[SiliconBeach] Does Australia have a similar Venture Investment Fund ?

2012-07-23 Thread Rod Clarke
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10793871 The Government has joined with Facebook billionaire Peter Thiel to create a $40 million venture capital fund aimed at getting Kiwi tech firms exporting. While the cash is good news, industry insiders say the real priz

[SiliconBeach] Re: Fishburners.org Expansion Plans - Interested?

2012-07-23 Thread @pc0
A quick update. Fishburners.org signed the lease for the new floor. This makes four floors now. We now have the whole building and I think this makes us the largest co-working space in Australia by space and community (number of people ad number of businesses) for the tech startup ecosystem. A

[SiliconBeach] Where should I start looking for summer internships?

2012-07-23 Thread William
Hi everyone, Well I'm a 1st year Computer Science student and although they recommend searching for internships in your 2nd and 3rd years I thought I'd ty to get a headstart. A little about myself, I'm 20 years old and been a web developer or about 5 years know originally started out as a Fro

Re: [SiliconBeach] New (?) US Payment Processor Available in AU

2012-07-23 Thread Wayne Robinson
If you're ok with the 8.9% fee. Sure. On 24/07/2012, at 1:01 PM, Kevin Garber wrote: Hi All I know there has been a lot of discussion about processing $US in Australia. Paypal & NAB being the main options. There seems to be a new option: http://saasy.com They have confirmed to us that they su

[SiliconBeach] New (?) US Payment Processor Available in AU

2012-07-23 Thread Kevin Garber
Hi All I know there has been a lot of discussion about processing $US in Australia. Paypal & NAB being the main options. There seems to be a new option: http://saasy.com They have confirmed to us that they support Australia. We will be pilotting it with our http://manageflitter.com service.

[SiliconBeach] Intro to New Project

2012-07-23 Thread Luke Ryan
Hi All, Thought I'd quickly intro our new online store for men Details by Svenas it was due to some great feedback from the SB community that this project evolved. We curate and suggest strictly the best accessories and gifts for men that are Australian designed

Re: [SiliconBeach] Finding staff in the USA

2012-07-23 Thread Geoff McQueen | AffinityLive
You'll do well with Craigslist. You'll need to get a US bank account and debit card if you want to do anything there - there's probably the option to use someone like me as an intermediary to make the transaction short term, but you'll want to get yourself set up. On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:31 PM,

Re: [SiliconBeach] Digest for silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com - 3 Messages in 2 Topics

2012-07-23 Thread Mike Gardiner
Hey Nathan, NineFold & OrionVM who both have Sydney service teams and servers are the mobs that I would reach out to. Cheers, Mike. On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:52 PM, Nathan Parrott wrote: > Hey guys, > > Looking for a good Australian Cloud provider, I am currently using > Rackspace and love the

Re: [SiliconBeach] Digest for silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com - 3 Messages in 2 Topics

2012-07-23 Thread Ryszard
Top of mind is ninefold, they're a great bunch of people.. On Jul 23, 2012 11:52 PM, "Nathan Parrott" wrote: > Hey guys, > > Looking for a good Australian Cloud provider, I am currently using > Rackspace and love the ease of use and customer service but not the 270ms > latency. > > Any suggestion

Re: [SiliconBeach] Digest for silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com - 3 Messages in 2 Topics

2012-07-23 Thread Nathan Parrott
Hey guys, Looking for a good Australian Cloud provider, I am currently using Rackspace and love the ease of use and customer service but not the 270ms latency. Any suggestions, I need to run both windows and Linux, Appreciate the feedback. Cheers, Nathan -- You received this message because y

Re: [SiliconBeach] Finding staff in the USA

2012-07-23 Thread Steve Orenstein
Hey Geoff, Sales/Account Manager... Full details are here: http://www.connect2field.com/connect2field-are-expanding-to-the-usa-we-are-looking-for-a-talented-technical-sales-rep-to-join-the-team/ Cheers, Steve On Monday, 23 July 2012 23:14:27 UTC+10, Geoff McQueen wrote: > > what sort of rol

Re: [SiliconBeach] Finding staff in the USA

2012-07-23 Thread Geoff McQueen | AffinityLive
what sort of roles are you hiring for? On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Steve Orenstein wrote: > Hi All, > > Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for finding staff in the USA? > I've been told CraigsList is good but you need to have a USA credit card > and address. > > Thanks heaps > > C

[SiliconBeach] Finding staff in the USA

2012-07-23 Thread Steve Orenstein
Hi All, Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for finding staff in the USA? I've been told CraigsList is good but you need to have a USA credit card and address. Thanks heaps Cheers, Steve Orenstein | Connect2Field +61414884131 @sorenstein www.connect2field.com -- You received thi

[SiliconBeach] Re: PR & digital marketing agencies in Australia

2012-07-23 Thread Michael Bu
thanks for reply, sent you an email -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http:/