[SiliconBeach] Re: FYI: Top reasons why startups fail

2011-09-20 Thread Cris Pearson
Agreed... Gold: "Don't do stupid things that no-one wants" Or asked as an open question, how many people 'need' that 'killer new' idea you just had...? @atariboy On Sep 20, 12:23 pm, Graham Lea wrote: > On 19/09/2011, at 8:31 AM, Geoff Langdale wrote: > > > Unfortunately, no-one is going to bu

[SiliconBeach] Re: Atlassian's $60m fund raising

2010-07-15 Thread Cris Pearson
That is great news! Congrats On Jul 15, 10:58 am, Phil Sim wrote: > Just thought it was appropriate to give a shout out to Mike and Scott on the > $US60 million Accel funding - the largest investment ever made by Accel in a > software company. Amazing. > > I'm sure I'm speaking on behalf of the e

[SiliconBeach] Company setup - US corp with majority Aus ownership

2010-01-24 Thread Cris Pearson
Hey all! We are going through the process of figuring out the best company structure for a new venture. More than 50% of customers will be in the US and we may also be looking for US based VC in the future so I assume it's best to have a US company. Our counsel are batting around many options. T