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Back from the States this week, I was lucky enough to attend the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards last night. I also had the honour of being chosen as a winner in the Southern Region section – with the national finals being next step.

The night was an absolute blast. I had a great time rubbing shoulders and sharing ideas with some of Australia’s leading business people who have carved out a place in their respective markets in new and exciting ways. Included in the list was a fellow tech-head and online business success story Greg Roebuck (founder of CarSales.com.au) who I had a good chat with.

The event was hosted by Peter Thompson (ABC Talking Heads) who led a discussion on all things innovation, small business and entrepreneurship. This got me thinking...

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Award site is a great gauge on a range of issues and factors around innovation and entrepreneurial success. There are numerous links to discussions and interviews with some of the leaders of the global version on the award – the crème de la crème of global business leaders. I have taken great interest in their views; some of which include talks on Opportunities in a Recession and Regulation vs. innovation.

As always, I am very interested in hear from you about what you think of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year winners (Southern Region), the factors involved in developing business in Australia and the views of the previous round of international winners.

I’d also like to recommend any budding entrepreneurs out there to take a look at the Ernst & Young site and share their thoughts with us on how Australians can become even more innovative in business.