Darren founded email marketing specialist Pure - which began life as a party portal - in 2001, when he realised that the online email and SMS technology element was scalable and would become an essential business tool for brands. Fast forward six years and Pure is now the eleventh fastest growing new media company in the UK, according to investment bank GP Bullhound’s Media Momentum Top 50 2007, and named Best Small Business at the Sussex Business Awards 2006/07.
And in November of this year Darren himself was awarded Entrepeneur of the Year at the Sussex Business Awards for 2007/08.
Opportunities are rarely missed with Darren and his favourite pastime is doing the seemingly impossible - taking on huge corporate competitors and winning customers in direct pitches.
Darren previously worked in advertising as e-Commerce Director for Bates Australia. He was also a shareholder in online start-up Frontier, the internet services company, which was later sold to internet service provider Mistral.
Although Darren was born in Oxford, his family then moved to Sussex, where he grew up in Littlehampton with his two sisters. Darren now lives in Brighton.
A champion of Brighton and the homegrown digital businesses the city is famous for, Darren actively supports as many as he can in his quest to help Brighton become the new media capital of the UK.
Click here if you'd like to find out more about Darren and discover how Pure was started.
Pure is a member of the Direct Marketing Association. As a member of the DMA we abide by the Direct Marketing Code of Practice.
Purepromoter Ltd (trading as Pure). Registered Address: 19 New Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1UF. Company Reg No:4266410
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Darren founded email marketing specialist 
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