How It (Accidentally) StartedÂ
I didn't set out to build a business. I set out to survive teaching.
Like a lot of teachers, I was overwhelmed and burnt out, trying to juggle the impossible. Managing a classroom, giving everything to my students, and then trying to look after my family - and myself - at the same time.
Creating resources wasn't a hobby, I was using it as a band-aid for burnout.
I made my first PowerPoints on the couch in the evenings while my husband worked away. Then I shared one or two on Instagram, and everything changed.
"Do you have this for another year level?"
"Could you make one for maths?"
"Can I buy this anywhere?"
Those little resources started helping teachers across Australia, and then across the world.
I only wanted to make some extra pocket money.
But I remember walking into the wet area, turning to my "work wife" and saying, "I just made ten thousand dollars last week." I kept waiting for it to dry up. It never did.
Before I knew it I'd accidentally built a seven-figure digital store that's supported over 100,000 educators.
But the moment everything fell into place for me came later. I went on maternity leave planning to go back, even though my biz was making more than my salary ever did. And then I realised I didn't have to. I could see I had more potential to change lives, my own kids' included, by going all in.
So I did.
That's when it clicked. People who work in education have skills the world genuinely needs, and almost no map for turning them into something that scales. That's the part I do now.
