Re: [SiliconBeach] How much salary for a founder to take ?

2011-07-17 Thread Daniel Purchas
where does the funding come from? if it's from investors, then wont' you have already allocated a portion of the funds they are investing towards salaries up front? On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Geoff McQueen geoff.mcqu...@hiivesystems.com wrote: Yeah, that sounds about right. Guess it

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Financial Management Course for Startups

2011-06-26 Thread Daniel Purchas
Hey Pete, I'd be keen, sounds like a good intitiative, i'd also prefer an offline workshop as opposed to an online one for the record too cheers dan On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Peter Alderson peter.alder...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Alan - we've been experimenting with online education

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Non-Technical Co Founders

2011-05-15 Thread Daniel Purchas
Trindaz, this isn't a one size fits all sort of thing here is it? bringing up 5 companies doesn't set an absolute precedent? I'm sure there are many other companies out there that are of similar stature that aren't all pure tech founder driven I'm a non-technical co-founder, I can understand tech

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Non-Technical Co Founders

2011-05-15 Thread Daniel Purchas
No one is saying you're off the mark, just outlining that there are advantages to both configurations, you have outlined that you think tech guys who don't get involved in 'business' stuff shouldn't be founders which is where people are putting up counter statements I think this comes down to

Re: [SiliconBeach] Coworking space in Glebe

2011-05-04 Thread Daniel Purchas
Hi zac Don't know if you've seen fishburners yet http://fishburners.org/ Already up and running with apps 55 desks in ultimo very close to broadway and uts Desks are around 250 per month, might be an option On Wednesday, May 4, 2011, Zac Altman basand...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, I am

Re: [SiliconBeach] Business Etiquette in Asia

2011-03-02 Thread Daniel Purchas
Cool thanks for the tips so far, I was aware around the 2 handed business card handover process and apparently I also heard that you are meant to hand them out in order of importance as well as keeping the cards given to you on the table during the meeting. Just a bit more context, we have had

Re: [SiliconBeach] Where to buy a trade show booth?

2011-01-31 Thread Daniel Purchas
Do you need a full on booth or will a popup style/wall style collapsible stand do? We've been to a few conferences where you only have a small booth space that fits a wall style banner sign at the back of the space. If you can get away with these wall style signs etc... find out if there are

Re: [SiliconBeach] We now have siliconbeach.org

2010-11-02 Thread Daniel Purchas
Howdy folks Still a bit off topic from the OP but thought I'd weigh in I think the careers fair approach is a waste of time plus it will cost appx $1,000 for a booth at an event like that The main way I think students will get involved old be primarily through entrepreneurial societies

Re: [SiliconBeach] New website design

2010-10-17 Thread Daniel Purchas
Hey James, Have a chat to Karsen at Kwik Web Solutions, he is someone we have worked with for a couple of years, check him out here: http://www.kwsolutions.com.au/ He will be able to help you with design build and some SEO SEM basics as well. http://www.kwsolutions.com.au/Hope this helps Dan

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Is there really a lack of VC funding in AU?

2010-09-25 Thread Daniel Purchas
From what I've seen so far in my travels and from my experiences, I would definitely for a first time founder favour bootstrapping until you get market fit for your services/products and then if you're lucky, use your organically generated funds to scale, or at this stage take on some angel

Re: [SiliconBeach] Great article about Elias and Silicon Beach on Sydney Morning Herald

2010-09-02 Thread Daniel Purchas
I like the bit where he has the looks of a superstar On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Nick HaC nick...@gmail.com wrote: Hey guys Seen this article on SMH on Elias, Aussies in Silicon Valley and on Silicon Beach?

