Charlie Gunningham has spent more than 20 years in the property, media and tech sectors. After working in the UK and Singapore, he arrived in Perth in 1997, completed an MBA at UWA, graduating as top student. He then co-founded aussiehome.com, ran it for 10 years before REIWA acquired it, whereupon Charlie ran reiwa.com. In 2013, he moved to Business News, became CEO, and went on to work for the federal government’s Accelerating Commercialisation program, funding pre-revenue tech businesses. He is an active investor in property and tech startups, is managing editor of Startup News and co-host of the Startup West podcast.