There are many factors that influence the growth and success of a business. One of the most important is
determination. Without the will to succeed, many business owners find it hard to deal with the many
obstacles that litter the road to success. For the team at Signs'n'Banners in Victoria, that 'True Grit' spirit
has seen a hobby grown into a vibrant business that's firing with all guns blazing.
Partners Stacey and David are the duo behind Signs'n'Banners. For David, creating signage was really a
backyard business/ weekend hobby. Already friends, I approached David with the idea of turning
Signs'n'Banners into a fully functioning, successful signage shop. We both agreed. “As this was just a
newly established business I was excited about the challenge”. I started being involved in the business in
February 2007, by September 2007, Signs'n'Banners was a 'Business Achiever' 2007 finalist in our local
paper.”
David's background is in mechanical engineering. However, he later went on to study marketing, real
estate and quality control. Before Signs'n'Banners, David's work experience included a diverse range of
fields such as quality control, sales of capital equipment and printed goods, and working in the field of
real estate.
For myself, the road that led to Signs'n'Banners' has been an incredibly hard but inspiring one. I have
lived life without my mum, was abused at age nine, fell pregnant at age fifteen, had a second child at age
nineteen, and at one point when my son was three and my daughter was four months old, I was
homeless and sleeping on a friends floor. For me, the hard years continued as I suffered a life of
domestic violence. “Now you may be thinking this is a sad and sorry story, however these are my lessons
I have learnt in life that are now my gifts to give and share with others”. “I discovered my higher purpose
in life and that is to help other young mums gain back their self-esteem, discover their passions in life and
to take action to achieve them.” I now have four delightful children Josh 13, Tahlia 10, Jack 8 and my
little bub Toby 9 weeks. My life is finally where I have visualised it to be for many years.
| From the backyard to the factory floor, Signs'n'Banners now produces digitally printed marketing solutions
for a variety of business groups including government, advertising agencies, retail and trade customers
and exhibition events. The company's range of products includes pull-up banners, x-banners, bowhead
flags, teardrop flags, posters, portable fabric walls and a range of other digitally printed products. |
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