[SiliconBeach] Gold Coast Startups

2014-08-19 Thread Mick Liubinskas
Hi all, I'm trying to organise a QA session on the Gold Coast about muru-D on Sept 9th. I'll shout some food and drinks to bribe you to listen to me. We had one company from Brisbane in the first class and they were a standout team. We're keen to see if there are more good companies we can

Re: [SiliconBeach] dragon's den?

2014-08-19 Thread Mick Liubinskas
It's entertainment not business. It's like all the bullshit competitions... it's already a competition!!! On Saturday, August 16, 2014 1:22:23 AM UTC+10, Dean Collins wrote: Free PR….steer towards….as long as it’s a consumer facing startup….if its not and your decision makers wont be

[SiliconBeach] Re: Marathon Club - Melbourne Edition

2014-07-30 Thread Mick Liubinskas
Hi guys, I've got some principles that they use at EO which (assuming EO is happy for them to be shared) really make these groups work better. We are running the first session in Sydney but I'm happy to share them with you after that. Well done taking the initiative. On Thursday, July 31,

Re: [SiliconBeach] Sydney based small groups of entrepreneurs who already have revenue - Marathon Club

2014-07-23 Thread Mick Liubinskas
Agree, it needs to be product revenue. Regards, Mick Liubinskas (mobile) +61 422 56 42 48 - (Skype) mliubinskas http://www.youmustfocus.com/ On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 6:37 AM, Geoff McQueen | AffinityLive geoff.mcqu...@affinitylive.com wrote: Love the idea. One suggestion: make it exclusive

Re: [SiliconBeach] Sydney based small groups of entrepreneurs who already have revenue - Marathon Club

2014-07-23 Thread Mick Liubinskas
groups of 4-6 who meet monthly and support each other. Email m...@liubinskas.com if you're interested. We have 10 so far. Regards, Mick Liubinskas (mobile) +61 422 56 42 48 - (Skype) mliubinskas http://www.youmustfocus.com/ On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 1:23 PM, simran sim...@dn.gs wrote: $42k

[SiliconBeach] Sydney based small groups of entrepreneurs who already have revenue - Marathon Club

2014-07-22 Thread Mick Liubinskas
Hi all, I'm helping someone setup small groups of startup entrepreneurs who have gone past first base, have at least $42k.5 revenue (we're calling it Marathon Club) and want to grow. The goal will become a tight network who meet monthly, share stories and help each other. Ping me at

Re: [SiliconBeach] Sydney based small groups of entrepreneurs who already have revenue - Marathon Club

2014-07-22 Thread Mick Liubinskas
the future millionaires club, not broke Millionaires. Regards, Mick Liubinskas (mobile) +61 422 56 42 48 - (Skype) mliubinskas http://www.youmustfocus.com/ On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Geoff McQueen | AffinityLive geoff.mcqu...@affinitylive.com wrote: Mick, silly question, but are you

[SiliconBeach] Patent Lawyers

2014-06-19 Thread Mick Liubinskas
Hi all, just seeing if anyone has experience dealing with the following patent lawywers; Paul Mahoney; http://www.cotters.com.au/patent-attorney-bios/patent-attorney-paul.php Simon Reynolds; http://www.davies.com.au/staff/profile/63/simon-reynolds Any feedback would be appreciated. -- --

[SiliconBeach] Education focused startup weekend in Sydney June 27-29

2014-05-21 Thread Mick Liubinskas
Come along! http://sydneyedu.startupweekend.org/ I've been involved in education tech for about a year now and the community is strong and growing fast. We've got teachers, developers, investors and more. If your a corporate and would like to support education tech in Sydney, then get behind

Re: [SiliconBeach] Best Australian Bank for Startups

2013-12-11 Thread Mick Liubinskas
we got to know someone in the bank, who was able to help us avoid the red tape. I think the majors are much of a muchness, and everyone will have good bad stories. Tom On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Mick Liubinskas mi...@liubinskas.comjavascript: wrote: Just curious to know what

[SiliconBeach] Best Australian Bank for Startups

2013-12-10 Thread Mick Liubinskas
Just curious to know what people think. Best for me would mean; - Ease of setting up account - Good online banking - Ease of plugging in payment system - Ease in going multi-currency - Service. - Fair fees. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach

Re: [SiliconBeach] Who are Sydney's best eCommerce agency?

