Wellington’s Herb Smith, the owner and creator of runaway success story ‘Dreamtime Tuka’, has pledged to continue supporting Wellington’s small business development going forward.
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Mr Smith was recently a speaker at the Wellington Business Chamber’s small business month event at Hermitage Hill, which was headlined by John Kundereri Moriarty AM, the founder of Balarinji Design Studio.
“Yeah, well, y’know, that was a nice event because it brought together quite a few indigenous people and I enjoyed it because they had their keynote speaker, John's well-known for a number of things but as far as he’s concerned he’s best known for painting the planes,” Mr Smith said.
Mr Smith spoke afterwards, at a round-table panel designed to give current and future small business owners ideas on how to find success.
“I was on the panel along with Deb Barwick and Luke Penrith and and basically we just gave an overview of the success we’ve had and how we achieved it,” Mr Smith said.
“It was great to be there and see aboriginal business owners and get to talk to them about business and success and there was quite a few people looking to start a business there and get advice which was great to see.”
Mr Smith spoke about the strides he has made with his business Dreamtime Tuka, a food distributor that started as a solely Wellington focused business and has expanded rapidly to include a wide range of national and international clients.
“Dreamtime Tuka is such a great story, so I just told people the story and people really enjoyed that. We’ve experienced a lot of success in a very short amount of time for a small business so I like to tell people that and impart that to them, that if they’re excited and passionate about it, they should have a go,” Mr Smith said.
“It’s also hard work, you do have to put in a lot of time and effort into it if you want to achieve the success you’re looking for.”
Among the many achievements Mr Smith highlighted as the fruits of his hard work, dedication and the support of the community, he stated that the most important was the benefits it has brought back to Wellington.
“Dreamtime Tuka’s an example that you can be successful in a business, you don’t have to be in a big city or a large country town to run a successful business, you can run it from a small community, which I’m doing from Wellington.”
