[SiliconBeach] Are You a Professional Advisor to Startups/Tech?

2011-08-02 Thread Kurt Falkenstein
Just wondering if there are many professional advisors (lawyers, accountants, financiers, consultants) on the list? I am thinking it could be good to start to build some professional development in startup/tech advice. It would increase the access startups/tech have to dedicated professional

[SiliconBeach] G/SCORE August Pitch Slams

2011-08-02 Thread Viki
ANZA TechNet is running another series of Pitch Slams in August in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Startups and early-stage companies interested in finding out where you measure up on the global stage are invited to get your G/SCORE and compete for a spot on the Innovate!100 list of the world's

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: street address database for australia

2011-08-02 Thread Clifford Heath
On 03/08/2011, at 11:40 AM, cij wrote: @Niki, how did you find the speed of the Google Maps geocoder calls? IME, it's fine, but don't make your users wait for it. Do it asynchronously, if only because you don't want to fail the transaction if Google is slow or says no. Clifford Heath.

Re: [SiliconBeach] Good programming books for a teenager

2011-08-02 Thread Sean McNamara
Scratch from MIT? Sean Sean McNamara MacAssist Apple Authorised Reseller 0414 270 132 s...@macassist.com.au (sent from my iPhone 4) On 02/08/2011, at 9:20, Max Kraynov maxim.kray...@gmail.com wrote: G'day fellow SBs, my 10 y/o son has expressed interest in learning programming (he

[SiliconBeach] Re: Good programming books for a teenager

2011-08-02 Thread Leni Mayo
On Aug 2, 9:20 am, Max Kraynov maxim.kray...@gmail.com wrote: Are there any books / online courses you could recommend who would give kids a good intro? We interviewed a 12 y.o. who had taken one of our online courses:

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: street address database for australia

2011-08-02 Thread Tim Clark
Hey mate, If you are shipping in the US, and are using UPS, they have a free address validation service - https://www.ups.com/upsdeveloperkit/downloadresource?loc=en_US. It works in other countries too, but I'm not sure of the accuracy (and UPS want you to use their services, which might be a

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: street address database for australia

2011-08-02 Thread Matthieu Stone
You can try Google maps geocoding with this example. http://xilinus.com/jquery-addresspicker/demos/index.html On 3 August 2011 11:52, Clifford Heath clifford.he...@gmail.com wrote: On 03/08/2011, at 11:40 AM, cij wrote: @Niki, how did you find the speed of the Google Maps geocoder calls?

[SiliconBeach] Social payments beta testers wanted

2011-08-02 Thread James MacGregor
Hey Guys, I'm looking for partner businesses to test socialising ecommerce payments. The platform we've been building is http://www.paypygg.com/ and basically it dramatically increases your viral promotion by giving your customers the option of socialising their purchases. Would love to discuss

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

2011-08-02 Thread Dave Kuhn
Dave Kuhn co-founder of Chorus here, Interesting discussion. Was just having a similar discussion with a potential customer this week. Some really great points Jeromy. If you do decided to go with Zendesk then make sure you also sign up for the free Chorus beta

[SiliconBeach] Re: street address database for australia

2011-08-02 Thread Sai Lavu
Hi CJ, We provide AMAS PAF data as a RESTful web service which allows you to integrate type as you go functionality quite quickly. Check out http://www.datasan.com.au/ Regarding the comment about forcing users - yes I agree too. Plus even AMAS data isn't up to date. So we provide advice/best

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

2011-08-02 Thread Dave Kuhn
Sorry everyone that signup link should have been https://dashboard.chorusindex.com/setup/zendesk/ *forehead slap* On Aug 2, 9:33 pm, Dave Kuhn david.s.k...@gmail.com wrote: Dave Kuhn co-founder of Chorus here, Interesting discussion. Was just having a similar discussion with a potential