Business, Portfolio

It is with great pleasure (and a huge sigh of relief!) that I present the first ever Brisbane edition of The Hive.

The Hive is networking for Entrepreneuers – monthly events that feature prominent entrepreneurs from the local community, who are kind enough to donate their time and share with us some of their experiences and wisdom. This basic concept gives rise to our motto: “The Hive – Connecting the entrepreneurs of today and tomorrow”.

We get together to share advice, talk and hang out. Membership is free and easy, and everyone’s invited. If you have an idea and want to launch a venture or already have a venture then make sure you come along.

The Hive Brisbane is very excited to be kicking off the year with guest entrepreneur Richard Eastes from Vroom Vroom Vroom!

The details:

The Hive Brisbane meets Richard Eastes – VroomVroomVroom.com

When: Tuesday 31st March, 2009

Where: The Fox Hotel – West End (Corner of Hope & Melbourne Streets, South Brisbane)

Time: 7 – 10pm

Cost: FREE! (But you buy your own drinks!)

Email: brisbane “AT” thehive.org.au

FaceBook: Join The Hive Facebook Group & RSVP to this Facebook event.

What you can expect:

- An introduction to The Hive
- Plenty of time to chat to fellow entrepreneurs and others interested in entrepreneurship, exchange ideas, tips etc.
- A short presentation by Richard Eastes from from Vroom Vroom Vroom.

Richard’s story:

Richard took a risk when he spent his life savings on VroomVroomVroom – a travel startup that was booking a mere 20 online car rental reservations per day. He quickly grew it from his Brisbane bedroom into Australia’s fastest growing travel company. Winning various business awards such as Deloitte FAST50, it now generates close to $5m in sales each month. The company is expanding globally and is poised to becoming a great Australian export.

As a project to compliment VroomVroomVroom.com‘s carbon neutral car rental, Richard started http://www.greenlogo.com which has calculated that the internet produces approximately 1200 tonnes of CO2 per hour. GreenLogo reduces this by tracking the CO2 produced by a website and then pays for its carbon credits using sponsors.

Richard loves networking nights, innovative employees, touch rugby, social media sites and is addicted to Twitter. Follow him at http://twitter.com/eastes
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This event is FREE but you buy your own drinks!

If anyone is interested in sponsoring the event, please contact us.

See you there!

Mike Boyd and The Hive Team
http://www.thehive.org.au
The Hive on Twitter – follow: @thehive and use hashtag #HiveBris when talking about the Brisbane events!

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