[SiliconBeach] Re: Such a clever country...

2011-03-24 Thread Paul Wallbank
While I'm not going to defend this specific post (the formatting hurt my eyes) or David's behaviour overall, I think we should keep in mind there are broader investment classes and market trends that entrepreneurs in the Internet and tech sectors need to be aware of. Blanket banning certain

[SiliconBeach] Re: Launch Silicon Valley

2011-03-24 Thread alan jones
Hi Peter, would love an intro to Bill from Garage Ventures. I'm in Palo Alto this week with five Aussie startups as part of Startmate.com.au and we're pitching for early-stage angel/VC investment. The guys are here until the 30th. Thanks, - alan On Mar 23, 5:49 pm, innovation9

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Such a clever country...

2011-03-24 Thread Elias Bizannes
Paul that's a fair point but there is resentment with literally dozens of people on this mailing list (who have not been afraid to let me know) due to the behaviour of Lyons that this simply was a tipping point. Elias Bizannes http://eliasbizannes.com *Coming to a freeway near you:*

[SiliconBeach] Re: Such a clever country...

2011-03-24 Thread Geoff Langdale
Leaving aside David's behavior, I disagree with this anyway. I come here for excellent threads like the ones discussing options, or to hear about what's going on in specific startups in Australia. I'm interested in the viewpoints of many people in the local startup scene on startups even when I

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Such a clever country...

2011-03-24 Thread Ryszard
FWIW, i agree with Geoff, while the orig post might have been off topic in the strict sense of it not being specifically start up related, its an interesting article posted by a member of the startup community which i enjoyed reading. On 25 March 2011 08:37, Geoff Langdale

[SiliconBeach] Terms of use and Privacy Policy Documents

2011-03-24 Thread Mikel Lindsaar
Hi all, In the process of launching http://stillalive.com/ down here in Australia, we are at the point of putting our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy up as part of getting our billing solution implemented. I'll obviously be running whatever I get through a lawyer, however, does anyone have

Re: [SiliconBeach] Terms of use and Privacy Policy Documents

2011-03-24 Thread Andrew Bruno
Hi Mikel, I started building something like StillAlive a few years ago, but then I came across this Australian company: http://www.wormly.com I am not affiliated in any way with them, and only use their service for all our websites, and SaaS solutions. Their support of many protocols, multiple

RE: [SiliconBeach] Terms of use and Privacy Policy Documents

2011-03-24 Thread Geoff McQueen - Hiive Systems
Cool; I'm a super happy customer of Wormly, and I didn't know they were Aussies! FTW -Original Message- From: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com [mailto:silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Bruno Sent: Friday, 25 March 2011 9:38 AM To:

Re: [SiliconBeach] Terms of use and Privacy Policy Documents

2011-03-24 Thread Mikel Lindsaar
On 25/03/2011, at 9:38 AM, Andrew Bruno wrote: With StillAlive, I do like the concept of html navigation (If I understand it correctly). This is excellent for detecting web site hacking where content is changed, de-masked, etc.., this can be your greatest differentiator. Thanks Andrew, And

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Such a clever country...

2011-03-24 Thread pcollins
soapbox Guys, I'm going to back Elias 100% here. Let's not theorize about the rights and wrongs in a general sense. There were a number of people who complained to Elias about the obstreperous behaviour of an individual and I for one had considered unsubscribing from this group to get away from

[SiliconBeach] Re: Terms of use and Privacy Policy Documents

2011-03-24 Thread Jeromy Evans
Hi Mikel, You can use our privacy policy as a basis as we're only for Australian customers and we're heavily lawyered-up. http://www.enablehr.com.au/privacy There's some additional GA stuff in their you may not need. I can't provide the Terms of Use as ours is very specific to the

Re: [SiliconBeach] Terms of use and Privacy Policy Documents

2011-03-24 Thread Sheng Yeo
I didn't realise they were Aussie based as well... We also use them for monitoring, mainly because they called me when a service went down. Pingdom was good, but SMS and email don't wake me up :-).. Sitealive looks cool, give us a shout if you want us to give it a test. *Sheng* *Yeo* Director |

[SiliconBeach] Re: Such a clever country...

2011-03-24 Thread Geoff Langdale
Oops; I wasn't clear enough, apparently, in my use of 'this'. You're not agreeing with me, though, which should be clear from the paragraph: What I'm not interested in is wading through a sci/tech news aggregator where anything faintly tech-connected gets a mention, or an generalized opinion

Re: [SiliconBeach] Event registration systems - recommendation?

2011-03-24 Thread Scott Handsaker
Hmmm...okay better out myself as long time lurker, first time poster... :-) Scott Handsaker - CEO and co-founder of www.eventarc.com - Melb based event registration system, investor backed. pimp my business Compared to Eventbrite we: 1. Answer the phone in Aus business hours when you call 2.

[SiliconBeach] New media startup The Conversation

2011-03-24 Thread Kate Kendall
Hey guys, Just wanted to let you know about a new Australian startup (out of Melbourne – with global focus). It's called The Conversation http://theconversation.edu.au and was cofounded by Andrew Jaspan (ex editor of The Age) and Jack Rejtman (ex Yahoo). It's received quite a bit of funding