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Chryssie Swarbrick

Chryssie Swarbrick

Chryssie Swarbrick is a writer, small-business-juggler and mum of two. She is currently documenting her adventures in opening a cafe, Two Franks, opposite her childhood home.

Latest from Chryssie Swarbrick

Why you need to take time off from your small business

Business Advice

Why you need to take time off from your small business
Should your business brace itself for a summer customer exodus?

Opinion

Hospitality

Should your business brace itself for a summer customer exodus?
Why being someone's boss is the hardest part of being a small business owner

People

Hospitality

Why being someone’s boss is the hardest part of being a small business owner
Why my small business social video got over 1 million views

Opinion

Marketing

Why my small business social video got over 1 million views
Is owning a cafe in Australia becoming an unachievable dream?

Opinion

Hospitality

Is owning a cafe in Australia becoming an unachievable dream?
Up your social media game by avoiding these five common mistakes

Business Advice

Marketing

Up your social media game by avoiding these five common mistakes
How this small cafe raised its prices without losing customers

Business Advice

How this small cafe raised its prices without losing customers
A lesson in managing young employees and bridging the generational divide

Business Advice

A lesson in managing young employees and bridging the generational divide
The challenges of balancing a small business and motherhood

Opinion

The challenges of balancing a small business and motherhood
Frankly Speaking: Three lessons I've learnt from the first year of running my small business

Opinion

Frankly Speaking: Three lessons I’ve learnt from the first year of running my small business
Frankly Speaking: After 473 days, we are ready to open our cafe

Business Advice

Hospitality

Frankly Speaking: After 473 days, we are ready to open our cafe
Frankly Speaking: Building a band of baristas taught us valuable hiring lessons

Business Advice

Hospitality

Frankly Speaking: Building a band of baristas taught us valuable hiring lessons