Business Wizard

By Melissa Meehan
NETWORKING and scrambled eggs on toast were served up at Cardinia’s Business Breakfast on Friday morning.
As well as tasty treats and sharing trade secrets, attendees were also treated to the wise words of business success Mark Bouris, best known as the face of Wizard Home Loans.
Cardinia mayor Graeme Legge opened proceedings, highlighting the busy year the shire had ahead with works on the Pakenham Marketplace starting soon.
Mr Bouris spoke about his past experience in business, especially about his time as owner of Wizard Home Loans, the lessons he learnt and mistakes made.
He also spoke about his new venture, Yellow Brick Road, which has recently opened in Pakenham.
“Pakenham is very important,” Mr Bouris said.
“We have taken a leap of faith to open here, but we are going where the business is.”
He said the growth corridor throughout Cardinia was much better than the area he grew up in Sydney. He highlighted the lake outside the Cardinia Cultural Centre as well as infrastructure in the area as top notch compared to Punchbowl while he was growing up.
“People have learnt lessons from back then, and Cardinia is lucky enough to have benefited from those mistakes,” he said.
“It’s similar in business. I made many mistakes at Wizard and now I’m able to benefit from those at Yellow Brick Road.”