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Hayden Bowler, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
Melbourne's gamers and gamifying entrepreneurs have a home in Geniaus, a collaborative work space and business incubator dubbed a 'frathouse for innovation'. Co-founder Hayden Bowler is celebrating the sale of a venue app to Luna Park, and is aiming to grow beyond the eastern suburbs to the CBD, inside RMIT’s new Swanston Business Academic Building.
Editors’ Choice: Asaf Brukarz, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
Asaf Brukarz decided to take on the real estate industry in a big way, and the industry is begrudgingly coming around. The result, PropConnect, is an online system for handling and tracking property sales in high-density developments.
Editors’ Choice: Jake Howard, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
Sales are not just the key to survival, says Jake Howard; they're essential for a business to expand and dominate its market. Sales Pipeline, Howard's Perth-based company, uses leads generation, database building, telemarketing, and other strategies to grow a business' brand awareness and thus grow the business itself.
Calvin Ng, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
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James McDonough, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
Workplace safety is an issue with particular resonance in Western Australia, and Perth's James McDonough is emerging with a unique solution. He's the developer of SEE Forge, a mobile platform for facilitating communications amongst personnel, for reporting injuries and resolving safety problems in real time.
Ebony Centazzo, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
If you're a frequent traveller who is also a concerned cat owner, Ebony Centazzo's retreat is as good as a hotel...for your feline companions, that is. Cat Napping Suburban Retreat opened last year, in a warehouse replete with beds, toys and scratching posts for each individual guest, with a playpen, fish tank, and outdoor viewing to spare.
Taylah Hasaballah, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Winner
Taylah Hasaballah couldn't stand the elite designers dictating what was fashionable, so she launched a business that would take its cue from the ground level: "the girls on the street, the bloggers, the ‘it girls’, the ones who dare to push the boundaries." The University of Queensland student has built up Tiger Temple with a singular vision for what and how clothing and accessory lines can be, boldly blending new ideas with old-school favourites
David Dixon, 2012 Social Entrepreneur (Anthill 30under30)
David Dixon's journey started with one girl, an orphan in Uganda who was unable to pay her school fees. As Dixon helped her pursue her education, he learned just how much odds are stacked against young women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa. It's common for girls to miss school during their periods, and facing sexual assault is more common than graduating. Many don't attend school at all. Dixon is fighting the odds and making education achievable...One Girl at a time.
Mardy Daniel, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
Couches on wheels with DJ decks, speakers and beer. Dude, it's for real. Mardy Daniel's Festival Couch is the newest attraction at concerts and outdoor events.
Dwayne Martens, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
Let Dwayne Martens infect you with his good vibes and personal energy. Then, try his açaí berries for a second hit. Yes, Martens is an unabashed health geek, but a socially conscious one as well. As the founder of Amazonia, he has introduced thousands of Australians to the healing properties of the purple berry.
Fai Wong, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Intrapreneur
Fai Wong has taken an unique route to noteworthy. At Social Startup 48 in Sydney, Wong had the happenstance to meet the founder of Start Some Good, whose crowdfunding-for-charity platform closely corresponded to his own vision for a startup. "It was all just too coincidental so I emailed them to express my interest to be more than just an employee," says Wong, who is now chief technology officer. "Other people would not have thought outside the box and approached them like I did!"
Rowan Kunz, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
Rowan Kunz's tutoring enterprise began with a self-published book targeting HSC students. Today, Art of Smart Education employs over 100 exam preparation coaches in NSW, Victoria and the ACT. And Kunz continues to broaden his wingspan.
Jeffrey Cooper, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
To those considering Step Change Marketing for growing their businesses, Jeffrey Cooper has this reassurance: wankers don't work here. Cooper and team put together a hilarious short video on this point to take a hammer to the cliches they saw plaguing the industry, and the resulting buzz was phenomenal.
Chris Hooper, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
Rather than start his own business, Chris Hooper did the next best thing and reinvented an existing one. Considering that most 25-year-old accountants out there aren't running their own firms, Hooper's partnership stake in Cirillo Hooper & Company has been pretty buzz-worthy on its own.
Guy Pearson, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
Guy Pearson is dragging the accounting profession kicking and screaming into the modern age. All the paperwork, inflexibility, suits and ties? So 20th century. He pitches his business, Interactive Accounting, as a forward-thinking firm casting off these heavy burdens. Interactive utilises Xero cloud-based software to give clients more than traditional bookkeeping services, also scaling its services for business that want to grow, and even expand overseas.
James Griffin, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
To prevent social media gaffes, businesses might want to check with James Griffin and SR7, a PR strategist of sorts for Twitter and Facebook accounts. "Our core business is the provision of social media intelligence for our clients when they face complex issues and events -- when keyword search and 'dashboards' won't cut it," Griffin explains.
Jo Schneider, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
One of the questions often asked of Jo Schneider pertains to the fact that the co-founder of DVE Business Solutions, based outside of Adelaide, has a degree in mechanical engineering. To her, the business benefit is obvious: problem solving skills.
David Truong, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
It's not easy to get kids to learn maths, which is why David Truong is gaming things up. The Adelaide native made the leap to Melbourne to establish Broccol-e-games (named, of course, for the food equivalent of maths). In July, the company released its first educational game, Maths With Springbird, which hit Number One on the Australia/New Zealand Education App Store.
Leeanne Towse, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
Newcastle's Leeanne Towse is teaching women of all backgrounds across the Hunter Valley to get vertical. The dance instructor is the founder of mPole, a studio franchise sharing a name with its signature contraption (and former SMART 100 innovation), a sturdy yet mobile dance pole that's easy to set up for performances.
Editors’ Choice: Simon Griffiths, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
For a take on philanthropy that will stand yours on its head, meet Simon Griffiths, social entrepreneur and founder of Good Goods -- or, as he is better known in media circles, "that guy with the toilet paper rolls."
