Martin Chimes is a veteran Australian businessman responsible for numerous business start-ups over the course of thirty years. Among his many achievements are building the largest stationery supply chain in the southern hemisphere and being recognised with the 2006 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.A driven high achiever, Martin’s current passions are writing and fitness training and he is an accomplished triathlete. Martin has been a popular speaker, drawing upon his considerable communication skills to promote his businesses. Martin approaches his writing with the same seriousness and dedication that he does everything else. He began writing Into the Lion’s Den in 2008 and has been exhaustively researched, rewritten and workshopped to reach its current state.Martin lives in Sydney, Australia, with his best friend and wife Sara and a cast of children, dogs and relatives.