2013-11-25 Thread Mick Liubinskas
I know NetStarter and they do a lot of ecommerce sites if you want a good midsized agency to do it for you. On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 5:16:47 PM UTC+11, Ritesh Patel - The Ticket Fairy wrote: Take a very serious look at this:

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Silicon beach jobs list

2013-10-08 Thread Mick Liubinskas
Great, thanks. I knew it was somewhere but couldn't remember/find the link. Regards, Mick Liubinskas (mobile) +61 422 56 42 48 - (Skype) mliubinskas http://www.youmustfocus.com/ On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Elias Bizannes elias.bizan...@gmail.comwrote: http://siliconbeachaustralia.org

[SiliconBeach] Re: Accelerators

2013-08-04 Thread Mick Liubinskas
My 1.9 cents; * What do you think an accelerator is? A program that can help you grow your new startup faster, bigger, better and with a higher chance of success. It's typically for people who have a gap that they can't easily fill via the market. * Do you know what the Global Accelerator

[SiliconBeach] Re: Free tickets to startup pitching contest at Fishburners Ultimo

2013-07-14 Thread Mick Liubinskas
There are also some local judges to balance Scobles Halfmoon Bay accent! Who has entered so far? Or is it a surprise? On Monday, 15 July 2013 13:56:26 UTC+10, Vuki Vujasinovic wrote: Hi everyone, Just a heads up that Rackspace is running a great Aussie startup competition called Small

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Investor ownership split? / Investors screwing down entrepreneurs

2013-07-14 Thread Mick Liubinskas
It's hard to give you a straight answer based on what you've told us but certainly don't rush into anything. Some thoughts; - Just because you've worked on it for a year doesn't mean that it's worth more. It's about the potential value of it and the risk in getting that value. It might mean

Re: [SiliconBeach] In Sydney

2013-07-11 Thread Mick Liubinskas
Plus with Jason being a turn around specialist he's not just brutally honest, he's brilliantly practical. On Thursday, 11 July 2013 10:31:37 UTC+10, Matt Allen wrote: Hey Jason; Welcome home :) Everyone, I met Jason as part of the Advance program earlier this year. If you want some

Re: [SiliconBeach] 33 Startups That Died Reveal Why They Failed

2013-07-07 Thread Mick Liubinskas
which question to ask and what you are testing is very important - and i often find, getting feedback based on final design ends up being more appropriate and relevant as you don't have to explain most of the product, the user can see it for themselves... On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Mick

Re: [SiliconBeach] KPI Scorecards

2013-07-07 Thread Mick Liubinskas
Not SaaS but this spreadsheet and content is pretty awesome. http://www.forentrepreneurs.com/saas-economics-1/ The spreadsheet is here; http://www.forentrepreneurs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skok-saas-model.zip On Friday, 5 July 2013 10:35:39 UTC+10, simran wrote: Interesting feedback

[SiliconBeach] Re: Global Startup Cities

2013-07-07 Thread Mick Liubinskas
That works. On Thursday, 4 July 2013 02:28:11 UTC+10, drllau wrote: seems ok just now but irregardless of hard infrastructure, it all comes down to people http://www.technologyreview.com/news/516506/silicon-valley-cant-be-copied/ On Wednesday, 3 July 2013 15:17:29 UTC+12, Mick Liubinskas

Re: [SiliconBeach] Australian version of mint.com

2013-07-02 Thread Mick Liubinskas
I'm really liking Pocketbook though I'm wanting it to help me understand the long term trends. Day to day is a pretty messy. I just added the iphone version and it was pretty sweet to get started with. Mick On Monday, 12 November 2012 10:41:16 UTC+11, Bosco Tan wrote: We're currently

Re: [SiliconBeach] 33 Startups That Died Reveal Why They Failed

2013-07-02 Thread Mick Liubinskas
I think everyone sets out to build something people want, it's how they go about it and when you decide that they don't. Almost every method is imperfect in some way (including manual test, prototype, video, pre-selling, building the whole shebang) and there are near infinite methods or at

Re: [SiliconBeach] Social Media and Silicon Beach Members

2013-07-02 Thread Mick Liubinskas
You are such a veteran! And a simplifier. Well done. Even looking at this list of social media tools makes me sigh. On Monday, 1 July 2013 11:46:38 UTC+10, dekrazee1 wrote: Bunch of lists out there. One I did in the early days - https://twitter.com/dekrazee1/silicon-beach, another one I'm

