Anthill Magazine

Anthill Magazine is the flagship title of Ant Hill Enterprises Pty Ltd, an independent media company incorporated in Australia.

It was launched in Australia in September 2003 by James Tuckerman, a 26-year-old public relations professional and University of Melbourne Law School graduate. With no prior experience in the publishing industry, he moved home with his parents and started Anthill Magazine with a $15,000 credit card and some personal savings.

Anthill was initially developed as a niche venture capital magazine but quickly evolved to appeal to a broader readership. Modeled on well-known US titles of the time, such as Fast Company and Redherring, Anthill adopted a colourful and irreverent approach to business journalism, an editorial style not previously seen in the Australia business media.

Until this time, the bulk of existing business titles in Australia were mainly concerned with issues of relevance to small/micro businesses or large corporations (one or the other). Anthill was developed to bridge this gap, appealing to highly innovative and ambitious ‘fast’ growth businesses - small-to-medium enterprises with rapid growth potential and larger companies that realise the value of reinvention to stay ahead.

Anthill has developed its own way of looking at new business development, subscribing to a simple philosophy: “ideas + money + skills = fast growth”. This equation influences Anthill's editorial content and broader activities. Anthill is actively engaged in the promotion of innovation and entrepreneurial behaviour in Australia. See Cool Company Awards, 30under30, Pitch Club, Lunch with an Entrepreneur and Anthill Online.

Cool Company Awards

The Cool Company Awards were launched in 2006, arising out of Anthill's dissatisfaction with the over-emphasis of most Australian business award programs on a company's bottom-line. While commercial success is obviously important, the Cool Company Awards takes the view that winners must also be ethical, embrace supportive work environments for employees and they are highly innovative (constantly adapting and evolving).

30under30

30under30 was launched by Anthill in 2007, developed by Anthill Magazine to encourage and promote entrepreneurship among young Australians. Thirty entrepreneurs under the age of 30 are identified and profiled in Anthill Magazine, in recognition of their outstanding entrepreneurial endeavours.

Anthill Online

Anthill Online is the official website of Anthill Magazine. It is a leading source of information and news for Australian entrepreneurs and business builders.

Accolades

In 2005, Anthill won the Australian Publishers Association Bell Award for Best Small Publisher, for the second year running. In reaching their decision, the judges made the following comment:

"The publisher is to be commended for creating a whole new market segment. Breaking new ground in the way Anthill does and to do it so well - from the edgy look to the irreverent editorial - makes it a clear winner."

The acknowledgment that Anthill had created a 'whole new market segment' was a watershed moment for Anthill, positioning Anthill as an industry leader with its own definable place in the Australian media market - The Australian magazine for fast growth companies.

James Tuckerman

James Tuckerman is best known as Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Anthill Magazine, through which he applied a colourful and irreverent approach to business journalism, an editorial style, not previously seen in the Australia business media landscape.

Actively engaged in the promotion of innovation and entrepreneurship in Australia, James has been responsible for the launch of numerous initiatives and programs designed to support the development of new Australian businesses. These initiatives include the Cool Company Awards, and Pitch Club. He is an enthusiastic public speaker and panelist.

Trained in law at the University of Melbourne, James commenced his career as a public relations consultant, for Weber Shandwick Worldwide, where he specialised in corporate finance and investor relations communications, providing consultancy services to some of Australia’s largest and most respected corporate institutions, including Telstra, Holden, AAMI and JB Were.

During his investor relations career, he contributed to the success of numerous finance and venture capital public awareness campaigns, for both government and private enterprise, and has provided consultancy services to assist with the introduction of several fast-growth companies to the Australian stock exchange (ASX).

At the age of 26, James launched Anthill Magazine from the spare bedroom of his parents' home in September 2003, with $28,000 in personal savings and no experience in the publishing world. Since then, he has grown Anthill from the seed of concept to become one of Australia's leading business titles.

James' success was recognised at the Australian Bell Awards, presented by the Australian Specialist and Business Publishers Association in 2005. James received the award for Best Small Publisher (for the second year running). James has used his success to support activities designed to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation in Australia, launching the Cool Company Awards (to recognise rule changing behaviour), (an awards program to support young entrepreneurs), Pitch Club (a networking series to facilitate investment in new companies) and the (an online resource to improve financial literacy in secondary schools).

James holds bachelor’s degrees in Law (with Honours) and Arts from the University of Melbourne Australia.

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