HOW TAMMY BARTON BUILT A $34 MILLION A YEAR BUSINESS

Tammy Barton, is an inspirational business woman who now has a $34-million-a-year business.

Barton founded MyBudget in 1999 after witnessing the devastating impact debt can have on people’s lives. Today, MyBudget is a financial services company turning over $34 million a year dedicated to reducing financial stress in the community by freeing people from their money worries.

In 2017, she won the Telstra South Australian Business Woman of the Year, a program that empowers and celebrates women who have achieved success in business by doing things differently.

Dynamic Business had a chat to Barton about her journey in business and how she got to where she is today.

How did you start MyBudget?

I was 22 and worked at a legal firm where I witnessed the impact of financial hardship on clients who had little understanding about how to control their money.

I started at my kitchen table showing friends and family how to put a budget together. This evolved into a business where clients would give me their pay cheque, I would pay their bills for them and then give them back a budgeted amount of money for living expenses. Read more

Gali Blacher - Dynamic Business - 26 Oct 2018