Re: [SiliconBeach] crowdfunding: MEL event: Crowdfund Your Startup Thousands - oct 11

Hi Kylie & everyone Question: I am still new to the source crowdfunding. Doing some reading while back on kickstarter, aren't they only for US based entrepreneurs ? Sent from my iPhone On 28/09/2012, at 4:38 PM, kylie gusset wrote: > Why do people fail, and what stops them from crowdfundin

[SiliconBeach] crowdfunding: MEL event: Crowdfund Your Startup Thousands - oct 11

Why do people fail, and what stops them from crowdfunding using sites like http://startsomegood.com http://pozible.com & http://kickstarter.com ? There's an event - Melbourne, Thursday Oct 11, which covers off 4 people who have raised over $135,000 between them & if you're interested in using c

Re: [SiliconBeach] Hiring developers and operations in India

Sure here are my 2cents, Fundamental question as others have asked before whats the reasoning behind going to India, how long do you intend to stay, what would like your Indian office look like in next 2 years or next 5 years. >> - What worked? We build an awesome team who were really smart

Re: [SiliconBeach] Hiring developers and operations in India

Hi - I suggest you put out some trial tasks and work with some people task to task for a bit and develop a working relationship and once you have a flow between you, then offer a full time gig. You've got to go beyond the top level theory and 'traditional' approaches. There are lots of good people

[SiliconBeach] Hiring developers and operations in India

Hi Can I ask why your doing that? If its cost cutting then I highly recommend against it, it will actually be more costly to your company in the end. Ive been in software for over 12 years now and worked with all different types of teams. Whenever I've delt with cheaper overseas developers projec

Re: [SiliconBeach] Hiring developers and operations in India

Hi simran, Thanks for the feedback. The hiring experience you've described mirrors my odesk experience. We had to develop a strong process to weed out 80% of developers in less than 30 seconds without an interview. When you were starting out did you need to go to Bangalore for interviews or were

Re: [SiliconBeach] Hiring developers and operations in India

Having built teams there, here's my 2cents worth :) ** what worked: image! people look for security - you need a good office, branding on your front door (you won't believe how important this is!), the image of a "big" company that isn't going anywhere, and of course benefits like "provident fund"

Re: [SiliconBeach] Hiring developers and operations in India

I think it would be best if you can share it with us. I am interested to know other people's experiences on setting up teams in India too. On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Nikhil Singh wrote: > Hey Rich, > > I have experience in setting up/building team in Bangalore, you can > message me and am h

Re: [SiliconBeach] Hiring developers and operations in India

Hey Rich, I have experience in setting up/building team in Bangalore, you can message me and am happy to help. Best of luck, Nikhil http://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhilsingh On 28/09/2012, at 10:56 AM, Rich Buggy wrote: > Hi > > Our company is setting up a new office in India (Bangalore) and I

[SiliconBeach] Hiring developers and operations in India

Hi Our company is setting up a new office in India (Bangalore) and I need to hire developers/operations staff there. Does anyone on this list have experience setting up an overseas office in India? Would you be willing to share your experience? I'd like to find out - What worked? - What did

[SiliconBeach] Uber is coming to Sydney - and hiring!

Hey Sydney, It's official, @Uber_Sydneyis going to be the first city in Asia to get the Uber ride experience! We can't wait to get everybody here signed up and taking test trips during our secret Uber phase. We'll be hosting drinks v

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Visual custom website design software?

Thanks for the link Vinko, that looks awesome for prototyping UI's. On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:27 PM, Vinko Grgic wrote: > Well it seems that this topic has been kidnapped by start up business > talk...but nonetheless, if some of you folks who followed this discussion > earlier in the year about

[SiliconBeach] Re: Visual custom website design software?

Well it seems that this topic has been kidnapped by start up business talk...but nonetheless, if some of you folks who followed this discussion earlier in the year about "Visual Custom Website Design Software" are still interested, you may not have seen this yet - http://jetstrap.com/ (the prem

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Just launched our Kickstarter: Learn to Make HTML5 games - by playing them!

Editing: Tom Dicker - http://8itemsorless.com Lighting, Directing, Sound Recording and Filming - Hamilton Churton: hamiltonchur...@gmail.com Backing music was sourced by Tom from a rights management service that you pay a small fee for. Script was a collaboration. and makeup was done gratis by

[SiliconBeach] Show SB: Explainer videos by Explainers

Hi beachers, I thought I would try the HackerNews template format for the subject. To me it works as a self-plug alert. And a self-plug this is but I will keep it short. We decided that animated explainer videos where too expensive in Australia after searching for someone to do one for us. So w

Re: [SiliconBeach] note taking in meetings && document writing...

We have used Proof Communications - Rosemary Gillespie - for proposal writing! http://www.proofcommunications.com.au/ From: Sujit Shah To: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, 27 September 2012 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [SiliconBeach] note takin