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POMO

POMO has been operating on the Sunshine Coast since 2008. The creative agency offers graphic design, advertising, website design, digital and marketing strategies for businesses. Digital Director Lisa Harrison’s focus is on social media training, teaching business owners to contextualise and digitally market their company through hands-on digital learning. Lisa stays up to date with the latest technology through research, experiment and networking with other industry leaders via social media, to expand and build on existing technological practices. What are the operating advantages and challenges to being based on the Sunshine Coast? Advantages include the lifestyle benefits of the beaches…
Silicon Coast
April 28, 2014
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The-Core

“Digital business allows us to live and work in an amazing region.” Co-founders Craig Josic and Brook Kitson The-Core’s purpose is to engage businesses and the general community by leveraging off social media and global trends to inspire innovative thinking to create new business and regional opportunity. Established just six months ago, the team’s current project is using the Minecraft gaming platform to engage the community to envisage a creative, iconic and visionary idea for new smart city in the Maroochydore CBD. “We believe the best ideas come from collaboration and the sharing of knowledge to instigate conversations. This approach…
Silicon Coast
April 15, 2014
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The Creative Collective

The Creative Collective is a creative / marketing agency based on the Sunshine Coast and services clients throughout Australia and New Zealand. It provides online marketing services such as website design and development, search engine optimisation, pay per click, branding and social media, as well as consultancy and strategy. In short we help our clients achieve online success. Founder & Partner Yvette Adams moved to Sunshine Coast in 2004 to be near family here. She started The Creative Collective in 2007 which now has five staff, 30 contractors and five trainers. What are the operating advantages and challenges to being…
Silicon Coast
April 15, 2014
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Sunshine Coast Digital Association

Sunshine Coast Digital Association (SCDA) is a non-profit association for web designers and developers. Officially incorporated in November 2003, the association’s goal is to encourage professional development, promote the local web industry, support the next generation of digital production specialists, and improve the standard of digital delivery in their industry. SCDA President Adrian Stein says the association is currently focused on building its membership, credibility, network links and looking at collaborative opportunities for future events.  Sunshine Coast Digital Association (SCDA) is a non-profit association for web designers and developers. What are the operating advantages and challenges to being based on…
Silicon Coast
April 15, 2014
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Poole Group

Poole Group has been operating on the Sunshine Coast since 1980, providing accounting and investment services. It launched its Zerobooks.com platform in February 2014, providing online bookkeeping and administration services such as data entry of supplier invoices, payroll, bank reconciliation, debtor management and reporting. Now with more than 50 staff, the Poole Group was named Xero Australia Accounting Partner of the Year in 2013. Director Greg Tuckwell grew up on the Sunshine Coast but left in 1981 to work in Brisbane and Adelaide. He returned to the Coast in 1991 following an opportunity to work with Poole Group and focus…
Silicon Coast
April 15, 2014
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App Factory

“Our goal is to provide access to this evolving technology to everyone - not just tech geeks - to enable them to do things that were previously impossible.” Appfactory started in Sydney about 4.5 years ago. Managing Director Dan McKinnon has been based on the Sunshine Coast since November 2012 growing the local development team, attracted here for lifestyle and family reasons, while his business partner runs the Sydney office. The company’s key product is mobile technology focusing on Apps across several industries including insurance, banking, and consumer goods. It currently has a small local team of three, but a…
Silicon Coast
April 15, 2014

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