So attend drinks that we organise in the community, be useful on this
mailing list, help out other people. Don't be judgmental of the people you
meet in the industry - I've met some amazing people with crazy experience
once I got to know them that others have dismissed before.
I've exploded with m
I too am in the market for a business mentor. I've got a near
complete product (project management for agile software development)
and I'd love some mentoring on how to navigate an early stage
business.
Mark
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Mark Mansour
m...@stateofflux.com
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Michael Specht
You're right about the language barrier, when I commenced working for DHC
very few in my team had a good level, all documentation was in Chinese which
is tough to deal with for any US/European corporations. Much of their core
business was in dealing with Japanese partners across the water. The one
I remember there was a site set up back in Ireland a few weeks ago just for
this topic, putting business mentors in touch with people who are searching
for guidance. Wouldn't be such a bad idea to have such a registry here too
I suppose.
Jonathan
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Pieter Peach w
Thanks Kevin,
The potential conflict of interest is a good point. On the other hand,
I suppose a synergy might develop. You're right though, it probably
makes sense to have as independent a relationship as possible.
P
On 15/04/2009, at 13:46, Kevin Littlejohn
wrote:
> I had reasonabl
I had reasonable success with the "Mentre" program -
http://www.mentre.com.au/ - their workshops were a little heavy on the
"pitch your company for sale" side for my liking at the time (although time
can change that ;), but their business mentors were excellent - not
necessarily in your field, but
Hi Richard
CleanTech sounds great. I'll be at the launch.
Have you seen the Smart2020 report "Enabling the low carbon economy in
the information age" by the Climate Group? Well worth a read -
http://www.smart2020.org/
As for governments giving away money for software developmentmy
experienc
plus one for me, also in the market for a business mentor also in melbourne.
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Pieter wrote:
>
> Hi Beachers,
>
> This may have been covered in previous posts, but I couldn't find
> anything obvious.
> I've recently been convinced of the value of a business mentor
Hi Beachers,
This may have been covered in previous posts, but I couldn't find
anything obvious.
I've recently been convinced of the value of a business mentor and am
looking for resources/tips on how to find one.
I'd be interested in finding one in the web space in Melbourne, but
would be useful
You forgot the fact that programming is fun especially when you sell something.
Dale
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:58:00 +1000
Subject: [SiliconBeach] Why is programming fun?
From: nick...@gmail.com
To: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com
Why is programming fun? What delights may its p
Hi guys,
If you have a couch / spare room spare anywhere in Australia and are
interested in hosting the occasional fellow entrepreneur then please
register your couch here
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pZAulpWx8gsanYd-B7hbtWw
Registering means that a homeless silicon beacher is able t
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Nick HaC wrote:
> You weary sad indiviguals. Do you forget the joy that programming once
> brought you! :)
>
> Sounds like you all need new jobs and new greenfield projects!
Um.
> "Working on nasty little problems makes you stupid. Good hackers avoid it
> for t
You weary sad indiviguals. Do you forget the joy that programming once
brought you! :)
Sounds like you all need new jobs and new greenfield projects!
"Working on nasty little problems makes you stupid. Good hackers avoid it
for the same reason models avoid cheeseburgers." - Paul Graham
Paul Grah
I agree with the others sentiments.
It is fun when you are being creative and 'building' something, but
when you have to trowel through hundreds of thousands of lines of code
on a low level function to find a bug, um... not fun for me :-)
RJ
On Apr 14, 11:47 pm, Scott Yang wrote:
> True.
>
True.
Programming is fun... Until it becomes "work" and you are called to tidy up
someone else's "fun" which looks more like spaghetti to you.
--Scott
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