I am a high net worth Internet Entrepreneur and “once” Angel Investor living in Perth, Western Australia.

I have never had a “real job”. I started a Search Engine Marketing firm (ineedhits) in my parents study way back in 1996 at the age of just 21 with no funding. By 2003, with the help of my wife amd business partner, we were able to lead the company to a position where it was generating over $7M in revenue with good profit margins, and was the 5th fastest growing company in Australia as measured by BRW Fast 100.

ineedhits is still going strong (over 5,000 active monthly customers). It is now managed by a great CEO in Warren Duff and also an experienced Senior Managment Team. I no longer am involved in the day to day runnings of the company, but tend to help out in business development.

In 2006 I co-founded Minti, a leading worldwide parent to parent community.

Main current business interests include…

1. ineedhits – world’s leading search engine marketing firm for small business websites – Chairman and Founder – Founded 1996
2. Minti – web 2.0 parenting advice community – CEO and Co-founder – Founded 2006
3. Vibe Capital – holding company of Minti and Refurber, a tech investment company, and owner of the vibEngine (the technology that runs Minti, Refurber, Gooruze etc) – CEO and Co-founder – Founded 2006
4. Refurber – web 2.0 home improvement community – CEO and Co-founder – Founded 2007
5. Gooruze – web 2.0 online marketing community – Co-founder – Founded 2008

My Angel Investments to date…

1. Mig33
2. Tangler
3. Orgoo
4. Ztail
5. 1stRed (formally Red Lottery)
6. Omnidrive (dead)

Awards / Honors

1. 2004: 40 Under 40 (WA Business News) – Winner [Personal]
2. 2003: Entrepreneur of the Year (Ernst & Young) – Finalist (Western Australia) [Personal]
3. 2002: Entrepreneur of the Year (Ernst & Young) – Finalist (Western Australia) [Personal]
4. 2002: BRW 5th fastest growing company – 2002 (Australia) [ineedhits]
5. 2003: BRW 11th fastest growing company – 2003 (Australia) [ineedhits]
6. 2003: Deloitte Touche Fast 50 – 6th (Australia) 2003 [ineedhits]
7. 2003: Deloitte Touche Fast 500 – 17th (Asia Pacific) 2003 [ineedhits]
8. 2003: Rising Stars (WA Business News/Deloitte Touche) – 4th – 2003 [Personal]
9. Other smaller awards

• • 2006: Vishal Sharma – Top Web 2.0 Apps in Australia – 2006 [Minti]
    • it is also covered on RWW
  • 2007: 2nd Place SEOmoz Web 2.0 Awards – 2007 – Questions & Advice category – Runner up to Yahoo! Answers [Minti]
  • 2008: 2nd Place SEOmoz Web 2.0 Awards – 2008 – Questions & Advice category – Runner up to Yahoo! Answers [Minti]
  • 2007: Ross Dawson’s Top 60 Australian Web 2.0 Applications – 2007
    • 5th Minti
  • 2008: BRW Top 100 Australian Web 2.0 Applications – 2008
    • 11th vibEngine [Vibe Capital]
    • 52nd Minti
    • 67th Gooruze
  • 2007: HitWise Top 10 website – 2007 [Minti]