Re: [SiliconBeach] Anyone have a desk they want to lease in Melb?

2010-09-29 Thread Jonathan Williams
Dave, If you're after something in the interim, or even longer term - the @inspire9_org coworking space is available: http://www.inspire9.com.au/dropin Cheers, Jon On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Dave Jenkins wrote: > Hey Guys, > > We've just taken on someone to do some work for us in Melbourne

[SiliconBeach] Re: Is there regular meetups?

2009-09-15 Thread Jonathan Williams
post, but still going >> strong every Friday morning): >> >> http://thezeitgeists.blogspot.com/2009/01/inaugural-melbourne-social-media-friday.html >> >> -- >> Pat >> >> On 15/09/2009, at 5:21 AM, Jonathan Williams wrote: >> >> > >>

[SiliconBeach] Re: Is there regular meetups?

2009-09-14 Thread Jonathan Williams
Hi Ben, There are a couple of other events where a lot of Melb SB people attend -- e.g. thehive.org.au. I think they've attempted to revive Melb drinks a couple of times, but nothing as of yet. Cheers, Jon On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Ben Calvert wrote: > > Seems like there will be Melbou

[SiliconBeach] Re: Suggestions on a good router/content gateway for an office of 15 staff

2009-07-22 Thread Jonathan Williams
I looked at this for a open Wifi scenario - with different QoS, Quotas, Throttling on the "guest" connections, etc. Take a look at Coova - http://www.coova.org/ It has many of the components you need, and some niceties such as OpenID integration, etc. It can be run on a device, or on a machine/Vir

[SiliconBeach] Mentor Agreements

2009-06-29 Thread Jonathan Williams
Hi all, My business partner and I are meeting someone this week that we see as a potential business mentor (or, perhaps investor). Anyone got any experience with this sort of arrangement? I'm assuming for all parties to be comfortable, some kind of NDA is probably a good idea - even though I kn

[SiliconBeach] Accountant in Melbourne

2009-05-27 Thread Jonathan Williams
Hi, I know this has been discussed before, but I couldn't dig up any specific recommendations: I'm shopping around for an Accountant in Melbourne. Preferably one that has some experience re: R&D Tax Concessions and the like (e.g. Export Dev Grant). Anyone on SB have any recommendations/referrals

[SiliconBeach] Re: Cost of US based "Startup Weekend"

2009-03-28 Thread Jonathan Williams
Cook is usually the term for the generalist - does-all-the-admin-work-etc in order to keep the team focused on their own tasks. Indeed, a few people consider the cook at the CEO/COO in the team (not univerally). Unless I'm misunderstanding your question? J On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 2:05 PM, rgh...

[SiliconBeach] Re: experiences going overseas?

2009-03-09 Thread Jonathan Williams
ut being resident or citizens. J On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Jonathan Williams wrote: > I'm over in SF now and I was chatting to a few aussies about this just last > night. > > Apparently the E3 doesn't really work at all - Ironically it's fine to > bring employees over,

[SiliconBeach] Re: experiences going overseas?

2009-03-09 Thread Jonathan Williams
I'm over in SF now and I was chatting to a few aussies about this just last night. Apparently the E3 doesn't really work at all - Ironically it's fine to bring employees over, but not the actual founders. I was told a story of a startup where they employ a Canadian in the US, but they can't actual

[SiliconBeach] Re: McKinsey - Mapping Innovation Clusters

2009-03-03 Thread Jonathan Williams
Yeah exactly - that chart is patent-based, which has a lot of limitations (e.g. biotech and electronics are somewhat more likely to generate a greater quantity of patents). The overall report looks interesting though. As you say - Would be great to get access to the raw(ish) data. On 3/3/09, mmp1

[SiliconBeach] McKinsey - Mapping Innovation Clusters

2009-03-03 Thread Jonathan Williams
Thought this might interest some readers - an analysis of centres of Innovation around the world. Brisbane features as a "Hot Spring", but the complete data set isn't included with the article (unfortunately). http://whatmatters.mckinseydigital.com/innovation/building-an-innovation-nation --~--~-

