So, after a big hiatus, we hope to bring you podcasts more regularly. In this episode we talk with Geoff McQueen, whom many, who subscribe, may know from his active and enthusiastic contributions to the Silicon Beach mailing list.

Geoff is the founder and Managing Director of Internetrix, winner of the 2007 Integral Energy Business of the Year award. After dropping out of University in 2000, Geoff established Internetrix, which was selected by Google to join their Google Analytics Authorised Consultant program in early 2007, and then went onto become only one of six companies globally to be recognised by Google as a technology partner in 2008. Geoff now employs 15 highly  staff, predominantly locals and/or graduates from Wollongong where he was born.

Following the success of Internetrix, Geoff has recently spun-off a new software company with global ambitions, Hiive Systems, which counts as its clients the NSW Department of Planning and the ASX listed DEXUS Property Group. Outside his work interests, Geoff is on track to complete his MBA in the middle of 2009, and is a qualified pilot. Aside from supporting a number of community initiatives through his business interests, Geoff is also on the Board of the Wollongong Hawks, the Illawarra ICT Cluster and is heavily involved in technology industry initiatives such as CeBIT, Silicon Beach Australia and Startup Camp events.

We also have a candid chat with Geoff about his involvement with Omnidrive. Worth a listen.

Keep innovating and we’ll be back with more soon.

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In this week’s podcast – recorded some time ago – we speak to Chris Hitchen from Getprice – an Australian price comparison website launched late October 2006. We talk about how he came up with the idea and how he then saw that through to getting the site built to becoming Australia’s leading website in price comparison.

The site is based on the idea that retailers pay a cost-per-lead that ranges from 25 cents to $1 for each time a consumers clicks from Getprice to the retailer’s website.

Chris is a pretty grounded guy with a background in business development and strategy and has a great story to tell about how he came about building the site into what it is today. We aimed to keep this show pretty tight and please let us know if it works better for you or you want more.

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