On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 9:30 AM, David Lyon david.lyon.preissh...@gmail.com
wrote:
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But to get high-volume tech sales, the industry itself needs to digest lots
of idea's and businesses through their ginormous washing mashine to
sort out the silk from the car-wash-rags. Most gets
Hello Michael
As someone who finished an MBA last year and just launched ecommerce
start up last week (www.evolvex.com - design your own flat packed
furniture) I can say that my university education was good to the
extent that I had the confidence to take the risk however the day to
day planning
Congrats to Nikki. Well done and well deserved.
I think it's good to go to the US, though I think a lot of Aussies
forget about home when they go. A bunch don't, like Elias, Alisdair
and Adam Broadway (through my personal experience anyway) but I'd like
to see a bit more investment back into
Didn't know about the Pollenizer background. Pollenizer alumni seem to
have great success with names prefixing with 99. Maybe I might just
name my next project 99name and apply to Pollenizer ;)
That aside, I actually don't blame the people in the comments for
feeling the way they feel. The
Was: Nikki Durkin in SMH
On 22/11/2011, at 6:02 AM, Andrew Roberts andrew.robe...@ephox.com wrote:
The San Francisco Bay Area is different. You can stay in Australia and be a
big fish in a small pond or come here and be a small fish in a big pond. The
more entrepreneurs we can get learning
I've rolled my eyes with the best of them over some of the aspects of
YC, but it's a pretty big deal (especially in terms of publicity, peer
group, and the $150K convertible note from Yuri Milner and Ron
Conway). The same points about funding, peer group and infrastructure
apply to the US / Bay
While I agree with much of what you're saying here Robert, the issue
is not the tax dollars. It's the flow-on effects that a successful
local startup culture and community bring. Think cross-pollination of
ideas, mentoring, angel investment from cashed-up founders, local
skills development (e.g
Aussies moving to the States to work in tech isn't new.
In Australia your market size is defined by your city. If you are lucky you
get valued to the national market. So you've got tops 20 million people
to sell your widget/website to.
Spend $2000 bucks as an Aussie and fly to Silicon Valley and
Hey everyone,
Thanks for the congrats! My co-founder, Peter delahunty, and I are super stoked
to get in and so excited by the opportunity. We both really appreciate all the
support of the Aussie startup community :-)
Haha my favorite quote in that article was being called a pubescent bint
Hey everyone,
I'm looking at going over to SF for the first time for a couple of
weeks in early December to scope the place out, with a view to raising
some Angel investment and moving over early next year.
The whole crowdfunding space is moving a lot quicker than I'd
anticipated and I'm worried
There are a lot of things to love about Australians but that is one thing
that is almost uniquely Aussie. The Aussie way of supporting people:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome
Can't say I miss it here in the US.
Patrick.
On 21 November 2011 10:32, Nikki ni...@99dresses.com
Hey guys,
Just letting you know we've started doing a fetch for Brisbane and
surrounds each fortnight. It includes a dose of tech and startup events, as
well as some other cool stuff (profiles, news, jobs, creative events and so
on).
You can check out the first send --
I'm not against people being aspirational about different things... but i
am surprised that we look up to the way things are done in the US...
I think when you likened staying in Australia as being a big fish in a
small pond... well, that to me says it all... i think i understand
completely
We all know about the headaches facing new and existing Australian online
retail businesses: trouble getting merchant accounts, trouble with multiple
currency accounts, trouble with couriers failing to knock and wait with
deliveries, etc etc.
This is a call out -- for my research (for
Hey Ryan
Look me up if that helps
I'm based in Redwood City and have a few Aussie/Tech connections that
could be helpful for you
- Joe Ward
+1 650 863 1450
On Nov 21, 2011, at 3:57 PM, Ryan Wardell r...@projectpowerup.com wrote:
Hey everyone,
I'm looking at going over to SF for the first
Firstly, I totally agree that Australia is a big pond in some areas and this is
awesome. Mining technology would be a good example. But other things can evolve
better in Australia than elsewhere because we are a stable, rich and relatively
homogeneous culture of just 24 million people that
Spot on!
- Joe Ward
+1 650 863 1450
On Nov 21, 2011, at 10:57 PM, Andrew Roberts andrew.robe...@ephox.com
wrote:
Firstly, I totally agree that Australia is a big pond in some areas and
this is awesome. Mining technology would be a good example. But other
things can evolve better in Australia
Will do Joe, thanks for the offer. I really appreciate it.
Spoke to a few people at Fishburners and the consensus seems to be that
it's probably not worth going in December - better to wait til late jan or
early feb.
How long do you think is an appropriate amount of time? Can I get anything
A fly in fly out trip rarely achieves a lot so you've really got to think
about your plan.
When I moved over in May 2009 it was after first having established a based
of active people in various capacities which created a softer landing.
My relocation was at the very bottom of the GFC; but every
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