Simon has been the editor of Startup Daily since 2019 and also hosts the Startup Daily show, 2:00 - 2:30 pm Mon-Thu, on the business streaming service ausbiz.com.au. He was previously associate editor of Business Insider Australia, was a national restaurant critic, editor of The Good Food Guide, and a newspaper proprietor during a 30-year career in journalism and publishing. He's also an investor in early-stage startups and chaired industry lobby group Australian Business Ltd's (now the NSW Business Chamber) environment committee during the Kyoto agreement era.