Gomeeki scores a place in the BRW Fast Starters List
Business Review Weekly (BRW) is well known for its’ prestigious lists, keeping us informed of the who’s who in business. There’s the Rich lists, Top lists and Fast lists and that’s where Gomeeki comes in, taking a place in this year’s BRW Fast Starters – a list compiled annually of Australia’s 100 fastest growing start-up businesses.
Like anyone looking at a ranking list, we all want to know who came first, so I’ll save that juicy information to the end. No matter their ranking, all of the 100 companies listed in the BRW Fast Starters list have these few things in common:
- They have been operating for less than four years
- They have made a turnover of at least A$500,000 in the last fiscal year
- They have higher revenue than the year previous
- They have fewer than 200 full-time employees
- They must have more than one main customer
“The sophistication of the Fast Starters (for 2013) is a great sign for the future of these 100 companies and for the wider Australian business community” James Thomson – Editor BRW
2013’s group of 100 companies are particularly special indeed, all establishing operations amidst the global financial crisis, coming up smarter, tougher and better prepared. Impressively, a whopping 80% of companies were initially funded by the personal savings of the founders. These are companies who have planned properly, started with the right structures and support networks and who are keeping an eye on the exit, in a time when knowing when to sell is major consideration.
Despite challenging market conditions, Gomeeki was one of 83% of companies to increase their staffing in the past year and also one of 40% of start-ups reporting engagement with mentors as a strategy for success. In 2013, Gomeeki will be joining the 36% of companies using a board of directors to guide future strategy and growth in their Multi-screen solution, mobile marketing business, which as we can see from the number 1 ranking Start-up, is an unstoppable industry in Australia.
So, which start-up topped the BRW Fast Starters list for 2013…? Self-acclaimed as the Facebook of e-commerce, it was the retail brain child of Daniel Jarosch and Rolf Weber, ‘brandsExclusive’ who ranked number 1. Interestingly, nearly half of brandsExclusive purchases come from mobile traffic and operating with 2.5 million members and 16,000 items being dispatched from its warehouse daily, their success in today’s market is glaringly obvious.
It certainly is nice to be recognised as one of Australia’s top 100 bright sparks for 2013. Thanks BRW and to our valued clients and staff who make it all possible.
