"The global personal development industry has been waiting for a long time for a useful and high quality magazine to help people find meaning and become part of a like minded community of achievers. thinkBIG is the way forward for anyone who thinks big and pursues their goals with passion."
- Chris Howard, international speaker, author and contributing editor to thinkBIG Magazine.
thinkBIG Magazine is published by Mindset Media Pty Ltd. thinkBIG has been developed to capture and reflect the values and tools of leaders, inspirational people, entrepreneurs and every day wisdom. We are interested in stories that inspire and motivate people. thinkBIG is published every two months and is the only magazine in its class that features a full online version. thinkBIG is distributed through 2,500 Australian newsagents and is available through paid subscription. Back copies are distributed through Universal and Chris Howard events and other events. thinkBIG also has a subscriber list of over 2,300 and online subscriber list of over 38,000.
Ken Wood and his partner, Karen Corban, are the owners of Universal Events, Australia’s largest personal development company (Over the last 3 years have ranked in the top 50 in BRW's fast 100 ). Originally educated as an engineer, Ken has since become a serial entrepreneur, using his expertise in IT, business strategy, and business systems to launch six companies to date.
Karen is the founder and director of Universal Events and brings 15 years of business expertise in the personal development industry to thinkBIG Magazine. After graduating from the UNSW with a BA, Karen started her first business at the age of 21 in retail, specialising in high end clothing imports. She has launched and built several businesses ranging from clothing to seminars and now publishing. Karen is passionate about sharing information with companies and people to facilitate growth and she brings her wealth of experience in personal development to thinkBIG Magazine as co-founder.
Reuben Buchanan has 14 years experience in publishing, finance and investment. His career started in property project marketing for large developers where he developed his understanding of finance and investment. He then moved into the stock market industry working for a NZ based financial education company as a senior lecturer on technical analysis and share trading.In 2001 he used his knowledge to launch Wealth Creator Magazine, which is today one of Australia’s leading investment publications. Reuben developed the Wealth Creator brand into a small media company encompassing TV, radio and events. He sold the group three years later to a private investment group.Today Reuben Buchanan is a corporate advisor for Sydney based advisory firm, Integral Capital Group. His primarily role involves raising capital for both public and private companies, of amounts between $1m and $20m. These companies use the funds to expand or make acquisitions of other companies. Integral Capital also assist companies with their IPO plans as an advisor, and from time to time do private placements into public companies of around $1m to $5m.Reuben is a co-founder and director of thinkBIG magazine and has been instrumental in the establishment and growth of this exciting new magazine.
Graham has more than 30 years experience in magazine publishing. Starting as an apprentice and then a tradesman for Fairfax magazines, he has held positions as Managing Director, Publisher and Group Sales & Marketing Manager for a couple of leading publishing organisations, he has also owned and published his own titles. He has achieved academic qualifications in Management & Marketing. Graham believes passionately in customer service, his history & experience makes him highly qualified to analyse and develop your companies marketing strategies.
Paul started his working career age 17 by joining the Royal Australian Navy, after 10 years it was time to leave the operational/logistical role. For the next 10 years he has been working in Sales/Account Management roles, working in a variety of different industries. He has worked in large corporate businesses, medium sized companies, right through to private owned small businesses. He has previously studied Marketing and is looking forward to applying some of those skills to this role. Quite new to the thinkBIG team he brings a bubbly, energetic and positive personality to the team and is determined to create a ‘just do it’ attitude with all internal and external clients.
Currently the managing editor of ThinkBIG magazine and runs media contracting business J2 Media. He has held managing editor positions with Tomahawk Media, Connection Magazines and Blitz Publications and has edited three books: Australia's Wealth Creators, Show Mummy the Money and Offside.
Amanda has always pursued a career in personal and professional development. Starting out as a pre-school teacher, she worked with autistic children, helping them to develop life skills. After leaving to have a child of her own, she wanted a more corporate and active role. She joined the thinkbig Team as Subscription and Website manager and has quickly become an active participant in the growth and publication of thinkbig.
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