Imagine combining the systems and efficiency of Amazon with the design flair of IKEA - and applying it all to kitchens.

That’s the business Steven Bosley has built with his two sons at Amorini Australia.

In this episode of Owner Insights, Steven modestly describes the company he founded as “purveyors of chipboard,” despite employing more than 65 people and generating around $30 million in turnover. At its core, Amorini is a logistics business, managing hundreds of moving parts behind every kitchen, with systems and processes doing the heavy lifting.

Fuelled by more than 100 overseas trips, Steven has built the business around his love of travel and a drive to innovate. Growth, he says, is an outcome - not the objective. The conversation also explores Amorini’s distinctive approach to recruitment, relying entirely on word of mouth and creating opportunities for people who might not otherwise get them, alongside the disciplined systems that support growth without complexity.

A thoughtful discussion on building a scalable business without losing the joy that started it all.

This episode of Owner Insights features Danny Di Iorio from Aquamate - a business whose journey has been far from linear. A believer in the ‘seven-year itch’ and regularly shaking things up, Danny had a strong first chapter with Aquamate, helped by a large-scale drought in Australia that boosted demand for their steel water tanks. But when the drought broke and the GFC hit, turnover declined for almost a decade.

That downturn led Danny to rethink the business, but a move into the Oil and Gas industry didn’t go well. Many lessons were learnt, and a refocus on being the best in the world at something got the business back on track. The catalyst came from an unlikely source - a Texan goat farmer, prompting Aquamate to develop a flat-pack design that opened the US market.

Today, the US accounts for 30% of Aquamate’s $12 million revenue and is expected to overtake the Australian side, all still manufactured in Adelaide. Aquamate is now exploring a Big Science project in South America that could require up to 4,000 tanks - and with global demand rising, Danny is gearing up for the most ambitious chapter in the company’s history.

Imagine being 30 years old, leaving a secure career in investment banking, and with no job trying to raise $40 million to build a business from the ground up.

Fast forward a few years, now with a young family and in the middle of the GFC, feeling like you’re on a treadmill you can’t get off, with your house and everything else on the line.

That was the reality for Grant Wilckens in the early days of building what would become the G’day Group. Starting in 2004 with a blank sheet of paper and a handful of caravan parks in WA and Victoria, Grant set out to commercialise a traditional cottage industry, transforming Australian caravan parks into holiday parks and resorts.

Today, the group employs 2,600 people and includes 90 holiday parks and resorts under Discovery Parks, 330 licensed parks in the G’day Parks network, and tech platforms like WikiCamps and Bookeasy. In this episode, Grant shares how he rebuilt from those challenging early years, shifted the focus from simply owning assets to delivering exceptional customer experiences, and why digital innovation is shaping the next chapter.