[SiliconBeach] Re: Patent advice

2011-07-27 Thread Guy Tucker
Hi Phil, Following Justin's recommendation below, I am happy to help. I don't charge for the initial consultation so we can go over what you're doing and see how you can progress from there. 0410553735 guy.tuc...@ellisterry.com Kind Regards Guy On Jul 28, 11:40 am, Phil Sim wrote: > Hi folk

[SiliconBeach] Re: Patent advice

2011-07-27 Thread Guy Tucker
Thanks Justin for the recommendation. Hi Phil, I am happy to help. I don't charge for the initial consultation so we can have a good chat about what you're doing and the various options available to you. 0410553735 or guy.tuc...@ellisterry.com Kind Regards Guy Tucker On Jul 28, 2:06 pm, Justi

[SiliconBeach] Re: street address database for australia

2011-07-27 Thread angus
The most timely, and complete national coverage is from PSMA. You deal with a reseller rather than them direct. Your options include licensing the raw data and dealing with the rather complex data model (call point spatial is one supplier I can vouch for) or you can deal with a value added reseller

Re: [SiliconBeach] Patent advice

2011-07-27 Thread Justin Tauber
I had a chat to Guy Tucker from Ellis Terry down in Technology Park a few weeks back, and he was very helpful, and very clear about the limitations of patents and the strategic implications of going down different patent routes. Details below... - Justin Guy Tucker CPA, BEng (Hons) Registered P

Re: [SiliconBeach] Patent advice

2011-07-27 Thread Geoff McQueen
Thumbs up to Michael Bates and Team from 1P. I'm pretty sure he's on the list. On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:58, Ryszard wrote: > Hey Phil, > > i chatted with Shaun with www.buchannanlaw.com.au for a couple of > hours solid at a trade show one time. he's a trademark lawyer but > knows quite a bit

[SiliconBeach] Re: Patent advice

2011-07-27 Thread Rich
Hey Phil, I'm a lawyer myself, although I don't work with patents. With that said, s18 of the Patent Act might be of some basic assistance to you (going beyond that involves delving into a lot of case law and nuance). For what it's worth, patent applications can be very expensive, and can certainl

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Project Management Tools

2011-07-27 Thread Justin Tauber
Keen to hear what you think, Chris... Do let us know what you decide on. Justin Tauber 0422 376 922 On 28/07/2011, at 10:23 AM, Chris Were wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions, I"ll check them all out when I get a chance. > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:13 PM, simononline wrote: > Hi Chris, > >

Re: [SiliconBeach] Professional services resource allocation & forecasting software

2011-07-27 Thread Patrick Collins
Webtimesheet by replicon On Jul 27, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Matt Moore wrote: > Hey, > > Has anyone come across professional services company software that doesn't > just do timesheets and billing but also allows you to do resource allocation > against projects and forecasting? > > Many thanks, >

[SiliconBeach] PushStart Mentor Connect is officially open for applications

2011-07-27 Thread kimheras
Mentor Connect - PushStart's automated tech startup / mentor matching service is now officially live and open for applications. You can find out more info here - http://www.pushstart.com.au/mentor_connect We have a group of over 85 great experienced aussie tech startup mentors from around the cou

Re: [SiliconBeach] Can anyone recommend any great customer support apps/tools they've used?

2011-07-27 Thread Ryszard
this might fit your needs: http://www.accord5.com/trellis (you cant beat the price!) On 28 July 2011 12:28, PriyRao wrote: > hello Silicon Beach. > > I'm heading up a start up launching in November 2011 which is in the > online furniture retail space (with a few innovative twists). > > We're havi

[SiliconBeach] Professional services resource allocation & forecasting software

2011-07-27 Thread Matt Moore
Hey, Has anyone come across professional services company software that doesn't just do timesheets and billing but also allows you to do resource allocation against projects and forecasting? Many thanks, Matt Moore +61 423 784 504 m...@innotecture.com.au Sent from my iPhone -- You received t

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2011-07-27 Thread James Purser
I couldn't have said it better myself On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Matt Moore wrote: > > > Matt Moore > +61 423 784 504 > m...@innotecture.com.au > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. Visting http:/

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2011-07-27 Thread Matt Moore
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[SiliconBeach] Can anyone recommend any great customer support apps/tools they've used?

2011-07-27 Thread PriyRao
hello Silicon Beach. I'm heading up a start up launching in November 2011 which is in the online furniture retail space (with a few innovative twists). We're having an internal debate about various customer support tools to integrate to our website. I've looked at Zendesk, Get Satisfaction, Tende

[SiliconBeach] Re: Silicon Beach Drinks - Wollongong

2011-07-27 Thread chieftech
Thanks for organising this, Geoff. I'm aiming to drop in for bit tonight. James - James Dellow -- Headshift | Dachis Group Asia Pacific http://www.headshift.com.au P: +61 2 8218 2128 M: +61 414 233711 Skype: james.dellow Twitter: chieftech -

Re: [SiliconBeach] Patent advice

2011-07-27 Thread Ryszard
Hey Phil, i chatted with Shaun with www.buchannanlaw.com.au for a couple of hours solid at a trade show one time. he's a trademark lawyer but knows quite a bit about patents and has access to ppl who do patent stuff. he was a really cool guy to talk to, open, and seemingly startup friendly. reg

Re: [SiliconBeach] Patent advice

2011-07-27 Thread Ryan Wardell
Hi Phil, I haven't found anyone good yet, but I CAN tell you to seer clear of MCW Law. Those guys are absolute pirates. Ryan On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Phil Sim wrote: > Hi folks, can anyone recommend someone I can talk to regarding patents. I'm > hoping to find someone in Sydney who wi

