What working on David Bowie’s yacht taught Boost founder Janine Allis
The smoothie franchise put its founder on the map. But this well-known entrepreneur says it’s failure and not success that’s provided the biggest lessons.
Boost Juice founder Janine Allis had worked an array of jobs before starting her entrepreneurial journey. Dominic Lorrimer
A sporty kid who went to a technical high school, Boost Juice co-founder Janine Allis had worked more than 30 jobs around the world before starting her first business.
She had been a gym instructor, a “door bitch” for The Chevron when it was a popular nightclub and had various roles in advertising agencies. At 21, she packed up her life in Melbourne and went travelling – she was a camp counsellor in the US, a nanny in France and sold timeshares in Portugal.
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