I met Colin in the summer of 2006 when I visited Australia and spoke to his class at the University of Tasmania (UTAS). All my friends wanted a UTAS T-shirt. He had been using my first book as a text in his entrepreneurship class. Colin showed me Tassie hospitality. He has been a huge supporter of mine in the international education community.

The founder of many service-based, import-based, and education-related businesses, Colin has experienced the highs and lows of self-employment. A willingness to trust and assist others has helped to advance his life. Now a lecturer in entrepreneurship at the University of Tasmania, Colin continues to mentor local start-ups and his students. He was the 2005 winner of the Australian University Teaching Award. His career change has afforded Colin valuable reflection space within which to contemplate past failures and plan new entrepreneurial ventures. He is now developing a consultancy practice focused on creative problem-solving and educational leadership, which offers him a new direction for his future energies.