[SiliconBeach] storing credit card details and triggering payments platforms

2014-05-13 Thread sam de silva
Hi there, I have a question on behalf of a friend who needs a payment gateway that will automatically enable pre-authorised late payments to happen. For example, the way that skype auto-charges credit cards if the skype call causes credit to run out half way through. Basically, he needs to store

Re: [SiliconBeach] Summary of the affected startup-related programs in the budget

2014-05-13 Thread Bronwen Clune
Actually, there is a fair bit more. Here's our summary... http://www.startupsmart.com.au/government-and-regulation/innovate-and-invent-says-joe-hockey-but-on-your-own.html Thanks Bronwen On 14 May 2014 07:47, Kim Heras wrote: > Good summary (below) of the budget and how it affects startup-relat

Re: [SiliconBeach] Summary of the affected startup-related programs in the budget

2014-05-13 Thread Shane Greenup
I have been paying way too much attention to the budget this year, and last night I actually decided to look up the revenues of some of the internet giants to see how they compared to the Australian budget. The 2013-14 Australian budget

Re: [SiliconBeach] Where to find sales people

2014-05-13 Thread Craig van Nieuwkerk
Spoke to them and it costs $13k for each person they place in your business. A tad rich IMO. On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Michael Stone wrote: > Try the ProGrad program at proforce.com.au. > > We never ended up using them but I liked the look of their program. > > Cheers, > > Michael Stone >

Re: [SiliconBeach] Anyone had their idea stolen?

2014-05-13 Thread Richard Buggy
I remember hearing somewhere that at any point in time there are a bunch of people independently working on the same problem and at least a few will find the same solution. I've recently experienced that when I found someone I know in LA was working on the same problem as me but from a different an

[SiliconBeach] Summary of the affected startup-related programs in the budget

2014-05-13 Thread Kim Heras
Good summary (below) of the budget and how it affects startup-related programs in AU by John Groake of JEGMC Looks bad. Support effectively halved over the next 5 years. Then again, it's probably not fair to judge fully until we see what the "Entrepreneurs Infrastructur

Re: [SiliconBeach] Anyone had their idea stolen?

2014-05-13 Thread Phil M
Good one Dean - I was going to post exactly the same response. I am suspecting that you stole my idea, but perhaps you just executed first :-) When I sold my company to Novell (remember them), we were stopped in the halls by numerous engineers with the comment "I had exactly the same idea as N

[SiliconBeach] Re: Where to find sales people

2014-05-13 Thread Steve Orenstein
Hi Craig, I've employed a number of entry level SaaS sales people in my business prior to it been acquired. I had good success with GumTree and also Seek. Just prior to being acquired I had great results using recruitloop.com.au , if you get them to do just the basic work then it's usually not

[SiliconBeach] Re: StartupAUS Call to Action

2014-05-13 Thread Peter Davison
Bit late to the party here - just got back from a month in China. Pete Cooper asked me to pipe up here. I don't expect my views will be too popular but I base them on a long period of reflection on my engagement with startups and a number of years of academic inquiry. I've traveled to and enga

Re: [SiliconBeach] Where to find sales people

2014-05-13 Thread Craig van Nieuwkerk
Back now! On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 9:38 PM, Craig van Nieuwkerk wrote: > Thanks, looks like their page is dead though. > > > On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Michael Stone wrote: > >> Try the ProGrad program at proforce.com.au. >> >> We never ended up using them but I liked the look of their prog

Re: [SiliconBeach] Where to find sales people

2014-05-13 Thread Craig van Nieuwkerk
Thanks, looks like their page is dead though. On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Michael Stone wrote: > Try the ProGrad program at proforce.com.au. > > We never ended up using them but I liked the look of their program. > > Cheers, > > Michael Stone > > -- > -- > You received this message because

[SiliconBeach] Where to find sales people

2014-05-13 Thread Michael Stone
Try the ProGrad program at proforce.com.au. We never ended up using them but I liked the look of their program. Cheers, Michael Stone -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum