[SiliconBeach] Re: Project management tools - what do you use..?

2009-07-24 Thread Matthieu Stone
Hi there, Many thanks for the thoughts. I'll get stuck into them over the weekend. rgds, - matt. 2009/7/24 Sherif sherifgmans...@gmail.com JIRA with Jira Dashboards --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon

[SiliconBeach] Re: Financing your startup with personal income.

2009-07-24 Thread hoops
Peter, First work out a budget ? ie. how much are you going to spend of your income that year ? Are you paying just yourself or other staff ? etc. Also, this is a great time to look at how your personal finances are concerned ? will you be having other income (ie. still working) during this

[SiliconBeach] Re: Financing your startup with personal income.

2009-07-24 Thread Chris Hitchen
Just beware that a young company with debt can also be a big turn-off for investors if that's your aim ('cause they don't want their money paying off your loan). IMO you're better off putting the money in as equity and then using it to trade as silky recommended... nice and clean. On Jul 24,

[SiliconBeach] Financing your startup with personal income.

2009-07-24 Thread Max Kraynov
Pieter: I've done this with 3 startups I founded in the last 10 years, and it worked out great. As the other commenters have correctly pointed out, it can't be just a selfless giving: there must be a budget and thus a limit. Regarding investors: in fact, it's very common to fund startups being

[SiliconBeach] RE: small business banking: recommendations?

2009-07-24 Thread Geoff McQueen - Hiive Systems
Mark, I've been really impressed with Bankwest. We moved to them after being continually screwed by CBA on fees, etc. Of course, CBA bought Bankwest in the washup from the GFC, but from what I can tell they're being left to themselves for the time being. Geoff PS - what state are you in?