ABOUT MILKING DUCKS
Ducks can swim, fly, and run.
The one thing they can't do is get milked.
That’s kind of the point. Milking Ducks is named after the impossible — and built by someone who’s spent her career doing it anyway.
20+ YEARS IN CORPORATE
The long way round to here
Before any of this, Nikki spent 20+ years in corporate — project management, change management, and continuous improvement across financial services.
One of the highlights: leading a kaizen initiative that saved a major organisation $1M in 12 months — not by cutting corners, but by cutting waste. Real operational excellence, applied at scale.
SELF-FUNDED STARTUP
Then she built her own thing
Grown Not Flown grew to 7,500+ users across 37 countries — entirely self-funded, no investors, no safety net.
It’s since retired, but the lessons (and the chart-topping podcast it produced) didn’t. Everything Nikki teaches now comes from having actually done it — including all the parts that went wrong.
2023 AGRIFUTURES RURAL WOMEN'S AWARD
The work got noticed
In 2023, that work was recognised with the AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award, plus a state community award.
Since then, Nikki’s become a sought-after voice on agtech, operational excellence, and founder journeys — speaking at events and working with organisations who want the real story, not the highlight reel.
OFF THE CLOCK
Eternal hobbyist,
by design
Nikki runs Duck Duck Pig — a cut flower and truffle farm — with her partner. She holds an MBA and a Master of Analytics Management from Melbourne Business School, and is a Six Sigma Green Belt.
She calls herself an eternal hobbyist because she genuinely can’t help it — and her top Gallup CliftonStrengths (Futuristic, Strategic, Positivity, Inclusion, Ideation) explain exactly why she connects dots fast and thinks in frameworks. AuDHD, and proud of it.
The ecosystem wasn't built for her
Most business advice is built for corporates or startups. None of it is built for the woman doing it alone — juggling strategy, delivery, and everything in between with no team to delegate to.
Nikki spent years sorting through advice that wasn’t meant for her — confused, distracted, and focused on the wrong things. Milking Ducks exists so other founders don’t have to.
So she’s building a new one: practical, operational, no fluff — and eventually, a social enterprise that opens doors to funding and mentorship for female founders too.
Ready to stop sorting through advice that isn't for you?
Start with The Kitchen Table — practical foundations, built for women doing it alone