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This month we cover: Our new Governor General, Samantha Joy Mostyn (AC), was sworn in on July 1st wearing a suit custom-made by The Social Outfit. Another feel-good story about a proud Wiradjuri woman who returned to study to become a pharmacist. How to market your small business on a budget.

We have chosen three excellent questions on differentiation, guerrilla marketing and brand-building outside social from the many excellent queries we received this month. We hope Michel’s expert answers will help you build a robust, resilient brand that survives and thrives in the years to come.

This month we cover: Guzman Y Gomez is one of Australia’s favourite fast food providers, Melbourne-based autism support startup Kite Therapy has secured $750,000 in a pre-seed funding round, Australian design unicorn Canva announced a major platform redesign and suite of new products at its recent Canva Create event in LA.

Answering your Ask Us Anything questions this week in partnership with Optus Business is AI expert Barb Hyman, founder and CEO of one of Australia's most quietly successful artificial intelligence companies Sapia.ai which raised $17m in its latest funding round.

In partnership with Optus, we bring you to our new video series: Business Briefings where we share with you our monthly news wrap.

Kicking off our very first Ask Us Anything in Partnership with Optus Business is Finance Expert Jason Andrew of SBO Financial.

Thanks to Optus Business, we're connecting you to the experts, people who've gone before, made the mistakes and learned the lessons. Now's your chance to connect and ask us anything.

SmartCompany is proud to introduce Ask Us Anything, a new 12-part series in partnership with Optus. Each month, we’ll deal with a different topic around owning and running a small business.