Re: [SiliconBeach] Naming Convention Dispute with Competitors

2010-08-30 Thread Daniel Purchas
Hey guys cheers for the responses, Ben: I did a bit of reading on trademarks and think these names are 'generic terms' which generally aren't able to be trademarked and i'm pretty sure after looking up the trademarks database that Graduate Careers Australia don't have a trademark on their name at

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Selling to brick and mortar businesses online (travel agents, accountants, gyms, real estate agents etc)

2010-08-23 Thread Daniel Purchas
I dont' know if any of the SMB verticals that you are targeting has an industry association with annual conferences or something like that. we've found that is a good way to get in touch with a range of organisations that we aimed to work with and by participating in the association you get more

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: We're in Anthill Magazine's Smart 100 Index (2010)

2010-07-01 Thread Daniel Purchas
Hey Jeromy, If you're interested in getting a video made, I have a contact who can put together a pretty good looking video based off of an Mp3 voiceover recording. we had one made a few months back about our site, check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCx3sfoLBik

Re: [SiliconBeach] Commercial Lease Query - Bond lodgement

2010-06-20 Thread Daniel Purchas
yeah we are meant to pay 3 months bond up front which isn't the best but oh well, sounds like we'll just need to pay the amount they're asking direct. We've checked the lease and we don't' have to pay extra for cleaning or water/electricity. On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Ben Sand

Re: [SiliconBeach] Best value laptop / notebook?

2010-06-02 Thread Daniel Purchas
what about an asus eee pc netbook? 10 inch screen only around 450 - 500 or so? On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:32 PM, rgh@gmail.com rgh@gmail.com wrote: Dear SBAers, What is a good value laptop for my wife? I was looking at the iPad with G3 and keyboard and that looked very nice but not a

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: A cafe to work at around Sydney CBD

2010-05-11 Thread Daniel Purchas
our office has a beer for desk space policy for roving people who want office space in a sporadic but regular fashion if that makes sense. it's close to the corner of pitt st and martin place give us a yell if you're keen on that area On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 8:04 PM, steven_noble

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Startup friendly business incorporation

2010-05-11 Thread Daniel Purchas
yeah when we setup our company with ASIC, the lady processing our form at the counter went through it all with me and helped me fill out some of the sections, they were pretty helpful On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:33 AM, rgh@gmail.com rgh@gmail.comwrote: Firstly, Australia is the easiest

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Grace Hotel Friday night drinks

2010-05-10 Thread Daniel Purchas
haha that is progress On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Jeromy Evans jeromy.ev...@blueskyminds.com.au wrote: On May 10, 2:12 pm, Dylan Jay d...@pretaweb.com wrote: I tried to think how we could improve this. The lowest tech solution I could think of is twitter since most people have

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: GradConnection's new Informal Incubator on Pitt Street

2010-05-05 Thread Daniel Purchas
become part of project hollywood, spaces are filling fast On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 2:58 PM, gradconnection werdafuc...@gmail.comwrote: Awesome thanks Mick! - and yes :) On May 4, 10:04 pm, Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer) m...@pollenizer.com wrote: Awesome guys. That's great. Good to know there

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Sales Business development questions

2010-04-22 Thread Daniel Purchas
Hi Tony, without knowing that you have a market for your product/service it sounds like you are jumping the gun even thinking about hiring a sales/bdm staff member at the moment. imho you or one of your team needs to get out there and close out 4 - 5 of your target customers to ensure that your

Re: [SiliconBeach] SydStart 2010

2010-03-29 Thread Daniel Purchas
Hi Peter, sounds like a good idea, we're happy to help in promoting the event to the specific types of students (uni specifically) that you want to attract down to the event. We can also get some interest and attendance from some larger corporate IT recruiters to attend as well, however not sure

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: SydStart 2010

2010-03-29 Thread Daniel Purchas
Hi Patrick, what online recruitment technology provider are you guys working with on this one? Dan On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:22 PM, PatrickDriessen pwdries...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Peter, Great idea, which I fully endorse and would support in helping organise the event(s). It fits one of the

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: StartupCamp III - 19-21 Feb - Signup open now.

