[SiliconBeach] seeking possible technical co-founder

2011-01-06 Thread traveltikes
Hi, seeking s/w programmer/elec eng. with experience in developing MMORPGs to take on a co-founder tech role in early stage start-up. Based in Sydney. Currently require development of a MMORPG minimum viable product for children to complement and validate a hardware play. Project currently

Re: [SiliconBeach] Looking for 2 co-founders.

2011-01-06 Thread Phil Sim
I have a pet hate for generalizations like this - especially when they end up having such a profound influence over important issues like financing and angel investment. I think every startup needs to be considered on its merits and must be based on what you or the other founders bring to the

[SiliconBeach] Re: seeking possible technical co-founder

2011-01-06 Thread Jason Held
Hi Leigh, If you guys are funded I've got a couple of experienced game dev friends who fit the bill. I'm happy to introduce, if the shoe fits. Cheers Jason On Jan 6, 4:06 pm, traveltikes leighangu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, seeking s/w programmer/elec eng. with experience in developing MMORPGs

Re: [SiliconBeach] Looking for 2 co-founders.

2011-01-06 Thread Elias Bizannes
I like that characterisation of designer, developer and distributor (though not exactly sure that that means). But as Phil says, it's really dependent on the idea and what's needed. In Silicon Valley, the matra is that you need two founders: one is too lonely an existence and VC's don't like to

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Startmate outs its shortlist

2011-01-06 Thread David Lyon
Lawrence, I think you make some good points... On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 4:42 PM, drllau drlawrence...@gmail.com wrote: Beauty Contests are not a problem so long as there's a common definition of beauty. This has always been the problem with bureacrats picking winners as most people are

[SiliconBeach] Re: Startmate outs its shortlist

2011-01-06 Thread Jeromy Evans
On Jan 7, 10:20 am, David Lyon david.lyon.preissh...@gmail.com wrote: Firstly, the US military have a fascination with computers. The Australian military do not. Technology in the Australian military is only developed at the last minute - at best. This is not an accurate statement. Defence's

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Startmate outs its shortlist

2011-01-06 Thread Clifford Heath
On 07/01/2011, at 12:02 PM, Jeromy Evans wrote: Firstly, the US military have a fascination with computers. The Australian military do not. Technology in the Australian military is only developed at the last minute - at best. This is not an accurate statement. I suspect that the difference is

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Startmate outs its shortlist

2011-01-06 Thread James Purser
Just a couple of corrections: SAMBA is NOT linux filesharing, it's a re-implementation of the Microsoft File Sharing Networking stack. SAMBA was named from the SMB protocol. It runs on a great number of Unix like platforms (including Linux, the various BSD's, Solaris and so on). Secondly it was

[SiliconBeach] Living in the sticks...web/video calling and conferencing tools

2011-01-06 Thread SoccerFit
Hi all, I had a quick search on SBA for tips/advice/discussion of video conferencing (and I suppose web conferencing) and even just video phone calls, and didn't see much about it. Which surprised me given the physical size of this brown land...one would imagine that people in regional areas

Re: [SiliconBeach] Living in the sticks...web/video calling and conferencing tools

2011-01-06 Thread Elias Bizannes
I've worked with people over the years on projects via mailing lists and skype chat/voice . Video-conferencing is over-kill for collaboration. Face to face is crucial for expanding a relationship, and video conferencing helps that...but it's not needed all the time. Elias Bizannes

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Startmate outs its shortlist

2011-01-06 Thread David Lyon
Hi Jeromy, Nice to have you in the discussion. On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Jeromy Evans jeromy.ev...@blueskyminds.com.au wrote: Australian military do not. Technology in the Australian military is only developed at the last minute - at best. Firstly, the US military have a

[SiliconBeach] Re: Startmate outs its shortlist

2011-01-06 Thread Geoff Langdale
Hmmn. I guess that's it for Startmate and its companies on this thread. In a strange alternate universe I had imagined that perhaps Dave and Andrew's nice summaries might be followed up with by couple more similar summaries of the other companies and maybe a few remarks from those involved in the

[SiliconBeach] Re: Living in the sticks...web/video calling and conferencing tools

2011-01-06 Thread Jeromy Evans
Hi Liam, We pay for a WebEx enterprise account primarily for sales and training webinars with clients in most Australian states. We'd use it a few times a week. We also use goto meeting from time to time. My experience with video conferencing is it offers little benefit and a lot of downside

Re: [SiliconBeach] Living in the sticks...web/video calling and conferencing tools

2011-01-06 Thread Ben Sand
I use Skype for a weekly three person meeting. (voice + text chat to share links etc.) We meet once a month in person for more social stuff. I'm planning on implementing BigBlueButton to deliver the tutoring component of my product. It has a lot of features that some of those bigger products do.

[SiliconBeach] Re: Looking for 2 co-founders.

2011-01-06 Thread Andrew Birt
Thanks Phil, Interesting comments, and good to gather another opinion on the topic. For me, what I found interesting about this answer to the question on Quora was Saul's deep domain expertise on web startups. Most notably he's the founder of SeedCamp http://seedcamp.com/ and has some fairly

[SiliconBeach] Fake investor scam

2011-01-06 Thread Malcolm Lambert
A few days ago I received an email from the CEO of a large company based in the Middle East saying he's interested in investing in my company. I did the usual 5-minute Google due diligence on his name and background and he seemed legitimate so I replied. The next email was a little unusual in that