About me
I started this blog as a way to keep track of everything I found in marketing / advertising /online and to share it with like minded people.
Rather than just read and surf the web, I wanted to join the conversation, participate and write my own thoughts. I’ve been blogging since 2004.
Who am I?
My name is Matthew Ho and I am a Chinese Australian entrepreneur based in Australia. I’ve previously worked at NextDigital, Deloitte, Airbnb.
Please note that the views presented on this blog are entirely my own intellectual property.
I began my career working at Deloitte, one of the world’s largest consulting firms and progressed to senior analyst. It gave me invaluable business experience. After several years, I decided to take a career break and ultimately made a career change into the digital industry. I believed that this area was growing, it interested me and there were opportunities.
I then worked for Next Digital, an agency based in Asia-Pacific region. It was considered Australia’s largest digital agency. I was firstly a digital producer and then became an account manager with a speciality in eCommerce working on some of Australia’s largest retail brands.
I have always had a strong interest in entrepreneurship and startups. In 2009, I co-founded Jobcrunch, a job news aggregation & community website with some friends.
In 2011, I entered Australia’s first startup weekend competition held in Melbourne. My idea to create language based games won the title and I am now dedicated to pursuing this idea full time. I am a co-founder in Native Tongue, a startup focused on language games for mobile.
I am active in the startup community in Australia and I am part of the Silicon Beach community. I organise the SXSW Sydney & Melbourne meetups, and recently attended SXSW 2011 in Austin, Texas.
I am also the founder of a monthly meetup for startup founders in Melbourne, Australia.
In my spare time, I’m often playing basketball, attending hip hop concerts, hanging out with friends, or helping out in my local church.
The meaning behind Inspired Worlds
People ask me why I chose the name “Inspiredworlds”. The idea is that each of us have our own inspirations. By letting you into my world of online, creativity, digital media, I hope to inspire other people to share their thoughts and knowledge.
Peace Out,
Matthew Ho