Following Australian Startups and Tech Trends

Today we are showcasing another venture from Sydney, Australia, RAYV Founded by Anil Sabharwal, RAYV - a local business directory with recommendations , targeted towards Sydney customers, allows consumers to find, review, and talk about local businesses. It's a cross between a web-based social community an online business directory and a recommendation engine. We explored a bit further about RAYV from one of the founders - Anil Sabharwal. This is what he has to say in his interview with us: • Please tell us about yourself, your background and interests? I’ve always had a passion for technology. It started with hardware – computers, video game consoles, mobile phones – but as of late my real interest has been the digital space. There is so much information in the world today but it’s all useless if it can’t be filtered and delive red in a meaningful manner. To me, the Internet represents both our greatest opportunity and our biggest challenge – and this is what drives me day an...

Today we showcase the story of a woman entrepreneur, mum of 4 and 3 successful ventures under her belt, Meg Tsiamis , founder of dLook , Obits , Aussie Bloggers from Sydney, Australia. In a candid interview with us, she explained how as a mum and an entrepreneur she is managing and juggling. This is what she has to say in her interview with us : • Please tell us about yourself, your background and interests? I guess I’m a bit of a late bloomer. I married at twenty and had my first child at 23. My s tudies were haphazard, and I finally graduated from Uni when I was 31 and launched straight into graduate studies. A glutton for punishment. My earlier working life consisted of a range of accounting and administrative type roles. In 2000 I set up a finance brokerage which I grew until I started with the internet ventures. Interests? Blogging I guess! • How did you become an entrepreneur, tell us your thought process and how i t began? Quite by accident really! One night my husband was loo...