AFR Fast Starters
Kings of Neon ranked 20th on the Australian Financial Review’s Fast Starters list. My speaker profile dates the recognition to 2022.
View the AFR certificate (PDF)Steve Pastor · Kings of Neon
Awards and recognition
Recognition from my years building Kings of Neon, along with the certificates, speaking milestones and articles behind that work.
Business and industry recognition
Smart50
Kings of Neon ranked second in the 2023 Smart50.
View the Smart50 certificate (PDF)Sydney Young Entrepreneur
I was a finalist in 2022.
Read the Kings of Neon storySpeaking and panels
My speaking work includes eTail panels and the Retail Fulfilment Summit in Melbourne in February 2024.
See the original recognition pageFounder insights
Articles from my work in sales, ecommerce and business growth.
- A Founder-Led Sales Process Your Team Can Repeat
- How to Run a Useful Weekly Sales Pipeline Review
- Before You Hire Your First Salesperson
- How Central Coast Businesses Are Using AI in 2026
- Scaling a Business on the Central Coast: What I Learned Building an 8-Figure Company
- How to Find a Business Coach in Newcastle or Central Coast
- Scaling From $1M to $10M: The 5 Bottlenecks That Kill Growth
- The 3 Founder Bottlenecks Killing Your Business
- AI for Small Business: What Actually Works in 2026
- Building Remote Teams Across 5 Countries: What I Learned
- Taking Your Ecommerce Brand Global: The Playbook
- Expanding an Australian Business to the US (Without the Pain)
- Expanding an Australian Business to the UK 2026 Guide
- Ready to Go Global? A Founder's Readiness Checklist
- Building a Remote Team in the Philippines Lessons from Kings of Neon
- Scaling Ecommerce to 8 Figures: Lessons from $0 to $10M
- Making the Shopify to Enterprise Ecommerce Transition
- DTC to B2B: How We Built an 8-Figure B2B Arm at Kings of Neon
- Ecommerce Unit Economics That Actually Matter
- When to Hire In-House vs Use an Agency: Ecommerce Edition
More links from Steve’s recognition page and blog
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- Dezigner.ai
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- The Uncommon Fortune
- Keynote Speaker & Business Speaker Australia
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- Take Your Business Global (The Way That Actually Works)
- Is This the Right Conversation?
- One Hour. One Problem. One Clear Path Forward.
- Keynote Speaker Sydney
- Keynote Speaker Australia
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- AI Consultant Sydney
- Shopify Expert Sydney
- Business Coach Newcastle - For Founders Ready to Scale
- Business Coach Sydney - For Founders Ready to Scale
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- Business Coach Central Coast & Newcastle NSW
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