[SiliconBeach] Re: question about startup funding in Australia

2009-02-06 Thread Jonathan Williams
Phil, I like the racehorse analogy. Given that model, easiest structure is probably a unit trust per round, with a separate body (the actual incumbator group) acting as the administrator... With the right setup that's reasonably scalable. I think capping the shares is a good idea - you might inc

[SiliconBeach] Re: question about startup funding in Australia

2009-02-05 Thread Jonathan Williams
n the current round. > > I don't know about anyone else, but $500 a year to be involved in > something like this would just be a no-brainer. > > Phil Sim > Chief Executive Officer, > MediaConnect Australia Pty Ltd > www.mediaconnect.com.au > phi...@mediaconnect.com.au &g

[SiliconBeach] Re: question about startup funding in Australia

2009-02-05 Thread Jonathan Williams
agreement more conducive to the network stuff? > > > > *From:* silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com [mailto: > silicon-beach-austra...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Jonathan Williams > *Sent:* Friday, 6 February 2009 3:42 PM > > *To:* silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.

[SiliconBeach] Re: question about startup funding in Australia

2009-02-05 Thread Jonathan Williams
Makes it complex - by investing are you investing in any returns for that round, or for the lifetime of the programme? J On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Geoff McQueen - Hiive Systems < geoff.mcqu...@hiivesystems.com> wrote: > > Phil, > > Quick question: since the idea is to have "rounds", would i

[SiliconBeach] Re: Networking Opportunities in SF, SV, NY

2009-02-05 Thread Jonathan Williams
s (when he is stateside that is), Chris Saad and if you're > lucky, team Atlassian. > > > > Geoff > > > > > > *From:* silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com [mailto: > silicon-beach-austra...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Jonathan Williams > *Sent:* Th

[SiliconBeach] Re: question about startup funding in Australia

2009-02-05 Thread Jonathan Williams
I agree with the thread in general. David made some really good points about the YC / TS / SC models - they run on the prestige, high quality mentoring and pre-build networks they offer. The problem is that - if you forget about VCs - what are the startups getting by giving you x%? The real valu

[SiliconBeach] Re: Networking Opportunities in SF, SV, NY

2009-02-05 Thread Jonathan Williams
; > Without even more context though, we could be giving you bad ideas because > we're really just making a lot of assumptions (where to assume makes an > 'ass' out of 'u' & 'me'). > > Geoff > > Sent from my Windows Mobile(R) phone. > &g

[SiliconBeach] Re: Networking Opportunities in SF, SV, NY

2009-02-04 Thread Jonathan Williams
Hi, Thanks - Yeah - Sorry, I guess I should have given a lot more context to that question. We're working on a collaborative modelling tool - so we're squarely in the the Meta-Data / XML / Unstructured-Data area. Our main target at the moment will be government and corporates, but there is also

[SiliconBeach] Re: Networking Opportunities in SF, SV, NY

2009-02-04 Thread Jonathan Williams
I was also in Melbourne for the heatwave, so I played it well :-) Actually quite good being here - knuckling down and doing a lot of work. Too many distractions in Melbourne :-) On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Skribe Productions wrote: > > jwilliams wrote: >> but in Perth at the moment). > > Be

[SiliconBeach] Re: Silicon Beach ground rules

2009-01-28 Thread Jonathan Williams
Hi All, Sorry for my tardiness in introducing myself also - but I've been about 3 weeks behind in my email, so still catching up :-) I'm 32 and running a startup (Jodoro) - primarily in Melbourne, but we're also spending some time in Perth and in San Francisco. The product we're developing is a

[SiliconBeach] Re: Looking for $0 server/desktop hardware for a good home

2009-01-19 Thread Jonathan Williams
Unfortuately - All depends on how much resource your application needs. What technologies / platform / framework are you using? In term of a VPS. We use slicehost in the US -- linode also have a great reputation. We get by with ~256Mb with a low load - however, our app is mostly c/c++ and quite f