Taryn’s appetite for risk seems to have encouraged many decisions in her life, including learning to fly a plane at 15 and deciding to leave behind a degree in international relations at age 17 when she was offered an opportunity to model in Korea.

Taryn Williams is on her second startup, founding theright.fit off the back of her earlier success with company number one, Wink Models.

Want to know what it’s like to be a successful, hardworking guy or gal in the fashion industry? Well, you’re in luck! Because every month we’re going to be bringing you interviews with people in the industry who are in the know.

There are two primary challenges facing Australian female tech entrepreneurs: a lack of expertise and a lack of confidence.

During a Women in Tech panel at the Pause Fest conference, the founders of Drop Dead Gorgeous, WINK Models, Stylerunner, Scrunch and Sourcebottle revealed their secrets on attracting, connecting and growing customers.

It seems fitting for Taryn Williams that she would learn to fly a plane at the young age of fifteen, the exact same age she stepped out into the world and began her modelling career. Naturally, she’s been soaring ever since and is truly a breath of fresh air as a young entrepreneur, client and someone I now call a friend.

WINK Models founder, Taryn Williams, is taking on the competitive modelling and talent industry with a tech start-up aimed at disrupting the status quo among talent agencies and the clients that use them.

WINK Models founder Taryn Williams is taking on the competitive modelling and talent industry with a startup that will disrupt the status quo among talent agencies and the advertising clients that use them.

We reached out to a number of Australian executives to see the biggest business lessons they learnt this year and what changes to their sales process, company culture and mission they had in store for 2016.

Whitford has an experienced panel of judges working with the participants, including, Taryn Williams, founder WINK Models, Evan Hansimikali, former My Restaurant Rules contestant and Pink Salt owner, Dr. Brett Davies, founder Law Central and Elliott Donazzan, founder One Cent Flights.

The start of a new year can be a time to take stock and reflect on where your business has come from and where you want it to go. It can be a time of renewal and change; a time to work on your business, not just in it. With this in mind, SmartCompany asked six entrepreneurs to tell us one thing they plan to change about their business in 2016.

If you’re shopping for a business-minded person, these gifts might be a good starting point. Here’s what these 15 Australian executives want for Christmas this year.

We reached out to a number of Australian executives and CEOs to see what they believed were the biggest faux pas that people made when it came to approaching a CEO, whether it be in person or through email.

Success is often linked to getting up early. After all, the early bird gets the worm... From motivational sayings to start the day, and dedicated times to exercise, here’s how these nine Australian CEOs use their morning hours.

The In Good Company series gives you an inside look into how leading Australian businesses have achieved success. At Bankwest, we believe that good relationships lead to great businesses.

Quantum physics is pretty straight forward when Dave Reilly and Mike Beircuck explain it. Well sort of. Some seriously cool real world applications and a glimpse of the future. Also, another couple of great start-ups – Tiffany Murray from Dressed for Sale and Taryn Williams from www.theright.fit pitch it up!

With the benefit of hindsight, we'd all probably change a few things in our past, right? Which is why we’d love to turn back the clock and give our younger selves some advice from our older, (sometimes) wiser selves. With that in mind, Huffington Post Australia spoke to some of our country’s top CEOs and entrepreneurs who shared what they would tell their younger selves—if they had access to a time machine.