Valerie Khoo

Valerie Khoo is a Sydney-based freelance journalist who founded the Sydney Writer's Centre in 2005, a business which runs short commercial writing courses for the public. Khoo trained as an accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers before studying a Graduate Diploma in Communication (journalism, public relations) and joining a national public relations firm. She has also worked for various publishing companies including ACP Magazines, EMAP and Pacific Magazines. Khoo runs a weekly business blog called Enterprise which is published on the websites of the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Brisbane Times. In 2008, her Sydney Writers’ Centre blog was included in Smart Company’s list of Top 15 Best Business Blogs.

Valerie's awards include:

• 2004 Family Circle Women Who Dare Awards
• 2005 Australian Humanitarian Award (Business category)
• 2005 Australia Post Small Business Awards Special Judges Commendation
• 2006 Anthill 10 Coolest Companies in Australia.
• 2008 Finalist Small Business Champion Awards (NSW)
• 2009 Australian Finalist in the Dell Small Business Excellence Awards
• 2010 Winner NSW Telstra Business Awards Micro-Business Category