Justin Dry

Justin Dry's Biography

From Garage Startup to Wine Retail Giant”

Justin Dry is an Entrepreneur, Investor and Co-Founder + CEO of Vinomofo, one of Australia’s fastest-growing Companies Launched in April 2011 from a little garage in Adelaide, Vinomofo has seen remarkable expansion, operating in both Australia and Singapore.

This journey has transformed it into a $100M+ global company, establishing Vinomofo as the largest independent online wine retailer in the country, proudly serving a community of over 500,000 members.

The Vinomofo Group has recently made a number of acquisitions, including Australia’s leading Food and Wine events company REVEL Global. Fastest Growing Company at the Deloitte Tech Fast 50 Awards Online Business of the Year at the Australian Startup Awards Best Startup at the SmartCompany Startup Awards Online Retailer of the Year at the ORIAs

Victorian Telstra Business of the Year at the Telstra Business Awards Hot Innovator at the Power Retail awards Hottest Aussie Online Retailer and the StartCon E-commerce Company of the Year

On a personal note, Justin has been awarded as Spotify Young Entrepreneur of the Year at The Australian Startup Awards and named one of the Top 50 People in E-Commerce ­five times by Internet Retailing.

A regular on TV and radio, Justin has featured on Squawk Box – CNBC Asia, Bloomberg Asia, Sky News Business, The Business – ABC, Channel 9 News, Insight – SBS, The Entrepreneurs Show – Sky Business and was one of the stars of the ­lm ‘The New Hustle’ – a documentary that follows the journey of three of Australia’s most successful startups, including Canva, Safety Culture and Vinomofo.

Beyond his business endeavours, Justin is a husband, dad, wine lover and islomaniac.

To enquire about Justin contact Helene Greenham directly: helene@platinumspeakers.com.au

Speaking Topics Include

The Road to Vinomofo

In this keynote, Justin shares the journey from a 10-year-old entrepreneur to the Founder and CEO of a Global Wine Powerhouse. There have been many ups and downs along the way and Justin shares it all, not leaving out the hard parts and challenges he has faced.

It’s very rare that a successful entrepreneur is open and honest about the journey and allows the audience to understand not only the wins but also the losses.

The audience will leave this keynote with a greater appreciation for the Entrepreneurial journey and lessons that they can apply to their own businesses or companies.

Building a Human Brand

From humble beginnings in a garage in Adelaide in 2011, to 10 years of incredible growth and growing a tribe of over 500,000 wine loving customers around the world, Justin shares the adventure. But at the heart of this journey of growth is a company built on the idea of creating a human brand.

Justin believes that everyone can learn how to build an incredible brand and in this keynote he shares his top tips and tricks to not losing sight of that brand throughout growth.

The story of Vinomofo is truly impressive and the audience will take away real action items that they can implement into their business and companies. Whether you’re an employee or a business owner, you will be richer in knowledge from listening to Justin share this journey.

The Entrepreneurial Rollercoaster

This keynote is aimed directly at entrepreneurs or people that want to be an entrepreneur in the future. We all know that owning a business can sometimes look glamorous and appear easier than it really is. Well Justin is here to share the ups, downs and sideways of building a business and becoming an Entrepreneur.

In this raw and honest keynote, he will explore the challenges (and unglamorous side of owning your business), as well as the setbacks and true failures that he has faced along his journey.

But more importantly, he will explore why resilience is required to overcome those challenges and always keep moving forward. This particular keynote is aspirational but also allows the audience to see a path forward for themselves.

David & Goliath

One aspect of growth within a business that is not often talked about is what happens when the big guys not only start paying attention to you, but take it a step further and try to ruin your business. Small businesses are so often targeted by their competition and that can be really intimidating.

Justin is passionate about lifting the lid on this topic and sharing how he guided his company through this exact scenario. Instead of burying his head in the sand, he stood tall and faced big guys head on – and not to spoil the ending – but he won!