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2009-09-11 Thread Suresh T
Hi, This is Suresh .T. I am currently studying Masters in IT at the University of Sydney. I am majoring in Business Information Systems. I am looking for an internship or a part time in coding or business analysis part of IT. It would be really good if someone could help me out with one. My mai

[SiliconBeach] Re: How to create a start-up visa within the current immigration rules?

2009-09-11 Thread Sriram Panyam
I agree with Elias. Does that mean someone who does not have experience in raising money but with other technical skills would not be an Entrepreneur? On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Elias Bizannes wrote: > > Why do you need to prove you've raised money to validate yourself as a > entrepreneur

[SiliconBeach] Re: How to create a start-up visa within the current immigration rules?

2009-09-11 Thread Elias Bizannes
Why do you need to prove you've raised money to validate yourself as a entrepreneur? Shouldn't jobs and sales within a certain period of time be the superior metric? As that is a true value recognition of an entrepreneurs contribution. Sent from my iPhone On 11/09/2009, at 4:27 PM, Niki S

[SiliconBeach] Re: Mobile phones + office phones + ISPs

2009-09-11 Thread Geoff McQueen - Hiive Systems
This is a great thread; I'll be doing some similar stuff with a bit more scale in the next month or so... thanks for taking the time to share your recipe. From: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com [mailto:silicon-beach-austra...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Nicholls Sent: Friday, 11

[SiliconBeach] Re: How to create a start-up visa within the current immigration rules?

2009-09-11 Thread Niki Scevak
Richard, well I believe Feld's suggestion was that the visa be in perpituity: So the startup will more than likely to fail but the US should let the person stay permanently with the view that they will more than likely start another company if that is the case. On the requirements, I think it wou

[SiliconBeach] Re: How to create a start-up visa within the current immigration rules?

2009-09-11 Thread Richard Buggy
Canada has an entrepreneur class in their business class for immigration. >From memory its requirements included items like minimum net wealth and a requirement to create a number of jobs within a certain time frame. I'm sure something similar could be applied here. To resolve the issue of status a

[SiliconBeach] Re: Mobile phones + office phones + ISPs

2009-09-11 Thread Mike Nicholls
Hi Guys Just thought I would give my experience in the last few weeks. I had to setup an office with two different businesses (that both had prior numbers). I spent a few days researching this, so though I would save the next guy some time I had previously had a number of Skype In numbers both