[SiliconBeach] Re: Global Startup Cities

2013-07-02 Thread Mick Liubinskas
URL broken? On Friday, 7 June 2013 10:15:08 UTC+10, drllau wrote: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/06/new-global-start-cities/5144/ Well Sydney can pat itself on the back, it rated a dot as VC funded startups. But there is still a long way go to if Europe and India

Re: [SiliconBeach] Need a new nickname to replace Silicon Beach

2012-10-05 Thread Mick Liubinskas
I think it's nice to say that Geoff and I'm all for fighting for it, but what are we going to to do own it? What is the stage and who's on it? Having our own group and drinks called Silicon Beach isn't nearly enough and I think we are a long way from owning it right now. I was partly joking

[SiliconBeach] Share your story of #flearning

2012-10-02 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
/jfdi-brains-flearn/ Flearn on! Mick Liubinskas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You

Re: [SiliconBeach] Allocating ESOP in advance

2012-08-15 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Hi all, a quick update on this area. We are going through an options program right now for a startup and are using a different method. IM (DEFINITELY) NOT A LAWYER But here is how it basically works; 1. Offer options to employees with a premium strike price. e.g. 70% above today's

[SiliconBeach] Re: Stories of focus success and failure

2012-04-14 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
. Funny Or Die now has ~ 80 people, is profitable and likely to make $40M in revenue this year:http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/funny-or-die-will-ferrell-dark-... Mark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funny_or_Diehttp://www.linkedin.com/in/marksmallcombe On Apr 11, 9:02 pm, Mick Liubinskas

[SiliconBeach] Review of worlds startup hubs - Sydney 21st out of 25.

2012-04-11 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/10/startup-genome-compares-top-startup-hubs/ I'm slightly proud of this, even making the list, but really we should be higher. We should be in the top ten. Maybe not tomorrow, but next year. There is no excuse for us not to be there. If we need more investors -

[SiliconBeach] Re: Review of worlds startup hubs - Sydney 21st out of 25.

2012-04-11 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
On Apr 11, 4:15 pm, Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer) bigm...@gmail.com wrote: http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/10/startup-genome-compares-top-startup-... I'm slightly proud of this, even making the list, but really we should be higher. We should be in the top ten. Maybe not tomorrow, but next

[SiliconBeach] Stories of focus success and failure

2012-04-11 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Hey everyone, Pollenizer is putting together a little book on focus and how it can help turn ideas into businesses. It's a very collaborative book and I'd love to include contributions from the community. If you have a good, scary, funny story where focus helped or lack of focus hurt, please go

[SiliconBeach] Re: Stories of focus success and failure

2012-04-11 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
opportunity. On 4/11/12 8:02 PM, Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer) bigm...@gmail.com wrote: Hey everyone, Pollenizer is putting together a little book on focus and how it can help turn ideas into businesses. It's a very collaborative book and I'd love to include contributions from

[SiliconBeach] Allocating ESOP in advance

2012-03-31 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Anyone had any luck with a good system to lock away some ESOP in advance in Australia? It really does suck that we don't have better support for a key currency of startups. Any govt types listening? Mick Trigger Price Liubinskas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[SiliconBeach] Re: Intro to confirm nothing like other Liubinskas

2012-03-19 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Hey Bro, welcome! Make sure you get along Friday and have a beer. On Mar 20, 9:26 am, Rai dekraz...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Ryan! Welcome! Rai On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:31 AM, RLiubinskas ryanl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, After 1 month of lurking I thought it is time to intro

[SiliconBeach] Re: Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas (and the absence of same)

2012-03-14 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Is the ambition around the financial impact or the real world impact? It doesnt' have to be both. We're trying to be more agressive with Pygg, Wooboard and Coachy all aiming to be global and have a big impact. Wooboard's goal is a trillion Woo's by 2020 - just 999,992,000 to go! The challenge is

[SiliconBeach] 2012 Predictions

2011-12-13 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
So what's going to happen in 2012? With you? With your company? With Sydney (or your city)? With Australia? With the World? Here are mine... I'm going to find a CEO in the US to run Wooboard. Pollenizer is going to exit another business Sydney is going to be included with Tel Aviv, Berlin,

[SiliconBeach] Incubators on Channel 7 This Sunday (Nov 27th)

2011-11-25 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
FYI There is a segment on incubators where a few of Australia's incuabators are shown. 10am Sunday 27th (this Sunday) Channel 7 The reason I know is because Pollenizer is on it with Spreets and Unrenovated. Not sure who else is on, I think Fishburners? -- You received this message because you

[SiliconBeach] Re: Nikki Durkin in SMH

2011-11-21 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Congrats to Nikki. Well done and well deserved. I think it's good to go to the US, though I think a lot of Aussies forget about home when they go. A bunch don't, like Elias, Alisdair and Adam Broadway (through my personal experience anyway) but I'd like to see a bit more investment back into

[SiliconBeach] Product Perfection

2011-11-01 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
(I've been out of SB for a while with work and family stuff consuming me, but trying to dive back in a bit) I saw this post looking for a co founder and part of it grabbed me; http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/browse_thread/thread/c2782bfc95e3783b Good responses from all

[SiliconBeach] Silicon Valley Tour Offer

2011-10-08 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Hi all, I got an email from Bjorn from the Startup Genome project with an offer for an organised, paid tour of Silicon Valley. Let me know if you're keen and we can get a $500 discount. Details; http://blackbox.vc/connect Sasha Fadi on cc. are organizing an awesome trip for some of our

[SiliconBeach] Re: Part 3 of pollenizer seris is up

2011-07-16 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Beachers! This is the last of our pollenizer series (however I think we might see a little more of pollenizer and their companies later on) Mick Liubinskas gives you the cliff notes of pollenizer, it is a really cool quick little video. Thanks Mick and pollenizer!! hope you all enjoy

[SiliconBeach] Re: Fwd: [Silicon-Beach] 3 year anniversary of Silicon Beach drinks

2011-06-28 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
I like your thinking Dave. Though I also think bringing the community together is important. It has to happen lots and lots for years and years. That's a lot of beer but I think we can do it! Mick Meetup Liubinskas On Jun 27, 11:36 pm, djinoz david.jo...@gmail.com wrote: Dealsta.com.au can

[SiliconBeach] Re: Silicon beach jobs list

2011-06-22 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Worth a try. We should be a few people to throw in $10-20 so it has a group who care about it... I'm in! Mick wp-admin Liubinskas On Jun 22, 1:29 pm, Elias Bizannes elias.bizan...@gmail.com wrote: Ok far from ready to use but I'll see if anyone wants to help me out here. What I've done is

[SiliconBeach] Re: Great people are over rated

2011-06-22 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Yep, that's a good point. I've often found that senior/star in one company, doing one thing, at one time does not mean senior/star every where/time. Senior people often have to unlearn before they can work in a new system, where as younger people are a bit more raw. Star players or star team, key

[SiliconBeach] Re: Copy/paste innovation

2011-06-18 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
for an entrepreneur isn't money or successful innovations, it's trying. Mike I'm a clone Liubinsky P.S. Actually I have an uncle named Mick Liubinskas, so in some ways I'm a 2.0 as well ;-) On Jun 19, 8:10 am, Geoff Langdale geoff.langd...@gmail.com wrote: Humphrey: innovation means different

[SiliconBeach] Is Fail Fast wrong?

2011-06-13 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
There is an interesting blog post on the idea of fail fast; http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/03/11/the-fail-fast-mantra-needs-to-fail/ It's from a guy who has had some successful startups and is now a VC. There is no 'one way' to build a great startup and even with his model there is a

[SiliconBeach] Re: Congrats to Elias on his new role

2011-06-04 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Oh dear, back to the big, safe, corporate world for Elias. What, can't hack the startup pace? Why don't you just go back to PWC! ;-) Congrats mate. See you in the Mission for a burrito the size of a small car soon! On Jun 5, 1:13 am, Matthew Ho matt.h...@gmail.com wrote: Awesome news

[SiliconBeach] Re: Looking for a Developer, to partner up for a web base concept.

