by Phil Morle | Oct 9, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Colette Grgic and husband Vinko were cycling in South America when they came up with the idea for Arribaa; a marketplace which connects travellers with locals who can offer experiences for a fee, from bar tours to photography classes. Their vision is to allow...
by Phil Morle | Oct 5, 2012 | Resources, Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
In an industry where some people still prefer fax over email, Jason Allan, co-founder at Smash Repair Bid; a website which allows you to get multiple quotes for smash repairs; says hitting the phones and being persistent has paid off. The Smash Repair Bid website...
by Phil Morle | Oct 5, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Co-founder and CEO Andrew Campbell says the backlash received after launching of GoCatch proves upsetting the establishment is not always a bad thing. GoCatch connects taxi drivers and those looking for a lift, allowing customers to see taxi locations on a live...
by Phil Morle | Oct 5, 2012 | Resources, Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
As CEO and co-founder of GetListed, a social recruitment website that works on personal recommendations, Bosco Tan found himself in the interesting position of running a startup that wasn’t his. Tan says the lessons learnt while at the helm of GetListed, a joint...
by Phil Morle | Oct 3, 2012 | Resources, Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
A hand-drawn poster and tight marketing budget helped the team behind Tonight, an iPhone-only social network for sharing evening plans, pull together a stellar cast to produce their promo video; they managed to get Graham Shearer, a photographer who has taken cover...
by Phil Morle | Oct 2, 2012 | Resources, Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Paul Serra has done a few things; he’s worked as a nurse, and been an alchohol distributor, but his sole focus now is DealFlip; a site which helps businesses choose the best daily deal provider for their daily deal marketing offer. According to Serra it will...
by Phil Morle | Oct 2, 2012 | Resources, Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
There’s a big difference between providing home delivered muesli and running a platform which tests your online marketing, but that’s the jump Nathan Murphy made, following a product announcement by Google that saw his startup Eyecrowd become little fish to the search...
by Phil Morle | Sep 27, 2012 | Resources, Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Madeline Veenstra plans to leave hometown Brisbane for Silicon Valley so that she can pursue Popbasic, her opt-in micro-collection fashion service where you can have a package delivered every month, featuring the latest fashion items. It follows the success of her...
by Phil Morle | Sep 26, 2012 | Resources, Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Having learnt Cantonese for most of his life, Matthew Ho, co-founder of nativetongue, knows just how difficult learning a language can be, and it’s this experience that led him to develop an interactive app to teach basic language skills. Ho says the idea had...
by Phil Morle | Sep 25, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
When Ben Levi questioned why he was paying $150 a month for a real estate agent to manage his rental property, he decided to launch RentingSmart; a web platform that allows property owners to manage their own rentals. Two years later, Levi has now launched the site in...
by Phil Morle | Sep 25, 2012 | Resources, Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Victor Jiang wants to see “reverse offshoring” become a trend, with Australian companies offering their professional knowledge and skills to Asia, rather than Australia’s mining exports dominating key trade relationships with countries like China. He recently lodged a...
by Phil Morle | Sep 24, 2012 | Resources, Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Get posted on Kickstarter; raise a few thousand dollars; and you’re sorted, right? Rob Ward, co-founder of Annex products, isn’t so sure. And he’s someone who should know: his company successfully raised double what it needed in July 2011; to launch the Opena,...