2010-02-18 Thread Daniel Purchas
I think we have got Monster energy drinks confirmed as a bit of a sponsor, they should be dropping off some supplies on Friday evening which should help the participants combat sleep On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Tristan tristanknow...@gmail.com wrote: I just emailed Bart to confirm the

Re: [SiliconBeach] Trademark and Patent Attorneys in Sydney

2010-02-10 Thread Daniel Purchas
You could speak to Chris Baxter from BaxterIP, he is pretty good to deal with and takes time out to explain the process to you, you can find his details here: http://www.baxterip.com.au/ On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Matthieu Stone matthieu.st...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Geoff, I've used am

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Sydney Silicon Beach Drinks this Friday

2010-01-07 Thread Daniel Purchas
I'll be keen to cruise along tonight, are we gracing or pollenizing?? On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:38 AM, @stevehopkins st...@thesquigglyline.comwrote: Thanks Mick :) Yup - I'll be there too. What time does everything kick off? Cheers! Steve On Jan 7, 12:25 pm, Mick Liubinskas

Re: [SiliconBeach] Hello! / Gold Coast Meet Up? / Office space / Sales person needed

2010-01-05 Thread Daniel Purchas
Hi Auley, its not the GC, but check this out: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=91319277688 This is open coffee Brisbane which also has official drinks as well every fortnight or month or so and they get a few people along. might be something that you could cruise along to at some point to

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Enterprise Entrepreneurs Meetup

2009-12-09 Thread Daniel Purchas
I'll cruise down shortly, catch you guys soon On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 10:36 AM, David Jones david.jo...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry I can't attend today. I like Mat's points. Domain Expertise does seem to be pivotal. VC's don't just look at team's previous performance but their knowledge of the

[SiliconBeach] Re: Source of University interns?

2009-11-02 Thread Daniel Purchas
Hey Mike, we run www.gradconnection.com.au which promotes graduate jobs and internships, if you let us know who you are looking for we can put a profile up in our site about building IQ for you that will start getting some applications/expressions of interest from grads through to you. Cheers

[SiliconBeach] Re: Product Name for iphone app

2009-09-13 Thread Daniel Purchas
Hey Tony, we just named a new section of our site using http://namethis.com basically you put up a $100 USD prize pool for people to win by suggesting names for your product based on a description that you write. It works really well, we got about 150 name suggestions in 2 days and other people

[SiliconBeach] Re: Product Name for iphone app

2009-09-13 Thread Daniel Purchas
Oh dear, just checked the site again, and it is currently on a break, but see if you can find another crowd sourcing site Cheers Dan On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Daniel Purchas purc...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Tony, we just named a new section of our site using http://namethis.com basically

[SiliconBeach] Re: Hitwise

2009-08-09 Thread Daniel Purchas
help you do that. Thanks for your consideration - my email is kristin at theRohans dot com. I look forward to hearing from you if it's appropriate. Good luck! Cheers best, kristin On Jul 28, 6:48 pm, Daniel Purchas purc...@gmail.com wrote: Hey just after a general opinion about hitwise

[SiliconBeach] Re: low cost CRM/ Sales mgmt system

2009-08-07 Thread Daniel Purchas
Hi Mike, we're using zoho at the moment and it isn't the best, workable but not really that great, we'll be having a look into openondemand as well in the near future i think as have also tried salesforce in the past and haven't enjoyed that too much either On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Elias

[SiliconBeach] Re: Hitwise

2009-07-30 Thread Daniel Purchas
not to be segmenters anyway. Generally I think the market has moved significantly away from Hitwise in the last 30 mths. On Jul 30, 11:58 am, Daniel Purchas purc...@gmail.com wrote: Hey guys thanks for the suggestions. We currently have Analytics and use Alexa but are interested in what

[SiliconBeach] Hitwise

2009-07-28 Thread Daniel Purchas
Hey just after a general opinion about hitwise and their services. Thinking about getting them to do some competitor analysis. Cheers Dan Sent from my iPhone --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach

[SiliconBeach] Re: Financing your startup with personal income.