[SiliconBeach] Patent advice

2011-07-27 Thread Phil Sim
Hi folks, can anyone recommend someone I can talk to regarding patents. I'm hoping to find someone in Sydney who will do the initial consultation free of change so I can find out if what I'm wanting to do is patentable. While I'm here, can you patent this kind of thing: Let's say you take an exist

[SiliconBeach] Re: Advice: from Prototype to V1

2011-07-27 Thread drllau
Feedback from my contacts in the private equity space is that things are tough and getting harder (see below but some names changed to protect the guilty). Because I focus on debt-based IP financing, the shallow equity pool will have knock-on effects but I'm also able to sit back and try to be impa

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Project Management Tools

2011-07-27 Thread Chris Were
Thanks for the suggestions, I"ll check them all out when I get a chance. On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:13 PM, simononline wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Check out Copper Project - http://www.copperproject.com/ > I haven't used it yet but it looks fairly feature packed. > It might be what you are after. > > C

Re: [SiliconBeach] Internationalising

2011-07-27 Thread Matthieu Stone
I've done this with a UK number & it works rather well (about one out of 20 calls has a quality problem). You pay the Skype international charges from the AU Number to the destination - which are so much cheaper than the standard Telco's rates. I think a 20 minute call to the UK costs around $1.

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Silicon Beach Drinks - Wollongong

2011-07-27 Thread Geoff McQueen
Thanks Steven, I didn't realise that you wouldn't be able to see the picture of our cute mascot. Have put up a quick blog post with more info - http://www.geoffmcqueen.com/2011/07/28/silicon-beach-drinks-wollongong-style/ . Looking forward to seeing you when you get back from Europe, Bec! G On T

Re: [SiliconBeach] Internationalising

2011-07-27 Thread Rod Vital
Hi Geoff, I heard about a way to do it on the cheap but needs further research. It works like that: you buy a skype number You forward you AU number to your new skype number In US once you have a new number you divert your skype number to the US number and that's it. Worth to check it. Regards

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Silicon Beach Drinks - Wollongong

2011-07-27 Thread Bec Coleman
Hi I'm in Europe until October, but when I'm home again I'd be very keen. I live in North Wollongong, and have been following the group for ages. Would be fantastic to have a local get together! Thanks Bec On 27/07/2011, at 1:13 PM, SoccerFit wrote: > But for the 5 hour trip from Merimbula,

[SiliconBeach] Re: street address database for australia

2011-07-27 Thread Rich
It depends on what data you want and what you want to do with it, but openstreetmap may have what you need. See here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet.osm#Processing_the_File for some ideas. You can get Aus only subsets from http://downloads.cloudmade.com/oceania/australia_and_new_zealan

[SiliconBeach] Re: street address database for australia

2011-07-27 Thread Babak M
Can I ask what you want to do with it? On Jul 27, 12:06 pm, cij wrote: > hi, just reaching out to the community for tips on how to quickly > source an australian national street address/suburb database for use > in a website startup. No luck yet going through aussie post and > sensis. Other sugge

[SiliconBeach] Re: street address database for australia

2011-07-27 Thread Yoo-Jin
Hi, This probably won't be that helpful since you mentioned the word quick but you also mentioned startup. So I assume cheap is good too. The states are slowly opening up address information for free. Unfortunately, it's very fragmented. Each state is responsible for the delivery method - if t

[SiliconBeach] Re: street address database for australia

2011-07-27 Thread Yoo-Jin
Hi, Another place to look. The states are slowly opening up address information for free. Unfortunately, it's very fragmented. Each state is responsible for the delivery method - if they open it at all. This means even if every state opened up their info you would still have to piece it all tog

[SiliconBeach] Re: Project Management Tools

2011-07-27 Thread simononline
Hi Chris, Check out Copper Project - http://www.copperproject.com/ I haven't used it yet but it looks fairly feature packed. It might be what you are after. Cheers, Simon On Jul 26, 9:42 pm, Chris Were wrote: > Hi, > > What is the best collaborative project management tool out there? > > I have

[SiliconBeach] Re: Silicon Beach Drinks - Wollongong

2011-07-27 Thread SoccerFit
But for the 5 hour trip from Merimbula, I'd be there. Great to see SB spreading to the Illawarra. Further south we have IntoIT - the Sapphire Coast Informal IT Network (click https://groups.google.com/group/intoitsapphirecoast?hl=en)...more technology promotion than entrepreneurship, but we are h

[SiliconBeach] Re: street address database for australia

2011-07-27 Thread VB
Do you actually want to populate a database with each Australian address? Or do you want to validate/sanitise data as it comes in? I'm not aware of anywhere that just lists all addresses. Besides, I reckon that list would be out of date before it's finished downloading. It would be very expensive

[SiliconBeach] Re: street address database for australia

2011-07-27 Thread Craig
> hi, just reaching out to the community for tips on how to quickly > source an australian national street address/suburb database for use > in a website startup. No luck yet going through aussie post and > sensis. Other suggestions welcome. Thanks! Someone like this http://www.mapds.com.au/ can

[SiliconBeach] Pleased to meet you all

2011-07-27 Thread Richard
Hi and hello, since I joined this great group a few weeks ago it would be decent to introduce myself. I am Richard from Slovakia and very soon I am moving to the great city of Melbourne, which will surely be an amazing experience. I am 26 years of age and in Melbourne I will finish my postgrad co

[SiliconBeach] street address database for australia

2011-07-27 Thread cij
hi, just reaching out to the community for tips on how to quickly source an australian national street address/suburb database for use in a website startup. No luck yet going through aussie post and sensis. Other suggestions welcome. Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed