[SiliconBeach] Re: CreditorWatch is now Live

2010-10-28 Thread rc
My opinion on this CreditorWatch is that it should really be handled by Government, in this case either ASIC or consumer affairs, where the consumers are businesses in the B2B case. There are many political issues with private credit black lists; for example in housing rentals the private list has

[SiliconBeach] Re: Need a second opinion on our Financial Projections

2010-10-28 Thread rc
we use MPRGroup, totally recommend them. Startup through to exit focus http://www.mpr-group.com/ On Oct 28, 1:08 pm, Aulay wrote: > We have been busy getting our startup (JustRosters.com.au) ready to > pitch to potential investors. Part of that process has been creating a > financial projections

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Legal doc kit for startups

2010-10-28 Thread Sean Marshall
Wow. This will be great. Just what we need to help out student entrepreneurs coming out of uni! On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Jeromy Evans < jeromy.ev...@blueskyminds.com.au> wrote: > On Oct 29, 12:31 pm, Kev wrote: > > Maybe as a corollary to this we can put together a FAQ related to > > st

[SiliconBeach] Re: NSW government @ it's best

2010-10-28 Thread Paul Wallbank
While we can argue about the economic rights and wrongs of a solar energy subsidy forever, probably the most important lesson from this dumb stunt by the NSW government the real lesson for startups, entrepreneurs and business owners is not to base your success upon a market relying on government gr

Re: [SiliconBeach] Ruby on Rails Person Wanted - Junior - Mid

2010-10-28 Thread Pat Allan
Hi Kev In case you/they've not done this already, it's worth posting this to the Ruby Oceania list. http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania Make sure you take note of the job posting guidelines first, though: http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania/browse_thread/thread/6a45f0c657b40772

[SiliconBeach] Re: Legal doc kit for startups

2010-10-28 Thread Jeromy Evans
On Oct 29, 12:31 pm, Kev wrote: > Maybe as a corollary to this we can put together a FAQ related to > starting your own biz? And everyone can contribute questions and > answers. "This is an OPEN wiki… just edit away… no sign-up required…" http://www.startup-australia.org/ ^ A lot of people here

[SiliconBeach] Re: Legal doc kit for startups

2010-10-28 Thread Marko
Niki, that's awesome news!!! I wasn't aware of this and I'm really glad you recognised the need. Is there any way we as the startup community can help out in the process? When do you expect to have the first batch of docs ready? Cheers, Marko On Oct 29, 7:46 am, Niki Scevak wrote: > Hey Marko

[SiliconBeach] Re: Legal doc kit for startups

2010-10-28 Thread Kev
Maybe as a corollary to this we can put together a FAQ related to starting your own biz? And everyone can contribute questions and answers. Eg: What clauses should I be aware of in a commercial lease? What is a good way to approaching hiring someone for a start-up? I am sure members of this list

[SiliconBeach] Ruby on Rails Person Wanted - Junior - Mid

2010-10-28 Thread Kev
Hi folks A VERY smart developer we have worked with in the past leads up an entrepreneurial team at IBM - he is looking to have someone join their team: - Junior-mid level network application focussed Ruby on Rails developer/network admin Contact him direct if you are interested or want to know

[SiliconBeach] Re: Legal doc kit for startups

2010-10-28 Thread Niki Scevak
Hey Marko, we're planning on doing this very thing via Startmate. DLA Phillips Fox are putting together the suite of documents as we speak and as well as using them for the initial investment in Startmate companies, we'll also be open-sourcing them to all who are interested in the Australian start

[SiliconBeach] Re: NSW government @ it's best

2010-10-28 Thread rgh....@gmail.com
On Oct 28, 9:40 pm, Suhit Anantula wrote: > The issue is whether this is the best subsidy to support alternative energy. > Not sure if it is? Solar energy is the key for the future but not on homes of > people. That looks like a very inefficient way of doing things. But you are incorrect, it

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: NSW government @ it's best

2010-10-28 Thread Matt Moore
Alan, "It's the home insulation scheme all over again" I'd be careful about that metaphor. The problems with the home insulation scheme were as much due to the shonkiness and opportunism of the companies after the money as lax oversight on the part of government. Despite the claims of some, Pe

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: NSW government @ it's best

2010-10-28 Thread Aegist
I definitely agree that the sudden huge reduction that they have made is a terrible move. Phasing it down to 20 over a period of time makes much more sense and would be much less destructive to the businesses involved. However, that being said, in the last two months I have spoken to three differe

[SiliconBeach] Re: NSW government @ it's best

2010-10-28 Thread alan jones
No, that's not the issue Suhit. That's an important and related issue on a broader scale but has no bearing on the immediate economic, social and political effects of slashing an industry support scheme by two thirds overnight with no prior warning. Our state government is very ready to support al

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: NSW government @ it's best

2010-10-28 Thread Suhit Anantula
The issue is whether this is the best subsidy to support alternative energy. Not sure if it is? Solar energy is the key for the future but not on homes of people. That looks like a very inefficient way of doing things. On 28/10/2010, at 2:02 PM, alan jones wrote: > I'm still so angry about thi