entrepreneurship
Jack Fitzgerald, 2010 Anthill 30under30 Winner
At age 23, Jack Fitzgerald is well on his way to never having to call someone “boss.” And for that, he rejoices. “Working for someone else sounded like a jail sentence. I had to create a business or join the 9-to-5,” he says. The result was Ship 2 Anywhere, a website that allows people to compare shipping costs of top couriers.
Brad Smith, 2010 Anthill 30under30 Winner
Mini-motorcross has been a driving force for Brad Smith. Over five years, starting with his own money and funds from his family, the 23-year-old Tasmanian has built an offroad motorcycle empire that includes four stores, his own bike design, four tracks, a race series, 40 employees and a United States distribution deal.
Tarik Houchar, 2010 Anthill 30under30 Winner
Twenty-one year-old Tarik Houchar says his Sydney store Muslim fashion is “committed to the modern, fashion-loving Muslim girl. It provides fashionable, modern hijabs and Islamic fashion in a fun, exciting retail environment.” Some of these words might seem at odds with hijab. But Houchar clearly knows where the lines are drawn and what young Muslim women want.
Sheng Yeo, 2010 Anthill 30under30 Winner
Yeo’s startup OrionVM sells computing infrastructure as a service through the Internet — the cloud. The result? Here’s Yeo’s assessment: “We have spent $30,000 to $40,000 building up a system that others spend hundreds of thousands on. Australian companies using an Australian platform don’t have to deal with the 250-millisecond delay from hosting content in the United States.” Hey, that’s a computing eternity.
Marita Cheng, 2010 Anthill 30under30 Winner
Marita Cheng’s drive to energize young girls about engineering and science has lost not one erg of energy since 2009, when she was added to that year’s 30under30 list. If anything, her drive has kicked into another gear.
Dane Mitchell, 2010 Anthill 30under30 Winner
Fitness trainer and personal-health businessman Dane Mitchell is on a fast track. Mitchell employs six people at Peak Health, and figures he’s within a year of being able to step away from day-to-day operations so he can focus completely on growing the business.
Sacha Krjatian, 2010 Anthill 30under30 Winner
In his final year of high school, amid preparations for his Higher School Certificate exams, Sacha Krjatian’s home life crumbled. He was forced to live with family friends for nearly months, and shifted to different homes four times. Krjatian’s biggest opportunity would be one of his own making.
Ravi Moerman, 2010 Anthill 30under30 Winner
At the tender age of 19, Ravi Moerman runs his own freelance sound-editing company. He provides sound design, editing and mixing primarily for government-funded short films and advertising agencies. In fact, the South Australian Film Corporation recently tapped Moerman for a project to support feature film “The Dragon Pearl,” starring Sam Neill.
Nikki Durkin, 2010 Anthill 30under30 Winner
Nikki Durkin, 19, harnessed the power of Facebook to spread the word of the 99dresses concept. She held a Facebook event that described the idea and asked who might be interested. Within two weeks, 20,000 women had been invited. She then launched a fan page for 99dresses (which still didn’t exist as a website) with 2,000 fans.
Aonghus Stevens, 2010 Anthill 30under30 Winner
Aonghus Stevens is the sole owner of UAVs Australia, a two-year-old company that provides all manner of remote-controlled aircraft clients that range from farmers to the Australian Federal Police. And he’s only 17!
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