[SiliconBeach] Re: question about startup funding in Australia

2009-02-13 Thread Alex North
I'm in. I'm definitely in favour of funding >1 startup though. It may be difficult to get 50 people to agree to pledge money against the same single startup. A. On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Cam MacRae wrote: > > Agree: better to create a pledge fund (for want of a better term) and > invest

[SiliconBeach] Re: How to confirm there is real needs (market) for your product?

2009-02-13 Thread Daniel Purchas
Hey Hendro, When we launched our site last year focussing on graduates, we used google adwords to research how many grads were out there looking for work online. Maybe you could run some adwords campaigns to see if people are out searching for solutions that your product offers and draw them thro

[SiliconBeach] Parallels between Australia and India startup ecosystem

2009-02-13 Thread Wayne Meissner
Its interesting reading the comments over at http://www.sramanamitra.com/2009/02/03/entrepreneurship-in-india-2/ about what is lacking in the startup ecosystem in India. Quite a few things that people have suggested mirror what people on this list have brought up. It seems we're not alone in en

[SiliconBeach] Re: How to confirm there is real needs (market) for your product?

2009-02-13 Thread Rex Chung
I'm kind of going through the same thing - "How to monetize, or what's the best way?" Here's what I have decided to do with my 'marketing' team: 1. Collect a list of features (current and potential) 2. Compare with competitors (why others will choose you?) 3. List of client profiles (in your cas

[SiliconBeach] How to confirm there is real needs (market) for your product?

2009-02-13 Thread Hendro Wijaya
Hi All, About a month ago, we decided to start our own startups and one of the first idea we are working on is personal finance (well, since this is the problem that bother both of us personally and can't find anything to solve it). Now, after about a month, there is one big unanswered question t