Fred Schebesta
Wednesday, 05 January 2011
  This article first appeared June 2, 2010. Fred Schebesta is well known to SmartCompany readers as an online traffic guru and the former owner of digital agency Freestyle Media. He sold that business in 2007 for $1.3 million and remained working there ...

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10 things I've learnt the second time around
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Fred Schebesta is well known to SmartCompany readers as an online traffic guru and the former owner of Freestyle Media. But last year he launched his second business, called Hive Empire, which owns Credit Card Finder, Home Loan Finder and Savings Account Finder. ...

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Judges
Sunday, 30 August 2009
The judging panel for the SmartCompany Web Awards 09 contains some of the most exciting online entrepreneurs and experts from all around Australia. David Burden Webfirm Darren Rowse ProBlogger David Trewern DTDigital  ...

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Businesses warned to register Facebook profiles before someone else does
Monday, 15 June 2009
Businesses should register Facebook profile page names before another company or individual registers the same name in a method known as ‘cyber-squatting', social media experts warn.  ...

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Adam Rockett and Chris Ryan
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Ages: 29 Business: Strike Group Australia Sector: Telecommunications These two entrepreneurs (Rockett on the right) met and became good friends in high school, going on to establish a business distributing wine during their time at university in Brisbane. ...

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Andrew Northcott
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Age: 25 Company: Labour Solutions Australia Sector: Recruitment Andrew Northcott started labour hire business Labour Solutions Australia in 2004 at the age of 21 by hiring himself out as a labourer. The business, which is based in Brisbane, has expanded quickly ...

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Andy Jamieson
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Age: 29 Business: Switched On Media Sector: Advertising and marketing Jamieson was born to be an entrepreneur, he says. Every one of his family members started a business, so it was only a matter of time before he ventured into small business ownership himself. ...

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Ben Keighran
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Age: 26 Company: Aardvark Sector: Internet San Francisco-based internet entrepreneur Ben Keighran was listed on last year's BRW Rich 200 with a fortune of $28 million. Keighran is something of a technology whiz kid, having taught himself programming at the ...

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Alana Chang and Lauren Chang Sommer
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Ages: 28 and 30 Company: Moi Moi Fine Jewellery Sector: Retail Sometimes it really does pay to leave no stone unturned. The gemstone moissanite bears remarkably similar properties to diamonds but at a fraction of the cost. It is with this stone that ...

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Daniel Monheit and Justin Kabbani
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Ages: 28 Company: Hard Hat Sector: Advertising and marketing Rejecting potential business doesn't sound like the smartest way of growing a company. But for Daniel Monheit (right) and Justin Kabbani, concentrating on a smaller number of high-value clients ...

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Daniel Tzvetkoff
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Age: 25 Company: Intabill Sector: Internet Daniel Tzvetkoff, co-founder of internet billing company Intabill, shot to prominence in early 2008 when he paid $28 million for a house on the Gold Coast's most glamorous strip, Hedges Avenue. A few months later, ...

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David Hancock
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Age: 24 Company: Geeks2U Sector: Information technology The easiest way to connect up a new computer or hi-fi system is usually to ask a teenager. At 24, David Hancock is a little out of the age bracket, but not past his prime. His company, Geeks2U, is ...

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Dean Ramler
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Age: 26 Company: Milan Direct Sector: Internet Dean Ramler decided to sell discount furniture online after visiting Milan and discovering replicas of famous furniture pieces were too expensive, and equally hard to find. So he, along with fellow Hot 30 entrepreneur ...

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Fred Schebesta
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Age: 28 Business: Freestyle Media Sector: Advertising and marketing Fred Schebesta started young, moving into the digital marketing sector in 2001 when the internet, and particularly search engine marketing, was just beginning to take off. Despite creating ...

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Katie Patrick
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Age: 28 Company: Greenpages.com.au Sector: Internet Katie Patrick started with a vision of growing the green products and services sector by putting suppliers in touch with a widening group of customers. Today Green Pages connects thousands of buyers to ...

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Leon Hayes
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Age: 27 Company: Switchselect.com and Shopfit Central Sector: Internet Leon Hayes's website, switchselect.com, aggregates deals offered by gas and electricity companies and allows users to find a cheaper deal to which a user is signed. While the business ...

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Luke Berry
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Age: 29 Company: Innovative Solutions Oceania Sector: Investment, manufacturing Luke Berry started his business in 2004 importing novelty items such as talking urinal cakes. Today Innovative Solutions Oceania operates four divisions ranging from toys to sports ...

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Marcus Sellen
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Age: 30 Company: Selmar Institute of Education Sector: Education Marcus Sellen was just 24 when he founded the company now known as Selmar Institute of Education. Sellen had been left without work when the training company he had previously worked for went ...

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Nathan Aherne
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Age: 30 Company: Reddog Technology Sector: Information Technology Nathan Aherne was working as business systems analyst when he made a discovery - most IT service providers just weren't up to the job. So in 2005 he co-founded Reddog Technology with Jason ...

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Nick Armstrong
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Age: 25 Company: COzero Sector: Energy and resources Nick Armstrong started his first green company, a photovoltaic project developer called EcoSolar, in 2003, and saw a clear need for greater support for the green sector. In 2005 he established the green ...

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