[SiliconBeach] Re: Looking for Aussie Grant Writer in the Energy space

2012-11-28 Thread Bosco Tan
Did you get to the event the other week "GrantConnector" at ATP? Try out CharterNet (http://www.chartered.net.au) and Pattens (www.pattens.com) Haven't used them, but worth making a call I think after talking to them. On Monday, November 26, 2012 12:15:34 PM UTC+11, Mike Zimmerman wrote: > > Hi

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Australian version of mint.com

2012-11-28 Thread Bosco Tan
Pocketbook (Alvin and I) recently sat down with ZDNet for a quick interview. You can read a bit about the background. http://www.zdnet.com/au/aussie-entrepreneurs-take-on-mint-with-their-pocketbook-707639/ Got some way better analysis function launching soon. Sign up now to try it out first!

[SiliconBeach] Re: sign up page optimisation specialists?

2012-11-28 Thread Bosco Tan
Mark, I think you can do this yourself through some testing. Check this out http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2991-behind-the-scenes-ab-testing-part-3-final We've been trying some of this with Pocketbook (https://getpocketbook.com) On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 3:14:42 PM UTC+11, Mark B wrote: >

[SiliconBeach] Hard to raise capital, ESOP's don't make tax sense...Guess which country...

2012-11-28 Thread Rory Ford
I just read a blog post around overcoming challenges for a thriving startup ecosystem. Guess which country this is. Hard to raise capital: " biggest problem is that it doesn’t have much in the way of early-stage capital. It’s fine from Series A on…" ESOP's don't make sense: "It’s difficult

Re: [SiliconBeach] How's your hacking skills? Check out Bugcrowd!

2012-11-28 Thread Caroline Gordon
No worries Casey, it's always interesting to follow new disruptive business models, I think there is another one coming here. Caroline On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:35:18 PM UTC+11, caseyjohnellis wrote: > > Thanks Caroline... > > Exodus and ZDI are more in the zero-day market for bespoke so

[SiliconBeach] Re: Show SB: Newsflock - A democratic news platform

2012-11-28 Thread Stefano Charissis
Nice HN-style topic name & nice video. My only criticism being that it's too long considering it's the only content on your landing page. Best of luck with it! On Wednesday, 28 November 2012 14:41:30 UTC+11, tahpot wrote: > > Hi Silicon Beach, > > We have just released a promo video introducing

[SiliconBeach] Re: Startmate 2013 Applications Open

2012-11-28 Thread DomGold
Very disappointed to only discover this today! Sights are definitely set on next year :) On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 8:09:01 AM UTC+10, Niki Scevak wrote: > > Folks, applications for Startmate 2013 are now open. > > We're doubling the investment to $50k and keeping the equity the same > (7.5%)