Stuck on You chief executive Carrie Felton. (Supplied)
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Winning Business of the Year at the 2019 Geelong Business Excellence Awards meant the world to Carrie Felton because, she says, it wasn’t about her. he chief executive of Stuck On You, Carrie says the award was an acknowledgement of the fantastic work done by her amazing team. “he greatest beneit of winning this prestigious award has been for us as a team. It has conirmed for every member of Stuck On You just how great they are at what they do. “We manufacture quality, functional and fun personalised products that have been embraced by families in more than 120 countries. “My creative and passionate team of more than 40 brings designs and products to life, and I wanted to enter the awards as a way to show them how much I appreciate them and all they do.” Carrie, like most of the business award winners, believes putting together the application was very valuable. “We rediscovered how much we’ve achieved
in more than 25 years in the business of personalisation. ‘We started with labels, before evolving and diversifying our product range and designs to become a brand trusted by hundreds of thousands of Australian families for so many reasons – and now across generations. Overall, this process reiterated just how hard we do actually work!” Carrie also believes the awards provide the opportunity for businesses in Geelong to showcase what they do and how well they do it. “As a community, Geelong is a hub of creativity and innovation and ofers an amazing array of goods and services locally and internationally – and we should celebrate that.” Stuck On You works on the premise that every child is unique, providing a beautiful personalised product range to help kids and families stay organised, have fun and be sustainable. As Carrie puts it, “It’s all about saving time and money for things that really matter. It doesn’t get more personal than that.”
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Getting stuck on personalisation Aamir Qutub has already won the Australian Young Business Leader of the Year and is appointed to many groups and boards at a high level, but winning Young Entrepreneur of the Year award from the 2019 Geelong Business Excellence Awards was close to his heart. Aamir (pictured) landed in Geelong in 2014 ater leaving his native India and it’s in this city where he began to make his mark in a big way. He’s now the founder and chief executive of Enterprise Monkey, a web and app development company; a recent recipient of Australian Smartest Innovation of the Year Award; and the winner of the Geelong awards. Aamir is an alumnus and member of Deakin University, a major sponsor as it happens, of the Geelong business awards. Deakin Vice Chancellor, Professor Iain Martin, says local businesses lourishing and being part of the awards does more than just raise a company’s proile. “It’s also a real chance,” he says, “for staf
to celebrate success, oten the very thing for which time isn’t taken to actually do, but it’s incredibly important. “Without a thriving business community, it would be very diicult to do all the other things that we want to see in our great city.” At 25, Aamir was appointed general manager of Geelong ICT, and also established Geelong Net-work, a large group of entrepreneurs, start-ups and small businesses. He became a member of the Chamber of Commerce in 2015, and was heavily involved in the business plan for Geelong’s Digital Hub. Sharing with his ‘people’ in Geelong, encouraging and inspiring them, was his main reason for entering the awards. “I had so many local mentors who guided and helped me, and I wanted to give back in some way,” Aamir says. “If I can inspire other businesses to keep pursuing excellence and be part of this important local initiative, I feel happy.”
At Stuck On You, we know that every child is unique–and that’s why we’re all about personalisation. Our dedicated Geelong team of over 40 employees proudly designs, creates and distributes personalised labels, Bento lunch boxes, school bags, stationery and gifts to over 120 countries worldwide! We’d like to thank the Geelong community for recognising us as a leader in providing quality, fun and functional products to help keep families organised.
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4W GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 28 February, 2020