Educating future entrepreneurs. Investing in big ideas.

You know how entrepreneurs struggle with everything, everywhere, all at once? Yep. So do I.

Given the fact that I am now old enough to remember the comet that killed the dinosaurs, I've made so many wild mistakes across so many industries and so many attempts to be an adult, that I figured that I had better be honest about it. Firstly, because someone, somewhere might have photos to prove what I did in the 90s. Secondly, because age comes with a certain level of "don't give a damn" that I am enjoying leveraging.

So what do I do?

1. Create a lot of content online because I enjoy it and I am an attention-seeking show pony.
2. Train organisations in digital skills, AI adoption and speaking confidence.
3. Train individuals in all those same things in-person and online.
4. Buy distressed retail and food/bev businesses, fix them and grow them.
5. Train small business owners Australia-wide on behalf of Meta AU/NZ.
6. Deliver digital advisory services for the ASBAS Digital Solutions program.
7. Deliver an innovation and entrepreneurship program for Darwin Innovation Hub.
8. Write long lists of things that I do.

You can book a one-hour call with me for $165 (AU).
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You can run screaming from this profile and tell people I'm an idiot.

I'm happy with any of those actions.

Dante St James

Speaker, Strategist and Tech & Digital Executive on a mission to drive DX and cyber security with data-driven intelligence

Multi-exit founder and AI product builder with over 18 years of experience across public sector, critical infrastructure, finance, transport, health, defense, and enterprise transformation. Before founding Apply Cyber and Connecting Dots, I built and exited two ventures in agritech and smart IoT hardware manufacturing, giving me a practical, market-led lens on scaling technology from concept to global use. 

Currently, I lead Apply Cyber, an AI-first, ERP-style Cyber Security and Compliance platform now expanding across APAC, EU, US and GCC. Alongside this, 

I continue to build full stack AI for government operations, retail intelligence, and third-party assurance, focused on simplifying complexity and turning high-friction processes into scalable digital systems. 

I’m passionate about working with early-stage and growth founders as an advisor, and if/when the vision aligns, hands-on co-founder. I bring depth in product strategy, GTM, enterprise scale, cybersecurity, AI, and multi-market expansion, and I enjoy helping founders move from idea to execution, and from product to adoption.

Sarawanan Nandhakumar

I might be controversial saying this. But someone has to.

Cyber certs and badges are useful snapshots.
The problem?  With evolving landscape, they expire the moment you print them.

What businesses actually need isn’t another badgex It’s continuous cyber health.

Why continuous beats certificates:
- Real-time visibility: Always-on monitoring across cloud, apps, and third parties etc. issues show up before they become incidents.
- Less noise, less cost: Fewer audits, fewer frantic evidence chases. Automated reporting keeps MSPs, businesses, execs, and regulators aligned.
- Scales with the business: Live posture, not point-in-time assurance, trust you can demonstrate anytime (even via a simple, scannable cyber QR).

Certifications don’t fail. But relying on them alone does. 

There you go. I’ve said it. 

Modern cyber programs move off the compliance treadmill and toward built-in, always-on assurance, especially for SMBs that don’t have time for paperwork theatre or another badge. 

That’s the shift we’re attempting to build a head with Apply Cyber 

#CyberHealth #ApplyCyber #ContinuousSecurity #CyberRisk #SMBSecurity

Founder | Apply Cyber (Vertical SaaS for Cyber Security & Compliance) | 2x Successful Exits | Building Full Stack AI Products to Solve Real-World Challenges at Scale.

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