[SiliconBeach] Re: Money Game (Video from Kauffman Foundation)

2012-03-02 Thread drllau
http://www.dr-smith.info/state-of-affairs-and-investors/ And before people jump in with angel-investors, I'd point out that when it's your own savings on the line, angels tend to be very careful whom they'd entrust it to. It comes down OPiuM, how does a founder treat Other People's Money. Unless t

[SiliconBeach] Re: Opena - Shopify's Top Performer

2012-03-02 Thread Avis M
Seems to be a lot of interest on this topic of late I'm actually hosting a panel event all about crowdfunding on the 14th as part of thinkactchange.org. We've got folks from Indiegogo as well as Ross Dawson author of Getting Results from Crowds on the panel, we're also going to have Alan from Pozi

[SiliconBeach] Re: "Technical Cofounding 101" talk

2012-03-02 Thread Avis M
Excellent plan - consider me signed up if you push ahead with it. Cheers Avis On Mar 2, 8:50 am, Colette Grgic wrote: > Great idea, I would definitely be interested! > > I agree with all the above comments so far, and can see great value to > the startup scene in general if we (techies and non-t

[SiliconBeach] Re: "Technical Cofounding 101" talk

2012-03-02 Thread Colette Grgic
Great idea, I would definitely be interested! I agree with all the above comments so far, and can see great value to the startup scene in general if we (techies and non-techies) understand each others' landscapes, strengths and challenges better. I too think that a better understanding of the tech

[SiliconBeach] Re: "Technical Cofounding 101" talk

2012-03-02 Thread Isaak
Great topic! Certainly keen to be in the audience... Would be excellent if it could happen over SydStart week, when some of us will be in Sydney - presuming that's where you're based. Cheers, Isaak On Mar 2, 11:08 am, Liisa Vurma wrote: > Hi Steve, > Great idea, I would love to come to this kind

Re: [SiliconBeach] "Technical Cofounding 101" talk

2012-03-02 Thread Liisa Vurma
Hi Steve, Great idea, I would love to come to this kind of talk. As Rebecca noted the main problems is around understanding the jargon and understanding the level of technical difficulty behind my ideas. I would also be interested in what is the best way to test someone's ability to execute ide

[SiliconBeach] Money Game (Video from Kauffman Foundation)

2012-03-02 Thread drllau
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U470xXKfDyE&feature=player_embedded - preliminary source own savings then self-cashflow - interestingly enough, the next hit comes from credit cards (20% interest) - banks pass as no "tangible" asset to secure against and whimp out on IP - VCs actually a relunctant c