[SiliconBeach] Re: How would a 'small regional town' go as 'start-up and innovation centre'

2009-06-28 Thread JasonSaber
Good stuff Richard, My wife and I always talked about joining a technology/science commune. Perhaps comune is too strong a word. But a community of geniouses definitely appeals. A town where everyone has a hand in high level science and research. The kids get the best education in the world.

[SiliconBeach] Re: Focused or Dynamic

2009-06-09 Thread JasonSaber
Hi Sameul, Have heared two arguments: 1. Focus on one and only one single product, bust your chops to get to beta. 2. Accept projects as contract/subcontract and gradually build IP on the side/over time. Both have their appeal. I know of an entertainment software company that used option #2 ve

[SiliconBeach] business plan competition?

2009-05-29 Thread JasonSaber
Hello all, Quick intro: I run a small space engineering startup called Saber Astronautics out of Sydney (with some work in the USA). Most of our work is in R&D for the aerospace sector (software, ops, and sciences) but we've found many cross market applications in other sectors. Now the questio

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

2009-05-26 Thread JasonSaber
Hi Richard, We're developing a very similar sales operations website using ProcessMaker (www.processmaker.com). Managers, telemarketers, direct sales staff, installers, and customers all handled in one intranet. Open source product. It's reasonably simple to work with. Downside is that it's di

[SiliconBeach] Re: Bioinformatics People

2009-05-24 Thread JasonSaber
Hi Nathan, The research we do at Saber Astronautics has very high overlap in the areaspecifically in complex systems modelling and non-linear state space machinesbut it depends on what you need. Cheers Dr. Jason Held Saber Astronautics Australia 0433-178-740 On May 11, 9:17 pm, NathanDu

[SiliconBeach] Re: CleanTech Industry Cluster @ DSRD Parramatta

2009-04-15 Thread JasonSaber
Hi Richard, CleanTech sounds really interesting and I definitely want in on the discussion. The thing about solving environmental problems with software is that it's very math thick, and at the cutting edge of complexity. But if you can solve that, you can also solve a lot of other highly compl