With a professional involvement in live music, events & entertainment plus a love of computers it seemed natural, in 1996, to think about creating an on-line resource for the entertainment industry. By 1997 (before Google) EntsWeb was up and running and although it has since been copied many times, there was nothing quite like it back then.Initially EntsWeb was more of a hobby than a business. I have to admit one of the reasons for starting it was to help my musical career and to find clients for the event management company I was involved with. I also wanted to help a few musician and entertainer friends find work.Before long I was being bombarded with a single question “How do I get listed on EntsWeb?” and within just a short period of time thousands of bands, musicians, entertainers, event hire companies, agents and more were listed on EntsWeb. It was now demanding my full time and attention and by 2009 EntsWeb became EntsWeb Ltd. Today EntsWeb offers a whole raft of free services designed to help those involved in music, entertainment and live events. The website is paid for from advertising revenue and in line with my passion, profits have been used to sponsor live music events, festivals, a floating theatre, rural village events and even a festival organiser’s conference.