{"id":35392,"date":"2023-10-20T14:38:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/joshua-kamil-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:38:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:38:18","slug":"joshua-kamil-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/joshua-kamil-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Kamil &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"90\" height=\"110\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/joshua-kamil.jpg\" alt=\"Joshua Kamil\" title=\"Joshua Kamil\"\/><\/div>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17747\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: right;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/joshua-kamil.jpg\" alt=\"Joshua Kamil\" width=\"90\" height=\"110\" \/>Name:<\/strong> Joshua Kamil <\/p>\n<p><strong>Business name:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Ready Steady Print\" href=\"http:\/\/www.readysteadyprint.com.au\/store\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ready Steady Print<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 25<\/p>\n<p><strong>State:<\/strong> Victoria<\/p>\n<p>  <span id=\"more-4280\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Starting a business in the printing industry at the age of 21 meant that Joshua Kamil faced what he calls \u201ca constant challenge\u201d to convince customers to deal with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo overcome this I decided to constantly address it before they mentioned a thing or hesitated making a decision,\u201d he recalls.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I would remind them that whilst I may be younger than their average printer, I&#8217;m also a lot more energetic and focuses and would have better eye sight than a 70 year old, so our attention to detail would be higher.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy adding a little humour, it made them feel more comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nearly five years on, the strategy has paid off handsomely. Revenue grew by 41% in the 2010 financial year, followed up by further 44% growth in 2010-11.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With revenue now standing at $1.5 million, this figure is set to rise substantially with 45% growth expected for the upcoming year. Kamil\u2019s efforts have already been recognised with awards from SmartCompany, as well as this esteemed website.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A plan to franchise the operation is set to come to fruition, with Kamil keen to offer a lower entry price compared to other franchisors, aimed at people who want to start a home-based business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Joshua Kamil Business name: Ready Steady Print Age: 25 State: Victoria \u00a0 Starting a business in the printing industry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35392"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}