Stagekings: SmartCompany Resilience Award winner for Adaptation
In March, events and set staging business Stagekings was working on a custom set piece for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, building the Ninja Warrior set, and putting giant cricket balls into position ahead of the T20 World Cup. Then, gatherings of over 500 people were banned, and within a couple of days, almost every job the business had lined up was cancelled. “We lost $4 million of work in a heartbeat, with nothing left,” say founders Jeremy and Tabitha Fleming. But, the pair dusted themselves off and, seeing a gap in the market, made a rather unlikely pivot. They started designin...
Source: smartcompany.com.au