Tim Duggan

Tim Duggan is an optimist who loves thinking about big ideas. He has co-founded several digital media ventures, most notably Junkee Media, one of the leading publishers for Australians.

His first book, Cult Status: How To Build A Business People Adore, was awarded the Best
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Book at the 2021 Australian Business Book Awards, and his second book on creativity, ‘Killer Thinking: How To Turn Good Ideas Into Brilliant Ones’, was named one of the Best Books of 2022 by Apple Books.

Tim is the Chair of the Digital Publishers Alliance, an industry body that represents over one hundred and fifty titles from leading independent digital publishers. He began his career as a music journalist for Rolling Stone, and lives wit

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