The Game of Inches

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Over the past couple of years I have interviewed many successful people, from high-profile entrepreneurs to unrecognised individuals throughout Australia who are doing amazing things that you and I may never have heard about.

My odyssey began in April 2013, when I set off one morning from my home in Sydney heading for remote Australia — just me, my motorcycle and a video camera. It was the start of the Ingenious Oz Project, an initiative that set me on a quest to uncover and tell the stories of ordinary Australians like you and me who have done extraordinary things.

I had launched my own first business at the age of 20 and had forged a career in the business events industry, over nine years building up Absurd Entertainment, one of Australia's largest creative entertainment design companies. So I knew firsthand that most people don't think they are very creative or that their ideas are of any value or that they have what it takes to succeed. I wanted to prove them wrong.

My mission was to demonstrate that Australians are far more creative, clever and capable than we often give ourselves credit for. I wanted to show that innovation isn't the sole domain of the leviathans of business or the elite few, but that it belongs to everyone, and that with determination and hard work anyone can build a successful business. There were, after all, clever and successful people and businesses to be found all over Australia. So I headed off on my quest to inspire ...