[SiliconBeach] Billing Solutions

2011-02-20 Thread Serdar Sahin
Hi, I need on-demand billing and subscription solution, like http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/ Is there any company that operates in Australia, provides data portability and bank level security? Thanks, Serdar Sahin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[SiliconBeach] Provisional Patents - worth the bother ?

2011-02-20 Thread hoops
Would like info from those that have been there. It has been suggested we look at applying for provisional patents. Putting aside personal beliefs I may have about software patents etc. This may be necessary from a business perspective. So far have been bootstrapped to version 1.0. We are

[SiliconBeach] Re: bessemer venture partners, anti portfolio

2011-02-20 Thread Kelly Reeve
Thanks for that Kev, I love those. Hindsight is 20/20 as they say... A nice reminder that we all screw up. Kelly @kellysreeve On Feb 20, 10:10 am, Kev soc...@melon.com.au wrote: hey all, thought you may find this interested, one of the big vc firms lists opportunities they missed with

[SiliconBeach] Stock options common in offer packages

2011-02-20 Thread Curious
I am considering a new job offer, and found out that they aren't providing stock options as part of the offer package. They sited a new Australian tax law that makes it a huge tax event to pocket them. Every job offer in the US includes stock, so I'm surprised it's not here. Should I be expecting

Re: [SiliconBeach] Stock options common in offer packages

2011-02-20 Thread Serdar Sahin
Hi, This is mostly a US culture and slowly adapted into the other cultures. It is also not as common in Europe as they are in the US, though there are thousands of companies. If a startup doesn't offer stock options, I don't consider it a startup. This is just my point of view. It loses its

[SiliconBeach] Re: SB Basketball Sydney

2011-02-20 Thread Z
Is this on? I am interested. Cheers dekrazee1 wrote: Hey y'all, It's been a while. So long that I forgot we used to have these... oops Just wanted to get a show of hands as to who is interested in playing basketball (Sydney based) and if you are, which days would be best for you. FYI,

[SiliconBeach] Re: Stock options common in offer packages

2011-02-20 Thread Geoff Langdale
Is there any recent news on the incredible mess that the Australian government made of ESOP-type programs? Last thing I saw was from about 8 months ago in a post by David Jones, indicating that this is 'still in the too-hard basket'. If there are government types who care about this they are

[SiliconBeach] Re: Provisional Patents - worth the bother ?

2011-02-20 Thread Malcolm Lambert
1. Apparently only 2 or 3% of inventions ever make any money for the inventor (especially if you factor in a $ value to the time the inventor has put in). 2. Investors like IP protected and patents are one of the strongest types of protection. 3. If you patent just in Australia then the workings

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: SB Basketball Sydney

2011-02-20 Thread Rai
Nope. I got something like 2 responses in all and basketball works best when we have enough for 2 teams :P Rai On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Z blogger...@gmail.com wrote: Is this on? I am interested. Cheers dekrazee1 wrote: Hey y'all, It's been a while. So long that I forgot

[SiliconBeach] Re: Australian Startup Show

2011-02-20 Thread Owen Kelly
Just thought I'd update you all to let you know I'm going to be using a space at Hub Melbourne to film the local interviews. So they're about a month away from hitting the tubes. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines

[SiliconBeach] Re: Stock options common in offer packages

2011-02-20 Thread Jeromy Evans
Hi, I receive cash salary + stock as part of my package in Australia. As a result, I pay personal income tax on the valuation of the stock at (approx) the time it is *issued* to me. That is, I pay tax now on a benefit that may not be realized. This is due to a recent Australian tax ruling (I

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Stock options common in offer packages

2011-02-20 Thread Elias Bizannes
The story behind this is that the Rudd government -- likely reacting to public anger with senior executives making money during times of massive layoffs -- decided that if you were given stock options, you were taxed at that point (even if you never exercised the right to purchase stock with your

[SiliconBeach] Redistribution agreement

2011-02-20 Thread Max Kraynov
Fellow list members, I'm looking for a redistribution agreement for third party products. Say, company A is developing a SaaS solution and company B is interested in distributing it in certain markets. Company B only wants to deal with my company and not directly with company A (the reasons are