Troy Rushton’s Winged Media Debuts on Prestigious BRW Fast Starter List

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Troy Rushton

Winged Media, creator of the world’s first domain name exchange, Protrada.com has debuted in the Business Review Weekly Fast Starter list for 2012.

Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) April 28, 2012

Produced annually, BRW’s Fast Starter surveys start ups to determine the definitive list of businesses that have proven their resilience and willpower during challenging times. Businesses making the BRW Fast Starter list must also have increased their revenue and continued to outperform their competitors. In the current global economic environment businesses that make the Fast Starter list are best placed for future success.

“BRW Fast starters is an enviable list for entrepreneurs to join and a great target list for equity investors to identify investment opportunities” said Troy Rushton, Winged Media CEO and founder. “Fast and sustainable growth is an important metric and demonstrates we’re on the right track for success. I’m proud of what my team has achieved so far, but we know there is still a lot to do.”

In November 2011 Winged Media received $3 million in first round funding from the Carnegie Innovation Fund, which enabled Winged Media to rollout the Protrada platform to the domain name investing market.

About Protrada
Protrada is the world’s first aggregator of the major domain auction houses. It provides members with the data and tools to buy, develop and sell domains from within one easy to use platform. Launched in mid 2011, Protrada offer members access to over 7 million domains and related data via the Domain Exchange. http://www.protrada.com

About M.H. Carnegie & Co.
M.H. Carnegie & Co. Pty Ltd is a private equity and venture capital firm established by Mark Carnegie in 2010. Together with Carnegie Venture Capital Pty Ltd, the ultimate General Partner of the Carnegie Innovation Fund, LP, M.H. Carnegie & Co. manages or advises on direct investments on behalf of institutional, wholesale and high net worth investors and has approximately $200m in committed capital across several funds and advisory mandates.

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Protrada CEO & Founder Troy Rushton to Join Trump, Robbins & Kiyosaki Live On Stage in San Jose, CA

Posted on April 3, 2012 by admin

Santa Monica, CA, Tuesday April 3rd 2012 – Protrada CEO and Founder Troy Rushton has been invited to join one-man-brand Donald Trump, Mr Motivation Anthony Robbins and Rich Dad creator Robert Kiyosaki at the National Achievers Congress 2012 in San Jose.

Troy will be headlining the domain name investing session of the three day conference starting April 10th and concluding April 12th to an audience of around 8,000.

This is the beginning of a program being rolled out by Protrada to take domain name investing to a new mass audience of qualified investors across the entire spectrum of asset classes from real estate to options trading.

The focus of Troy’s presentation will surround the myriad of benefits domain name trading offers investors; the ease of using Protrada as the primary platform for domain buying, selling, management and development as well as teaching the tactics and strategies employed by the most successful domain name traders. Troy will be presenting a program which has been a collaboration of many key influencers in the domaining space including; Morgan Linton (morganlinton.com), Adam Dicker (DNForum), Paul Nicks (Go Daddy), Braden Pollock (Legal Brand Marketing), Paul Goldstone (igoldrush.com), Shane Cultra (domainshane.com) and many more. They have all played an important role in providing content, ideas and commentary for this seminal presentation.

“Introducing domaining to a new audience will greatly benefit the industry as a whole,” said Troy Rushton, CEO and founder of Protrada. “Every time I attend industry conferences, domainers tell me the greatest barrier to industry growth is a lack of liquidity which would be remedied by new investors. We have an opportunity to help solve that problem for the benefit of all stakeholders and that’s exactly what I’ll be doing at NAC 2012 in San Jose.”

A small number of tickets to the event are still available in both the General and VIP areas. Diamond Tickets are strictly limited as purchasers enjoy extraordinary benefits including lunch each day of the Congress with Messrs Trump, Robbins and Kiyosaki and a special ‘Power Talk’ Q&A session with ‘The Donald’. For more information about the National Achievers Congress 2012, speaker lineup, venue details and ticket sales click here: www.nac2012.com

 

 

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The similarities between Trump, Robbins, Kiyosaki and Rushton

Posted on March 21, 2012 by admin

Donald Trump. Anthony Robbins. Robert Kiyosaki. Troy Rushton. Apart from the fact they are all appearing on stage together in San Jose, CA for the National Achievers Congress 2012 from April 10-12, they all have string of personal traits that make them the best of the best.

None of these guys were born wealthy – they are self made men. All have over come incredible obstacles and exceeded the expectations set by all around them.

Robbins was overweight and thought the world was against him. Trump lost it all. Kiyosaki was so poor he was sleeping in his car. Rushton started with nothing.

As leading entrepreneurs and deal makers these four, and a host of others at NAC 2012, have the ability to change your world for the better.

Click through now to read more about the National Achievers Congress 2012and discover how simply by attending you can get access to the secrets of the seriously wealthy.

Troy Rushton CEO & Founder Winged Media

 

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Troy Rushton’s Protrada secures $3m from Carnegie Innovation Fund

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Troy Rushton

Sydney, 2 November 2011 – Winged Media, a market leader in domain technology and monetisation, today confirmed it has secured $3 million in additional investment from Carnegie Innovation Fund, LP (Carnegie Fund).

The Carnegie Fund is supported by the Australian Government through the Innovation Investment Fund (IIF) programme, an initiative that provides venture capital to innovative companies at seed, start-up or early expansion stage. This is the first investment by the Carnegie Fund in the Technology lane, headed by Jodi Stanton.

The Winged Media portfolio spans a number of internet products and services focused on digital media, online advertising, domain assets and online publishing. However at its core, Winged Media is a professional domain trading organisation – buying domain names, building websites and selling them for a profit in the emerging asset class of Domaining.

Key to this round of funding from the Carnegie Fund is the development and launch of the Winged Media platform, Protrada.

Based on Winged Media’s own Intellectual Property (IP) for domain trading, Protrada is the world’s first aggregator of major domain auction houses. It provides members with the data and tools to buy, build and sell domains automatically from within the platform. The platform currently manages more than 150 000 domains.

According to CEO and Founder of Winged Media, Troy Rushton, “Winged Media has developed the IP and tools to make Domaining easy for both the expert and the first time investor. We understand the strategies it takes to secure a domain, how to create traffic and monetise that site in the shortest possible timeframe.”

Rushton continued, “We are delighted with the investment from the Carnegie Fund and how this will further help us rollout the Protrada platform. Together we believe we can push the boundaries of the technology and entrepreneurial capabilities of the team, showcasing Winged Media’s IP in an easy-to-use domain trading service,” Rushton concluded.

“We are excited about our investment with Winged Media,” outlined Mark Carnegie, Principal, M.H. Carnegie & Co. “Domaining has increased its momentum throughout 2011, with activity levels outperforming the NASDAQ during key periods. With the introduction of the Winged Media IP into the domain trading experience, we believe that the sector will continue to develop and be acknowledged as an emerging asset class,” he said.

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Seize the Opportunity

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Troy Rushton

This is an interview I recently did with Michael Cyger, the publisher of DomainSherpa, one of the leading portals for domaining news.

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It’s in depth and covers a lot my early businesses right up to my latest venture, Protrada.

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