2011-06-04 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Don't underestimate COBOL either. On Jun 3, 10:28 pm, Alexander Levashov alex.levas...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Darren, just curious, why for one simple project the developer needs to know 2 programming languages and 3 CMSs? -- Best regards, Alexander Levashov Altima

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

2011-06-04 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
There is a great program run by a solid Aussie entrepreneur Creel Price called; http://clubkidpreneur.com/ Creel is a great speaker and we should try and get him to an event one day. I'll ask. I've been trying to go back to my old school for a while and talk. I'll put that back on the list

[SiliconBeach] Australian IT Calendar Embed Code

2011-06-01 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
If you'd like to add the calendar to your own site, use this; iframe src=http://www.google.com/calendar/hosted/pollenizer.com/ embed? src=pf44opfb12hherild7h2pl11b4%40group.calendar.google.comctz=Australia/ Sydney style=border: 0 width=800 height=600 frameborder=0 scrolling=no/iframe To add

[SiliconBeach] Re: FW: Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out – The Startup Genome Project

2011-05-31 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Great study and some interesting numbers. The premature scaling is very interesting. Tough to pick that. Cant' wait forever, can't go too early. The Genome project came out of the co-founder network. Pollenizer is a part of it but it's pretty casual. We put our 2c into some of the docs, but it

[SiliconBeach] Re: Finding Technical Co-Founders: How do we help people do this better?

2011-04-11 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
I think if you're non-technical and you use odesk or elance, then you'll most likely end up disappointed. But you're right about the commitment. My suggestion for testing a new idea if you're non-tech is to do manual testing of the idea. Run it with wordpress, google ads, paypal accounts, manual

[SiliconBeach] Re: Finding Technical Co-Founders: How do we help people do this better?

2011-04-11 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Yup this is what Pollenizer does. The challenge is that Pollenzier can't service everyone, in fact many people need help to even get themselves prepared before talking to Pollenizer, and that as a result there are many folks out there who miss out for the want of tiny amount of focus. Don't

[SiliconBeach] Re: Aussie startup people in NYC?

2011-04-04 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Yeah, I don't know any... shame. I do know Charlie Odonnell who was at Union Square. Good guy. A few of them kayak on the Hudson on Saturdays which is really worth doing. Email me if you want an intro. Mick Big Apple Liubinskas On Apr 4, 2:54 pm, Alex North a...@alexn.id.au wrote: Julpan

[SiliconBeach] Re: Inspiring web-preneurs from the San Francisco area

2011-03-23 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Are you after Aussies or non-Aussies? There is a regular session of Aussies in SF held each week. Reach out to Chris Saad, Alisdair Faulkner or Marty Wells. I can intro if you want. For non-Aussies you can stand on the corner of 3rd and market and stop people in the street, most will have what

[SiliconBeach] Re: Stock options common in offer packages

2011-03-17 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Hi everyone, sorry this is so late. Took a while to scrub it clean. It may not be the simplest thing to work out but blame the govt for not making options work. Read the summary first. As a way of quick explanation, instead of options you issue a two classes of shares/units. B class shares which

[SiliconBeach] Re: B2B Deals sites - the next big battle front?

2011-03-17 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
After seeing Spreets and Dealised I've come to realise that group buying isn't much about group and is much harder than most people think. But this is interesting and worth testing. Mick 66% off Liubinskas On Mar 17, 5:32 pm, BizzBuzz.com.au pinstrip...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, My b2b

[SiliconBeach] Re: Music Venture

2011-03-09 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
I got called by a journo talking about online music businesses. If you're keen to talk to him, email at m...@pollenizer.com On Feb 28, 6:17 pm, gbissett gr...@grantbissett.com wrote: On Feb 24, 7:06 pm, Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer) bigm...@gmail.com wrote: Nice discussion all. I'd love

[SiliconBeach] Re: Stock options common in offer packages

2011-02-27 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
I've had a few requests for this, let me make sure the documents are clean and I'll post a Dropbox link. Mick Admin is my co-pilot Liubinskas On Feb 24, 10:04 pm, Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer) bigm...@gmail.com wrote: To get around Australian option laws tax issues we've used a multi class

[SiliconBeach] Re: Music Venture

2011-02-24 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Nice discussion all. I'd love to hear someone with a good music background wanting to start a new music technology business out of Australia. Mick Bono Liubinskas On Feb 23, 12:10 am, Ruhfus michaelruh...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, Great thread - there was a good article in the Saturday SMH

[SiliconBeach] Re: Provisional Patents - worth the bother ?

