning out stocks of Australian baby formula for sale in China. But daigous now are a legitimate and powerful way for Australian businesses to sell anything from Ugg boots to health supplements.
"My favourite investment is property but there is not much you can do with $10,000 in the property market," says Peter Koulizos, who was recently elected chairman of the Property Investment Professionals of Australia.
Peter Gilmore's snow egg became a megastar when he made it on MasterChef. "I could have made $1 million if I had set up a stall outside the restaurant."
Boost Juice founder Janine Allis now leads a comfortable life with a beach house, Tesla and first class travel. But there was a time she had just $40 to her name.
In the early days of Instagram, Lauren Bath was a chef snapping photos in her spare time. Now it's her full-time job, with more than 400,000 followers and a stream of corporate clients.
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