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Phillip Kingston wears many hats -- software programmer, company director, board member, published author and business tip dispatcher -- but it's his role with Kingston Development that brings him global acclaim. In operation since 2008, Kingston Development is a software development and management consultancy firm that provides organisations with new strategies for connecting with users and customers online.

I've recently been involved in the launch of a new tech start-up addressing a very small but noticeable hole in the Australian IT recruitment offering. Cramped up on a plane while EasyJetting from Geneva to Edinburgh, I wanted to share how we identified and then addressed what I consider the nine biggest ‘opportunities for improvement’ for tech start-ups.

Over a coffee last week, I was asked to provide a snapshot of the current state of the entrepreneurial scene in Australia to a returning entrepreneur. I outlined a number of structural matters that I believe affect the depth of the Australian entrepreneurial community. As I fly now, London-bound, having watched one too many Glee episodes, I am fully charged with the confidence to express these feelings publicly.

A serial entrepreneur at only 24, Phillip Kingston is the embodiment of drive and ambition, spurned on by a desire to prove his sceptics wrong. With 3 start-ups under his belt while at university his current success story, Kingston development, is taking the Australian software and website development industry by storm.