David Vitek
David Vitek profile picture
Born (1974-11-10) 10 November 1974
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)CEO, hipages Group[1]
Known forFounder, hipages Group[2]

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]

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

  1. ↑ "Tradies locator site hipages.com.au hammers out $6m VC backing". Business Acumen Magazine. 12 May 2014. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Sam Varghese (6 June 2014). "hipages gets new chief marketing officer". ITWire. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Morris Kaplan (23 December 2013). "Blogs- Grow your business with directories and review sites". Smarter Business Ideas. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Nadia Cameron (19 August 2014). "Growth hacking and bridging the marketing/product gap: The Hipages story". CMO. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Jonathan Jackson (15 May 2014). "Local Heroes". Oxygen Ventures. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Mahesh Sharma (7 May 2014). "Aussie home improvement start-up hipages raises $6 million". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  7. ↑ Stuart Corner (9 March 2015). "Rightsizing: Hipages finds the best way to tackle the Amazon cloud". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  8. ↑ Morris Kaplan (19 July 2013). "Capitalising on digital change". The Australian. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Building industry receives boost from the stimulus package". Architecture and Design. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  10. ↑ Patrick Stafford (5 March 2013). "David Vitek". SmartCompany. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  11. ↑ Tony Blackie (24 June 2009). "A kin thing". BRW. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  12. ↑ Sally Rose (10 June 2014). "hipages $6m PE boost sets scene for growth, marketing, ASX IPO". Australia Financial Review. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  13. ↑ White, Louis (21 May 2015). "What do 'Tony's tradies' really think?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  14. ↑ Tasnuva Bindi (7 May 2014). "hipages Group still dominates the market as younger startups attempt to overhaul". StartUp Daily. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  15. ↑ "Hipages founder downs tools". The Australian. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  16. ↑ "HIPAGES GROUP PTY LTD" (PDF). Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  17. ↑ "Hipages co-founder launches platform for frustrated parents". Australian Financial Review. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.