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DCU Computing Graduate named as Young European Entrepreneur of the Year
- StatCounter founder is BusinessWeek Top Under 25 European Entrepreneur
DCU graduate, Aodhan Cullen, founder of Irish headquartered StatCounter, has been named as the Businessweek Young European Entrepreneur of the Year. StatCounter, which provides free web site traffic statistics, has 1.4m members 40% of which are located in the US. 24 year old Aodhan started the business when he was 16 and went on to develop it as his final year project while completing his degree in Computer Applications in Dublin City University. Aodhan adds: “DCU’s Computer Applications course gave me a great grounding in computers that allowed me to develop StatCounter to its full potential.”
StatCounter provides a free service which allows members monitor the number of hits to their website; the geographical location of visitors; the various pages a visitor views; keywords used to find the site plus other features.
Businessweek.com reports that the global web analytics market is growing rapidly following the aftermath of the dotcom boom. It quotes Bill Gassman, a research director specialising in web analytics at tech consultancy, Gartner who says that the market is ‘exploding again’. The $400m market is expected to more than double in size by next year.
“I would like to thank Businessweek and those who selected me,” commented Aodhan Cullen. “This is not really an award for me but recognises our members who have helped us to build one of the most popular web analytical services and web sites in the world.”