Meet the Maker: Felicity and Ruth

It’s been a pleasure getting to know you both and seeing your home run upholstery business - to begin with, we love the story of how you met, can you tell us about that?  We...

It's Time to Embrace Our Strengths and Weaknesses

In a world where it’s all about talking about your strengths, I’d like to get real about weaknesses.  It works against everything we’ve built at SÜK to pretend like I am not totally human, fallible,...

Learning from Mistakes

Let me set the scene of where I was out a few weeks after launching SÜK: Sitting on the floor of my un-vacuumed rental with my head in my hands, surrounded by boxes of out-of-spec-unsellable...

Six Absolutely Honest Business Lessons

After 6 beautiful years in business and another handful of years gearing up to launch - I consolidated some of my biggest lessons into 6 punchy points - and I found it all boils down...

TERROR AUSTRALIS: A Dangerous Encounter

In last month’s edition we shared some thrilling facts about the world's deadliest lizard and one of Australia's icons. In that email, we included a famous Australian video of a woman scaring away one of...

TERROR AUSTRALIS: Extra Salty

A classic SMOKO conversation point is The Great Australian Saltwater Crocodile. Or ‘salties’ as they are referred to in Australia’s croc country. These reptiles are the largest in the world, with the strongest bite force recorded by any animal. They...

SÜK SMOKO

WELCOME TO SÜK SMOKO - A NEW MONTHLY OFFERING SMOKO [SMOH-KO] Definition: noun INFORMAL • AUSTRALIAN  1. a rest from work for a smoke; a tea break. SMOKO holds a special place in my heart. A uniquely...

MEET THE MÜSE: Lillian Ann Baumbach

Welcome to MEET THE MÜSE - A short, sharp SÜK column about historical figures who inspire us. We share some of the achievements and loveable quirks about these characters of the past that really float...

SÜK SAGE: Diana Nyad

“We are the new generation, redefining aging” Meet Diana Nyad - The marathon swimming athlete and the first person to swim non-stop and unassisted from Cuba to Florida without the use of a shark cage or fins....