2011-02-24 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
I can see the big picture advantages, but for an early stage startup is it really a good decision. My short answer is no. The long answer is probably not. Note: I don't know your circumstances. The chances that you actually have the patent in alignment with what the technology actually should

[SiliconBeach] Re: Stock options common in offer packages

2011-02-24 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
To get around Australian option laws tax issues we've used a multi class system where shares change class after a certain milestone (time or goal based). Then you combine that with a non interest loan and you get a pretty good working system. We've got documentation for a system like this that

[SiliconBeach] Re: Provisional Patents - worth the bother ?

2011-02-24 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
in the enterprise MAY find patents very very useful. cheers, Roger On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer) bigm...@gmail.com wrote: I can see the big picture advantages, but for an early stage startup is it really a good decision. My short answer is no. The long

[SiliconBeach] Re: Silicon Beach or other startup gatherings in Melbourne

2011-02-16 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Great to see it picking up again. I'm down there a bit more now, and will try and be around for a MSBdrinks. The important thing is that it's regular. I know I can send someone to the Grace Hotel, look for a bunch of geeky peeps and they'll have a ball. ;-) On Feb 16, 2:33 pm, Yuval Ararat

[SiliconBeach] Re: Australian Startup Show

2011-02-03 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Sounds great Owen. Connect up with Adrian Vanzyl to get to some to some of the Aurelius Digital startups in Melbourne. On Feb 2, 3:51 pm, Owen Kelly o...@novede.com wrote: Hey everyone, I received a bit of feedback from my introductions post last week about a startup show. I have been looking

[SiliconBeach] USA Social Web Service looking for Australian partner

2011-02-03 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Hey, I got contacted by this guy a while back but we can't help out right now. If you can, let me know and I'll intro you. Cheers, Mick Hello Mick, this is Terry Ramsett in Chicago. I came across your profile on LinkedIn and noticed you were open to new ventures. I’d like to share with

[SiliconBeach] Re: Aussie StartupBus

2011-01-30 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
I wish! A six month old boy and 6 startups has me chained to my desk. Maybe if I was speaking on the bus Say $1.25 for a 1 hour rant and haiku on focus? Then I *Have* to go On Jan 27, 10:42 am, Elias Bizannes elias.bizan...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, Quite a few of you have asked

[SiliconBeach] Re: Who would you want? One Day Web Entrepreneur Event

2011-01-19 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
More great ideas. Thanks all. Looks like it's going to be May now, due to other conferences. Working on it... On Jan 17, 3:52 pm, hoops missingmatt...@gmail.com wrote: Something like the business of software would be nice as a format - ie. growing skills - marketing, sales, getting market fit

[SiliconBeach] Re: Yahoo!7 buys Spreets for $40m - Another Aussie Success!

2011-01-19 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Yep, big congrats to Dean, Justus, Phil, Jon, Oliver, Fleur, Bree, Damien and all the others who did so much hard work. Well done. On Jan 20, 3:26 pm, Mathew French mathew.fre...@subscribe-hr.com.au wrote: That's absolutley awesome. Congrats to all. On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:30 AM,

[SiliconBeach] Re: SB Basketball Sydney

2011-01-15 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
I can't do Tuesdays for till March and would prefer closer to Surry Hills (work) or CBD (bus stop). On Jan 14, 4:43 pm, dekrazee1 dekraz...@gmail.com wrote: Hey y'all, It's been a while. So long that I forgot we used to have these... oops Just wanted to get a show of hands as to who is

[SiliconBeach] Commercialisation Australia - Friend or foam?

2011-01-13 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
So we've had a year with Commercialisation Australia. From a person who's part of the community, I'm interested to know what everyone thinks. Have you looked into it? Have you tried to make use of it? Did it work for you? Why? Did you apply? How is the process? Meetings, documentation, case

[SiliconBeach] Re: Drinks today

2011-01-13 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Guessing this is late, but I'm on my way in. I'm in thongs tho, so a thong friendly pub would be good... On Jan 14, 4:29 pm, Sriram Panyam sri.pan...@gmail.com wrote: Any body planning to get to 77 early?  Say by 530? Cheers Sri -- Blog:http://panyam.wordpress.com Twitter: @panyam --

[SiliconBeach] Re: Who would you want? One Day Web Entrepreneur Event

2011-01-12 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
, but what about Caterina Fake of Flickr? Sandy Jen and Elain Wherry of Mebo or Marissa Mayer of Google? Bring some diversity to it please... Jonathan (My co-founder is a woman) On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer) bigm...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, I mentioned

[SiliconBeach] Re: Interesting stats on US VC firms

2011-01-12 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Some good numbers. Thanks for sharing. It would be interesting to see the Australian figures, though with only a few of the VC's with money it would have to be retrospective. On your question, it depends what you based 'out innovate' on. Growth % for a startup is from 0 to small, but that's a

[SiliconBeach] Re: Looking for 2 co-founders.

