When aspiring-actress Laura Meldon approached the Shark Tank panel she had a bizarre introduction.
“Get dear shocks, take a hanky time today,” she said.
In reality, it’s not as weird as it sounds.
Laura was there representing Academic Transcription – a company that provides transcripts of audio and video footage to e-learning platforms. She initially entered the industry as a freelance transcriber before creating her own small business in 2012, and absorbing a similar business 10 times its size in 2015.
Now, Laura divides her time between working on her business and travelling for her acting work. She said that she’s spent the past five years on cruise ships and flying in and out of London, her home town of Brisbane and New York – where she performs Off Broadway.