Adele and Lee Renton both entered this year’s Geelong Business Excellence Awards with two separate businesses, making the finals of eight categories between them.
Adele’s event and business sharing website, WhatToDo Geelong, made the finals of four categories: Digital Engagement, Home Based and Micro Business, Emerging Business, and Best First Year Entry.
“WhatToDo Geelong began three years ago just as a Facebook page to share events I was going to over the weekend with friends,” Adele explains in her awards entry.
“I started WhatToDo Geelong because I like being busy and finding new places to visit.”
The company has since grown to a business with a large social network, a regular radio segment and a large membership, the entry says.
Lee founded LegRoom in 2014 as sole employee in a Yarra St office with the aim of providing premium digital services to marketing, creative and advertising agencies.
Now LegRoom has a larger and newly-renovated office in Shorts Pce, Geelong, with 13 employees, and has opened the first of its overseas offices.
“Our staff are all highly-skilled in all aspects of digital technology, creating websites, banners, emails and apps, and continue to develop their skills to stay at the forefront of the industry,” Lee says.
Like Adele, his business made the finals of four different categories: Innovation, Research & Development, Digital Engagement, Small Business, and Customer Service.
