Following Australian Startups and Tech Trends

In the ongoing coverage of exploring new startups coming out of Australia, today we explore a promising startup - RetailMeNot.com . It is co-founded by Bevan Clark and Guy King of Stateless Systems, Sydney, Australia. In a recent email-based interview with Bevan, he explained how he is progressing with his venture. This is what he has to say: • Please tell us about your venture/company? Stateless Systems is a bootstrapped venture focused on building websites and tools that make the Internet easier to use. Our web properties include: RetailMeNot.com : Find and share coupon codes for thousands of online stores BeatMyPrice.com : A people-powered price comparison engine CushyCMS.com : A super easy hosted content management system OurSignal.com : Social news aggregator and visualizer BugMeNot.com : Bypass compulsory web registration PDFMeNot.com : Takes the hassle out of viewing PDFs online JungleCrazy.com : Browse Amazon products discounted by at least 70% • Who are the people behind thi...

Today we showcase the story of another successful entrepreneur, Che Metcalfe, founder of Podmo from Adelaide, Australia. Podmo Mobile is a free mobile network for end users. Let us explore what Che has to say about his venture Podmo Mobile and his thoughts on Mobile Space and Innovation coming out of Australia. This is what he has to say in a candid interview with me : • Please tell us about yourself, your background and interests? I grew up in Townsville and left for Sydney when I was 17 to get Guitar lessons. After a year or so I returned to Townsville to form a band, which we took to Adelaide. We won the battle of the bands at our first gig and did a lot of big support gigs for bands like the Angels, Southern Sons and Johnny Diesel. After a tour to Sydney, it dawned on me that I may work my but off in this industry for many years and get nowhere, so I left the band and decided to study. I enrolled in a Building Design and Drafting Diploma at TAFE where I first started using compu...

Background: I have undertaken this report to explore, learn and analyse the local online search and directories market to understand the developments that are taking place in this area. There are more than 18 players, from small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to large corporations trying to get some share of this market. The main focus of this report is on Sensis and its competitors and how it can reinvent itself in a rapidly changing local market. Note: This report can be downloaded as a PDF from here . Introduction: Australia’s online search and directories market is rapidly growing and to this date, there are 18 players in this market segment , worth $235 million as reported last year (2007). It is expected to reach $532 million by 2010. Sensis, (owned by Telstra) is a dominant player in the directories market and Google in search. The online search market only represents a portion of the much larger local online advertising market. The local online advertising marke...