David Vitek is an Australian entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of hipages Group, a lead generation and online directory service connecting consumers to tradesmen.[3][4][5] Vitek founded hipages with childhood friend, Roby Sharon-Zipser in 2004.[6] The company started as Viteknologies,[7] an online directory with a focus on natural therapies.[8][9] The founders decided to expand and change the primary focus to tradesmen as well as natural therapies and pet services.[10][11][12] As CEO, Vitek grew the directory to record more than 40,000 businesses registered covering over 1,200 categories with 75,000 written recommendations from homeowners, making hipages one of Australia's largest on-demand home services marketplace and leading sites for finding local tradespeople.[13] Vitek previously worked for a startup company called Report Control, and then later he was an engineer at IBM.[14]
David Vitek | |
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 David Vitek profile picture | |
| Born | 10 November 1974 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation(s) | CEO, hipages Group[1] |
| Known for | Founder, hipages Group[2] |
Vitek resigned as CEO in 2019,[15] after hipages posted losses of $13 million, up from $8.5 million the year before.[16] In 2020 Vitek started a new venture: Kidsbook - a booking platform for kids activities.[17]
References
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- ^ Jonathan Jackson (15 May 2014). "Local Heroes". Oxygen Ventures. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ Mahesh Sharma (7 May 2014). "Aussie home improvement start-up hipages raises $6 million". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ Stuart Corner (9 March 2015). "Rightsizing: Hipages finds the best way to tackle the Amazon cloud". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ Morris Kaplan (19 July 2013). "Capitalising on digital change". The Australian. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Building industry receives boost from the stimulus package". Architecture and Design. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ Patrick Stafford (5 March 2013). "David Vitek". SmartCompany. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ Tony Blackie (24 June 2009). "A kin thing". BRW. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ Sally Rose (10 June 2014). "hipages $6m PE boost sets scene for growth, marketing, ASX IPO". Australia Financial Review. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ White, Louis (21 May 2015). "What do 'Tony's tradies' really think?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ Tasnuva Bindi (7 May 2014). "hipages Group still dominates the market as younger startups attempt to overhaul". StartUp Daily. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Hipages founder downs tools". The Australian. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "HIPAGES GROUP PTY LTD" (PDF). Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Hipages co-founder launches platform for frustrated parents". Australian Financial Review. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
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