2011-01-11 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
One good thing from this is that technical developers should be aware that you can't sit behind your computer, code an amazing product and then the world comes and finds it. You have to get out there at least in some way and more often than not the distribution part is harder than you think.

[SiliconBeach] Startup Reading List

2011-01-11 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Found this page that had a good, up to date list of readings broken down into categories. http://platformsandnetworks.blogspot.com/2011/01/launching-tech-ventures-part-iv.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on

[SiliconBeach] Re: Project Inbox ZERO - I'm looking for co-founders...

2011-01-10 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
I've hacked together an inbox zero system with Gmail. It works pretty well but it's still up to me to implement it. There is certainly a few labs tools that I would love to have. Primary for me would be one click archiving. i.e. for every email I can just click 'archive' 'today (my priority

[SiliconBeach] Re: Startmate outs its shortlist

2011-01-10 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Congrats to the 5, but it was amazing to see such a depth of good ideas and people to run with them. The community is certainly building up some strength. Great to see. Cheers, Mick On Jan 9, 4:59 pm, drllau drlawrence...@gmail.com wrote: Samba is the Linux filesharing. It's sold by the likes

[SiliconBeach] Re: Melbourne StartupCamp - Anyone signup and any updates?

2010-11-10 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
I've created 3 spots at $20 off for Startup Campers if you use this code: sucm It's a great fun day and I hope you can make it. Cheers, Mick Liubinskas Pollenizer On Nov 10, 9:02 pm, Chua kschua2...@gmail.com wrote: Have a good trip Bart. Looking forward to it when you are back On Nov 10, 8

[SiliconBeach] Testing a new service - video bug testing

2010-10-06 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Hey all, a bootcamp attendee is looking for a few people who work in or with bug testing of web applications. If you're keen, fill out this short survey; http://bit.ly/cjmUyw Cheers. Mick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list.

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

2010-09-13 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Thanks for the post Renai. It's a good question and there are some great answers here. I'll summarise my point by saying yes and no. Yes, there is a VC funding here in Australia. No, it's not particularly relevant for early stage web businesses, which a lot of Silicon Beach is about - or is

[SiliconBeach] Re: Experiences with ANZA Gateway to the US program?

2010-09-08 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
I think the Perkler guys did. You can talk to Justin and Dan. A good alternative is just talk to Elias and sleep on their couch for 3 months. On Sep 8, 1:43 pm, Dylan Jay d...@pretaweb.com wrote: Hi, Anyone done this program and have some good or bad experiences with it?

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

2010-09-04 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Yep, good article Elias. They are Aussie Mafia because they occasionally commit crimes (like driving on the wrong side of the road hey Alisdair?) but they are certainly not organised. :-) On Sep 3, 1:33 pm, Keith Lang songcar...@gmail.com wrote: Nice article. This mainstream coverage does good

[SiliconBeach] Re: Sydney StartupCamp (Oct. 8-10) Melbourne StartupCamp (Nov. 12-14)

2010-09-01 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Awesome guys, that's great to see it back. Hopefully I'll get along to this one. On Aug 29, 10:17 am, PatrickDriessen pwdries...@gmail.com wrote: Fellow entrepreneur Bart Jellema and I have a lot in common (we were even born in the same Dutch hospital...) and share a strong passion to help

[SiliconBeach] Re: StartMate: Australian web entrepreneurs launch first mentor-driven startup fund.

2010-08-19 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
The initial list is just an initial list, so plenty of room to grow. Though it is disappointing in our brief looking that we didn't automatically add any females to the list. It definitely wasn't intentional. Tech is a little more dominated by males and entrepreneurship is a little more dominated

[SiliconBeach] Re: Tomorrow: Silicon Beach Drinks at the Grace

2010-07-29 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
We're also having drinks if you are in Surry Hills. On Jul 29, 2:35 pm, Bart Jellema b...@rtje.net wrote: Hi Everyone, It's time for Silicon Beach Drinks again tomorrow. I'll aim to be there a bit before 6PM to catch happy hour. Please sign up to the Meetup.com group and

[SiliconBeach] This week in startups - global catch up - run one in Sydney? Other cities?

