When Cyan Ta’eed and her partner Collis launched Envato in 2006, iPhones and Facebook weren’t around yet and startups were virtually unheard of in Australia.
“Back when we started and we said we were launching an online business, people would say ‘what?’” Ta’eed tells StartupSmart.
“It was not the fashionable thing to do – it was considerably bizarre.”
Now, 10 years later, Envato is a leading Australian tech company, with the online creative community now boasting 7 million members and one of the most visited marketplaces in the world.
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Dinushi Dias is a freelance journalist and a former StartupSmart reporter and multimedia content producer. She is the co-founder of Melbourne-based production house Dinushi & Power.
