"CHAMPIONS: THE LEGACY THAT SHAPED SMALL BUSINESS FOR A NATION, celebrates the history of Australia's leading small business award program: The Australian Small Business Champion Awards. Attended by Prime Ministers, premiers and stars alike, the program was established in 1999 by Mr. Steve Loe and designed to recognise and reward small businesses that form the backbone of the Australian economy. For more than 25 years, the Champion Awards have changed the lives of thousands of small business owners, providing acknowledgement to so many who selflessly support their communities each day, furthering the very fabric of communities right across the country. This detailed pictorial style coffee table book is a premium publication that spares no expense. It is a laudable addition to any small businesses collection of anthological Australian works. Steve Loe's vision was simple. Born to immigrant parents from Cypress, Steve worked in his parent's corner store and Greek nightclub during his child and teenage years. He noticed how quickly customers were to criticise the smallest of issues, but never hasty to give thanks for rolling up the shop's shutters each day, serving the many hundreds of constituents of Sydney's Inner-West. From that original wish to see his parents recognised; an idea was born.
The Champion Awards, as it has fondly become to be known, is Australia's most lauded small business Awards program. This premium pictorial style coffee table book has been designed to be picked up at any page and enjoyed. Anecdotal interviews are narrated by the author, as we vividly explore their journeys on their path to ultimate business triumph ‚AI to be named a Champion. The Awards are a feast of lavish entertainment, fine dining, and special guest presenters, providing an opportunity for small business owners to treat their staff, family and friends to a first-class evening. This exquisite publication aims to celebrate individual business owners who have won the coveted Champion statuette. We explore the highs and lows of owning a small business, the hard hurdles many have overcome, and what financial, communal and economic impacts this award has had on Australian small businesses. For so many, winning a Champion can be life changing. Held to the highest of standards, this coveted honour sees over 6000 applications each year and encompasses businesses from right across the country. Described as the ‚ÄúOscar of Small Business,‚Äù CHAMPIONS is an opulent publication that promises to impress, inspire, and celebrate a legacy that has shaped the Australian small business landscape for decades to come."
Born and raised in country Queensland, and training at one of the worlds finest acting academies‚ the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts‚ Matthew Manahan is proud to debut his first published work with Precedent Productions. Matthew has worked with Steve and the team at the Australian Small Business Champion Awards for over five years and has gained intimate knowledge of the operations of the programme, as well as gaining lifelong friends through so many small business owners. Having performed on many of Australia's leading stages such as the Sydney Opera House, Melbourne's Majesty Theatre, and worked extensively for Netflix and the ABC, Matthew has found a second home at the Champion Awards.
* No book in the Australian business landscape celebrates such a wide range of small businesses, in such a concentrated manner, outlayed in such opulent style
* The book is a piece of Australian history. Many small businesses that have won a Champion Award have gone on to become some of Australia's biggest leading brands, with many attributing the Champion Award win to their ultimate success.
* The book is aimed at small to medium size business owners, potential and future recipients of the awards, past recipients of the award, wider communities, sponsors, and organisations that wish to promote the awards and celebrate Australian small business.
* The Champion's book is unique in its format and content. Narrated through the eyes of the writer, the book takes readers on a vivid journey, with beautiful use of creative writing, comedy, and a selected showcase of over 50,000 archival images from the program's history.
Publicity:
* Use of in-house database with promotional pushes, incentives to over 50,0000 active members.
* Recruitment of a book specific marketing and promotional team.
* Enterprise collaboration through print & online media, news, current affair, and leisure partners, and sponsors.
