Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Enjoy Aaron patzer (!)

2011-01-23 Thread pcollins
Tickets were pretty hard to get and it was oversold. But yes it was a fun event, especially the after parties. A number of the Aussie Mafia were there including Joe Ward from uCirrus, Jason Seed of CVSDude and now iActionHR. In fact Jason is currently going through the Founders Institute course. I

Re: [SiliconBeach] Lawyer Recommendations; Event Invite; New Product Launch

2011-01-23 Thread pcollins
James McDonald from Norton Gledhill is very experienced at startups, funding and commercials. On 23 January 2011 16:50, Leigh Angus wrote: > Phil Mendez from Innovation Law. We use him at UniQuest for all matters, > start-ups and licensing. Can't fault his knowledge and experience with > technol

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Is SB a forum for product improvement or just business stuff?

2011-01-23 Thread Jonathan Clarke
I just notice that rapportive added raplets, incorporating CrunchBase info, MailChimp info, etc into the conversation. Cool stuff. Allows any developer to hook into a custom database provide the email and return all sorts of data to your inbox. Wonder if it is in their plans to hook into differen

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Is SB a forum for product improvement or just business stuff?

2011-01-23 Thread Dylan Jay
On 24/01/2011, at 1:48 PM, Jonathan Clarke wrote: @Dylan, Install Rapportive: http://rapportive.com/, hover over an email in Gmail and you can then see their twitter account, linkedin + much more. nice. but I use mac mail not gmail :( It definitely improves the conversation for me any

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Is SB a forum for product improvement or just business stuff?

2011-01-23 Thread Jonathan Clarke
@Dylan, Install Rapportive: http://rapportive.com/, hover over an email in Gmail and you can then see their twitter account, linkedin + much more. It definitely improves the conversation for me anyhow, Jonathan On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Dylan Jay wrote: > On 21/01/2011, at 10:06 AM, El

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Is SB a forum for product improvement or just business stuff?

2011-01-23 Thread Dylan Jay
On 21/01/2011, at 10:06 AM, Elias Bizannes wrote: I created the Silicon Beach mailing list is to help connect the community. By understanding who exists, and to help build rapport. So whatever helps with that I think is valid. But yes I agree, it should be more about ideas (how to we fix th

Re: [SiliconBeach] In Norway, Start-ups Say Ja to Socialism - Small country. Big taxes. And no cheating: tax returns are a matter of public record. Yet Norway has one of the highest rates of start-up

2011-01-23 Thread Chris Were
Hi David, Haha, thanks for the clarification :) Cheers, Chris On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:47 AM, David Lyon < david.lyon.preissh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Chris, > > Well it shows you don't know much about Norwegian Entrepreneurship which > is deeply based in Viking culture. > > Much of that cultur

[SiliconBeach] Website & marketing message feedback

2011-01-23 Thread Geoff McQueen - Hiive Systems
Hi everyone, Have a small favour to ask. We're getting ready to launch our AffinityLive product in a month or so and we're madly working on our website design and content. The product itself is targeted at the owners or managers of professional services businesses

Re: [SiliconBeach] Lawyer Recommendations; Event Invite; New Product Launch

2011-01-23 Thread Leigh Angus
Phil Mendez from Innovation Law. We use him at UniQuest for all matters, start-ups and licensing. Can't fault his knowledge and experience with technology companies. Sent from my iPhone On 24/01/2011, at 10:23 AM, Kev wrote: > Hey Folks > > 1) Was wondering if anyone could recommend a lawyer

Re: [SiliconBeach] In Norway, Start-ups Say Ja to Socialism - Small country. Big taxes. And no cheating: tax returns are a matter of public record. Yet Norway has one of the highest rates of start-up

2011-01-23 Thread David Lyon
Chris, Well it shows you don't know much about Norwegian Entrepreneurship which is deeply based in Viking culture. Much of that culture was absorbed by England and then used to build the shipping empire. The English took up the notion of using boats to then build a colonial empire that spanned th

Re: [SiliconBeach] In Norway, Start-ups Say Ja to Socialism - Small country. Big taxes. And no cheating: tax returns are a matter of public record. Yet Norway has one of the highest rates of start-up

2011-01-23 Thread Chris Were
Hi David, My apologies. I thought this list was for rational, critical thinking. Cheers, Chris On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:11 AM, David Lyon < david.lyon.preissh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Chris... > > Yeah - vikings - so what... > > Proven track record of looting, pillaging and raping going ba

Re: [SiliconBeach] In Norway, Start-ups Say Ja to Socialism - Small country. Big taxes. And no cheating: tax returns are a matter of public record. Yet Norway has one of the highest rates of start-up

2011-01-23 Thread David Lyon
Hi Chris... Yeah - vikings - so what... Proven track record of looting, pillaging and raping going back over a millenia... role models lol On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Chris Were wrote: > There is some interesting points made in this article contrasting the > thoughts of entrepreneur

[SiliconBeach] Lawyer Recommendations; Event Invite; New Product Launch

2011-01-23 Thread Kev
Hey Folks 1) Was wondering if anyone could recommend a lawyer (commercial) that has good experience on the start-up/tech side of things? Please email me on soc...@melon.com.au . 2) Some of you asked to be notified when our Social Media & The Enterprise talk that is happening, it is tomorrow morni

[SiliconBeach] In Norway, Start-ups Say Ja to Socialism - Small country. Big taxes. And no cheating: tax returns are a matter of public record. Yet Norway has one of the highest rates of start-up acti

2011-01-23 Thread Chris Were
There is some interesting points made in this article contrasting the thoughts of entrepreneurs in the US and Norway on taxation and the role of govt. http://www.inc.com/magazine/20110201/in-norway-start-ups-say-ja-to-socialism.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [SiliconBeach] Not cut out to be entrepreneurs ...

2011-01-23 Thread David Lyon
Hi Lawrence, Australia got computers right at the start of computers as I understand it. India certainly did not. Firstly, I'm not into India bashing (except in cricket). Many don't know that 10,000 Indian soldiers lost their lives at Gallipoli matching the 10,000 that Australia lost. Back to t

[SiliconBeach] Re: Enjoy Aaron patzer (!)

2011-01-23 Thread alan jones
I was at the Crunchies too, with a ticket from one-time Aussie and CEO of Swype Mike McSherry (they were nominated for best Input tech). Other Aussies I caught up with were Cathy Edwards and Ben Keighran from Chomp (nominated for best mobile app). The 500 seat venue was packed to the rafters, ther

[SiliconBeach] Re: Who would you want? One Day Web Entrepreneur Event

2011-01-23 Thread Matthew Ho
My wishlist would be - Reid Hoffman - Robert Scoble - Fred Wilson >From Europe: - Janus and Niklaus from Skype - Loic Lemeur (Seesmic) - Daniel Ek (Spotify) >From Asia I would see people from - Alibaba.com - Taobao.com On Jan 19, 10:54 pm, "Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)" wrote: > More great