Educating the masses
Thursday, 09 July 2009
Marcus Sellen, founder of Selmar Institute of Education (formerly known as Virteous), isn't too worried by the downturn. He knows only too well that hard times can create opportunity.  ...

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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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Nick Crocker and Ben Johnson
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Ages: 25 Company, Native Digital Sector: Advertising and marketing Nick Crocker (left in picture) and Ben Johnson formed the digital strategy agency Native Digital in 2008 to explore the intersections between the internet and entertainment. They hit it big ...

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Nick Holmes a Court
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Age: 27 Company: BuzzNumbers Sector: Internet Social media is the hottest topic within the digital marketing industry today, so it's no surprise that it is spawning a host of new agencies to help clients come to grips with blogging, Facebook and Twitter. ...

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Owen Batt
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Age: 30 Company: Smartpath Sector: Information Technology Smartpath co-founder Owen Batt and business partner David Hodges built a business by finding something that its clients hated doing. The company designs products to help companies organise their ...

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