Chris Meehan
Wednesday, 06 October 2010
Listed online marketing company ComTel has gone through something of a transformation since we last talked to them in 2008, selling off their pre- and post-paid phone businesses to concentrate on the digital space.  ...

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Simon Baker says Realestate.com.au unlikely to bid for French classifieds site
Monday, 13 September 2010
Former Realestate.com.au chief executive and shareholder Simon Baker says rumours the company will offer a takeover bid for French site SeLoger are most likely speculation rather than fact, claiming the deal would be too expensive.  ...

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Secrets from four of the fastest-growing online stars
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
With this year's financial reporting season nearly over, it is now clear the best performing companies are operating online, with many traditional retail and services businesses being left behind.  ...

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Tech veterans set up new StartMate fund to help Australian tech start ups
Friday, 20 August 2010
A group of Australian tech entrepreneurs are starting a new early-level investment fund for local tech businesses, with successful applicants to win the chance to pitch their ideas to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs.  ...

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Industry veteran Simon Baker says Realestateview’s acquisition of MyHome won’t hurt market leaders
Friday, 06 August 2010
Realestateview.com.au has acquired troubled portal MyHome.com.au for an undisclosed sum in a move it says will provide traction to gain market share and challenge market leaders RealEstate.com.au (REA) and Domain.com.au.  ...

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CommSec launches new augmented reality property app
Thursday, 05 August 2010
The Commonwealth Bank has launched a new iPhone app that allows users to check out a house for sale by simply point their phone in its direction.  ...

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Simon Baker launches global online property platform to tap into international buyers
Friday, 23 July 2010
Internet investor and former realestate.com.au chief Simon Baker has launched a new online property business that will allow property vendors around the world to list their properties on a network of leading property websites around the world.  ...

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Realestate.com.au hit by cyber attack – what you can learn
Thursday, 01 April 2010
Businesses should learn from the recent incident at Realestate.com.au in which a private database was stolen in a cyber attack, and work with their web developers to ensure their website is as strong as possible.  ...

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The widening divide
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
I still have no idea why realestate.com.au, which is majority owned by News Corp, got rid of Simon Baker, who talks to SmartCompany today in our weekly entrepreneur interview.  ...

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Simon Baker
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Simon Baker is seen as one of Australia's most successful web entrepreneurs. Since leaving realestate.com.au in August 2008, he has established Classified AdVentures, which has an investment arm and a division that is incubating five classifieds-focused businesses. ...

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MBE Education
Monday, 23 November 2009
Start Up Rank: 39 Revenue: $700,000 Founder(s): Reuben Buchanan, Jack Delosa Industry: Education Head Office: New South Wales Employees: 5 Website: www.mbeeducation.com.au Corporate adviser Reuben Buchanan has helped countless large and mid-size companies ...

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Simon Baker takes stake in new car classifieds venture CarAdvice
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Online classifieds guru Simon Baker has emerged as an investor in car website CarAdvice and will help steer the site's new classified advertising venture.  ...

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Meet the SmartCompany Web Award winners
Thursday, 29 October 2009
If you think your website is humming along quite nicely, it might be time to think again - the inaugural SmartCompany Web Awards highlight exactly what you're up against.      ...

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Bring me an angel
Thursday, 10 September 2009
As the economy improves, there are tentative signs that angel investors are starting to re-enter the market, keen to support young companies set to ride the recovery.  ...

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The new rivers of gold, part 1: subscriptions
Wednesday, 02 September 2009
You may well be familiar with the publishing term "rivers of gold" referring to the cash cow that has, up until recently, been print classified and/or directory business models.  ...

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Clock is ticking on print advertising: Gottliebsen
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
It's clear from the reports from a variety of print, radio and TV groups that while there has been no surge of new advertising the signs are getting much better.  ...

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Google reveals Australia’s most popular internet searches
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Internet search giant Google has released an interim list of the "fastest rising" search terms for the year, with "Swine Flu", "MasterChef" and even Microsoft's "Bing" search engine reaching the top 10.  ...

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Google changes the game again
Monday, 27 July 2009
Don't pooh in your own nest. This is effectively the message that media giants Fairfax and News Corporation have sent to Google as they grow increasingly annoyed at Google for going into competition against them.  ...

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I’m a small Real Estate Agent. How do I get my listings on Google’s new Property Finder?
Friday, 10 July 2009
Another great blog Chris. I wonder how long it will be before the major property data uploaders to realestate.com.au and domain.com.au such as port plus, HubOnline, Commerce Australia, etc, provide the ability for agents to upload to Google. The last thing ...

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I’m a small Real Estate Agent. How do I get my listings on Google’s new Property Finder?
Friday, 10 July 2009
So you've probably all heard that Google's moving into property listings, potentially trying to out-muscle realestate.com.au and domain.com.au. Already this week they've also announced a new computer operating system to take on the might of Microsoft and Apple. ...

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