Following Australian Startups and Tech Trends

Today we showcase an exciting and successful venture co-founded by Darcy Byrne, from Perth, Australia, Boozle - it allows users to find the cheapest booze in your suburb. In a recent email-based interview with Darcy, he gave insights into his venture and how he is progressing with it. This is what he has to say: • Please tell us about your venture/company? Boozle searches 1000's of liquor stores in Australia to find your favorite beer, spirits and premixed drinks at the cheapest price, and at your closest outlets. • Who are the people behind this and how it started? Darcy Byrne and Luke Mahe • How long it took before it was up and running? About 8 months, but we have done several iterations over time. • What is the main objective/mission behind your venture? We want to make it easy for users to find the alcohol that they are searching for at the cheapest price and closest to them. • What services does it provide for consumers or customers? An alcohol search engine and review syste...

Today we showcase the story of another successful startup and entrepreneur, Phillip Kingston, Co-Founder & CEO, of  Flogd Flogd is an Australian-based company that allows anyone to create a shop to sell stuff anywhere you can paste code. Sell from blogs, websites, and social networking sites like MySpace. It provides its users with a shopping cart system that handles postage, taxes and processing of the sale. It also partners with other companies to offer Flogd services natively in other applications. Let us explore what Philip has to say about his venture Flogd and his thoughts on entrepreneurship and innovation coming out of Australia. This is what he has to say: • Please tell us about yourself, your background and interests? I am a 22-year-old student at the University of Melbourne studying a Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Commerce. I am interested in human behaviour, social and environmental sustainability, and, I suppose, technology. I am a programmer by trade but m...