Homeless in Melbourne at 17. Started StudioHawk that same year. Ten years on, it's Australia's largest dedicated SEO and AI Search agency, and 100% of my speaking fees go to the kids still out there.
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Deep-dive talks on SEO strategy, AI Search innovation, and building the world's best dedicated SEO and AI Search agency from the ground up.
Paid keynote, 100% donated to the Lighthouse Foundation
Stories of resilience, hardship, and perseverance, from homelessness at 17 to building a global agency.
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Harry Sanders founded StudioHawk, Australia's largest dedicated SEO and AI Search agency, and Hawk Academy, teaching thousands of students each year about SEO and AI Search. He is an ambassador for the Lighthouse Foundation.
No home and no safety net. The lowest point became the starting line.
Started StudioHawk at 17, while still homeless. Search wasn't a career plan, it was the way out.
More than 120 staff, with teams in Sydney, London and Atlanta. Australia's largest dedicated SEO and AI Search agency.
Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia. B&T Entrepreneur of the Year. 40+ industry awards along the way.
Ambassador for the Lighthouse Foundation, with 100% of speaking fees donated to ending youth homelessness. Search gave me a home. Now it's my turn to give one back.
Short, no-fluff breakdowns of SEO and AI Search, posted weekly to 17K followers.
Essays on SEO, AI Search, and building StudioHawk.
Your rankings can look fine while your visibility inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews quietly dies. What's actually changed, and what to do about it.
AI made 7 out of 10 the new average. A service powered by software you built yourself, and why the real moat is your data and the people trained on it.
It started with my dad's business getting scammed by an SEO agency. I was 13. That moment of anger became a company. Here's the real story.
directed to the Lighthouse Foundation, and counting
Harry donates 100% of his business speaking fees (the Founder's Story keynote) to the Lighthouse Foundation for Youth Homelessness. Every engagement directly supports young people in need. SEO and AI Search talks are free. Organisations that book Harry receive public recognition for their contribution to ending youth homelessness.
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