2009-07-27 Thread Daniel Purchas
Hey Pieter, one thing we did was to get 1 of our 3 founders to work on a contract making income while the other 2 of us worked at getting our key services producing revenue so it was sort of self funding without saving up a large amount of capital to pour into the company up front. this was a

[SiliconBeach] Re: Free Microsoft Licences for Tech Start Ups

2009-07-17 Thread Daniel Purchas
You can register and get access for free, and you can avoid getting referred in through a Microsoft partner by clicking on the apply and get validated by microsoft radio button, I think its a marketing thing for the microsoft partners to try and provide services to set up your free software On

[SiliconBeach] Re: VOIP alternative to Skype

2009-07-13 Thread Daniel Purchas
By rubbish service with MyNetFone, do you mean customer service or call quality service? A guy from Vocaltone is here demoing to us and we're trailling their call quality for a couple of days so will let you know how that goes, they have given us a handset which is not what we wanted so waiting

[SiliconBeach] Re: VOIP alternative to Skype

2009-07-12 Thread Daniel Purchas
cool thanks for the suggestions guys, we're looking at: My Net Fone and another one starting with V i think, will let you know which one we end up with On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Dylan Jay d...@pretaweb.com wrote: On 13/07/2009, at 10:49 AM, purc...@gmail.com wrote: Hey guys,

[SiliconBeach] Re: Benefits or allowances for people starting their own businesses in Australia

2009-06-16 Thread Daniel Purchas
Hey Bernard, cheers for the info, is this a free educational program rather than cash though? On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Bernard bernie...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Dan, There is a government funded program called New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS). It runs for 12 months. They provide

[SiliconBeach] Re: Benefits or allowances for people starting their own businesses in Australia

2009-06-16 Thread Daniel Purchas
what i'm interested in finding out about is sort of like a bridging benefit to give someone who is moving out of full time employment and has a mortgage etc... plus some savings at least a minimal income for 3 - 6 months to try and get revenue coming in from a new business. not everyone can move

[SiliconBeach] Re: Using free web-based products to manage remote salespeople

2009-06-16 Thread Daniel Purchas
sorry to bring this back from the dead as it were but as an input for Basic CRM we are going to be using Zoho this year, its actually free if you have 3 or less users so could be worth checking out On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:02 PM, JasonSaber jheld6...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Richard, We're

[SiliconBeach] Re: Domain names - does anyone care about anything other than .COM

2009-06-05 Thread Daniel Purchas
yeah, if you're operating in multiple countries with sites tailored to a specific location then get the local .com.au, .co.nz etc... as it is a component towards winning the SEO battle On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Peter Griffyn petergrif...@gmail.comwrote: depends on whether your intentions

[SiliconBeach] Re: The Website - Ideas for siliconbeachaustralia.org

2009-06-02 Thread Daniel Purchas
I was thinking that we could have the following: - start up profiles, outlining who is actively working on what sites/businesses currently and also a hall of fame style section so new comers can see what has been done in the past - body of knowledge section which outlines some example documents

[SiliconBeach] Re: Using free web-based products to manage remote salespeople

2009-05-25 Thread Daniel Purchas
I found the base version of salesforce to be horrifically slow to the point where we aren't going to be using it again during our big sales drives this year. ill definitely be reading up on the alternatives outlined above to find a better solution so cheers for the info above guys On Mon, May

[SiliconBeach] Re: Tax breaks for capital investment

2009-02-22 Thread Daniel Purchas
Cheers for the heads up on this Elias, on that note, what is the best bang for buck laptop at the moment for around $1,500 - $2,000?? On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Elias Bizannes elias.bizan...@gmail.comwrote: The announcement is aimed at Division 40 depreciable assets of the Income Tax

[SiliconBeach] Re: Silicon Beach ground rules

2009-02-01 Thread Daniel Purchas
Hi All, I'll follow the example and introduce myself. My name is Daniel Purchas and I'm one of 3 founding directors of a start up called GradConnection. We've been running for about 6 months now and have started focusing specifically on a service that profiles graduate employers using