[SiliconBeach] Re: ABC Radio September 17: Taking an idea to the US

2009-09-15 Thread James Purser
On Tue, 2009-09-15 at 16:21 -0700, Paul Wallbank wrote: > On my monthly technology radio spot with Tony Delroy this Thursday > night, I'll be talking with Lars Rasmussen about the story of Google > Maps and Google Wave. Nice, what part of wave are you going to be looking at? -- James Purser Col

[SiliconBeach] Re: Is there regular meetups?

2009-09-15 Thread Dylan Jay
On 16/09/2009, at 2:03 AM, Elias Bizannes wrote: > Melbourne fizzled out because of inconsistency. Fortnightly was an > experiment and it proved it doesn;t work. For the Sydney SB drinks it helps that the bar is on the same block as us and several other companies such as Anchor and it h

[SiliconBeach] ABC Radio September 17: Taking an idea to the US

2009-09-15 Thread Paul Wallbank
On my monthly technology radio spot with Tony Delroy this Thursday night, I'll be talking with Lars Rasmussen about the story of Google Maps and Google Wave. We'll also be looking at the challenges for entrepreneurs taking their ideas to Silicon Valley. The show is live and lines are open to lis

[SiliconBeach] Re: Is there regular meetups?

2009-09-15 Thread Jonathan Williams
Thanks Pat - The Melb Jelly slipped my mind. I'll be there this Friday. Pieter's away at the moment, but some of us have talked to him about reviving it - There are some others that I think would be keen (the RMIT crowd, Adioso, Rentoid, etc). If anyone else is interested, drop me a line. Cheer

[SiliconBeach] Re: Is there regular meetups?

2009-09-15 Thread Elias Bizannes
Melbourne fizzled out because of inconsistency. Fortnightly was an experiment and it proved it doesn;t work. All it takes is three people, committing to attending every week for the first 3-6 months - and you watch what will happen. People aren't going to the Melbourne drinks because they are wait

[SiliconBeach] Re: Everyone talks about solutions in our industry to fix the "start" of a business - what about the exit?

2009-09-15 Thread Elias Bizannes
> Most companies that are built to flip or who are led by people with a > desire for the large payouts associated with selling the company tend > to place more emphasis on building value for shareholders & potential > buyers, rather than on building value for their customers. Either that > or they

[SiliconBeach] Re: Everyone talks about solutions in our industry to fix the "start" of a business - what about the exit?

2009-09-15 Thread Nathan de Vries
Hi Pat, That a vocal chunk of Mint users publicly declared they were deleting their accounts after hearing of the sale sums it up for me. I struggle to see how it's possible to "fundamentally disagree with capitalism's obsession over growth", and then praise the "value" created by Mint fl

[SiliconBeach] Re: Everyone talks about solutions in our industry to fix the "start" of a business - what about the exit?

2009-09-15 Thread Pat Allan
IANA Business person, but just a couple of thoughts... * Part of me really bristles at the idea of building a business to sell it. It feels wasteful, and on some level makes it look like you weren't really serious about the idea. Don't get me wrong, sometimes selling is a good idea, but as

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

2009-09-15 Thread hoops
When we start talking about visa's etc it opens up a huge bag of worms. Are we after just coders ? or Entrepreneurs (E's for short)? I think we are after Entrepreneurs( are we or is it just coders?). So if we are trying to attract E's then lets look at why would they come ? Do we have a situa

[SiliconBeach] Re: Is there regular meetups?

2009-09-15 Thread Pat Allan
There's also Jelly co-working: http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInMelbourne and Social Media Breakfasts (original blog post, but still going strong every Friday morning): http://thezeitgeists.blogspot.com/2009/01/inaugural-melbourne-social-media-friday.html -- Pat On 15/09/2009, at 5:21 AM,

[SiliconBeach] Re: Product Name for iphone app

2009-09-15 Thread Tony Liu
Thanks guys, thanks very much for your detail answers, I’ll try your advices soon. On 9/15/09, 1_Place wrote: > > > Tony > > Just be careful that, before you finalise the name that you wish to > use, that you are clear to use it! > > You do not want to spend a lot of money marketing the new name