Bardia Housman blazed the trail to Silicon Valley for many Aussie tech start-ups. At just 42, he’s already built and sold two successful tech businesses, and in between he endured an important failure. Now he is back in Australia, ready to help the next generation of start-up talent find their way to success.
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Bardia was founder of Business Catalyst which sold to Adobe in 2009. Previously, in 1997 Bardia founded Start (start.com.au) Australia's first free email. The service became Australia's most trafficked website (Hitwise), and powered British Telecom's Genie service (now O2) in Germany and France, with millions of users globally. In December 1999 Looksmart (NASDAQ: LOOK) acquired Start.
Bardia was founder of Business Catalyst which sold to Adobe in 2009.
Previously, in 1997 Bardia founded Start (start.com.au) Australia's first free email. The service became Australia's most trafficked website (Hitwise), and powered British Telecom's Genie service (now O2) in Germany and France, with millions of users globally. In December 1999 Looksmart (NASDAQ: LOOK) acquired Start.
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