2010-07-13 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
http://www.meetup.com/startups/ Jason Calicanis crew is running a global meetup of startups. Anyone interested in organising a local event? What about Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra, Perth, Hobart et al. ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach

[SiliconBeach] Re: Drinks on tonight folks?

2010-07-05 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Sorry I missed it. Will try and make this Friday if you guys are out again. On Jul 2, 2:43 pm, Sriram Panyam sri.pan...@gmail.com wrote: oh yeah forgot about the drink!  so same time at the grace? On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Geoff McQueen - Hiive Systems

[SiliconBeach] Startup Bootcamp [Sydney]

2010-07-05 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Shameless plug Hey, after working with a number of startups over the past few years, Pollenizer have corralled our lessons into a bootcamp. We're having an intro session to talk about it this Wednesday night; http://www.pollenizer.com/bootcamp/ This is for; * Concept stage businesses (or should

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

2010-05-04 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Awesome guys. That's great. Good to know there is more space. I might refer some people to you as our office is full. I also think we all need a beer soon. Too much work and not enough beer makes us write sayings like this. Mick Liubinskas http://www.pollenizer.com On May 4, 11:14 am

[SiliconBeach] Re: Startup Lessons Learned live simulcast this Saturday in Sydney

2010-04-25 Thread Mick Liubinskas
Thanks for a great event everyone. REally good to have everyone there on a Saturday morning. Good crew. Thanks for organising it Michelle. On Apr 22, 10:45 am, Brendan Quinn brendanquin...@gmail.com wrote: would love to come to sydney for the day, but I've come 25,000 miles to go to the

[SiliconBeach] Melbourne workshop for startups - May 11th. 6pm.

2010-04-25 Thread Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)
Hi all, I'm coming down to Melbourne on May 11th for a focus workshop. If you're running a startup and want to hear our thoughts on how to get focused, be lean and work on customer development, then come along.

[SiliconBeach] Re: Good web design/development companies in Sydney

2010-04-06 Thread Mick Liubinskas
We're not web site developers, but we work on web businesses only. We've also just brought Andy Coffey on board to buff up our design work. Let us know if we can help. Mick http://www.pollenizer.com On Apr 6, 8:49 pm, Daniel Purchas purc...@gmail.com wrote: I would recommend Karsen at Kwik

[SiliconBeach] Re: Seeking Advice - Start-Up

2010-03-15 Thread Mick Liubinskas
Great advice Brad. Sales first. I've rarely met a business idea that couldn't be done manually first, then the tech built after. Any technology can be built, but I guarantee that if you try and build it all in one go, it will be wrong 10 minutes after you launch it. Kevin, he's right. Definitely

[SiliconBeach] Startup / Web Business Workshop March 16th

2010-02-18 Thread Mick Liubinskas
Hey everyone, this is a bit self promoting, but I've been asked by a number of smaller teams and startups over the past two years for workshops but price has often been an issue. So I'm running a multi-team/person workshop for $80 each on March 16th. It will be practical and small so lots of

[SiliconBeach] Eric Ries talk in Sydney

2010-02-18 Thread Mick Liubinskas
Quick: Eric Ries from Startup Lessons Learned and Lean Startups is talking in Sydney Monday March 1st, 6-9pm. Register here. http://www.amiando.com/ericriessyd.html Great news. We’ve been talking to Eric since we were on the same startup mentor group at Seedcamp in London last year. We wanted to

[SiliconBeach] Re: Launching new web business and farewell to Dave Soul tonight in Sydney

2010-02-04 Thread Mick Liubinskas
Proud to announce first bug. It shouldn't require login, you should just be able to grab the deal. It will be up and fixed shortly! On Feb 5, 9:42 am, Mick Liubinskas bigm...@gmail.com wrote: Hey everyone, we've got a proposal for an alternative to the normal Friday night drinks in Sydney

[SiliconBeach] Re: DVD content acquisition

2010-01-11 Thread Mick Liubinskas
When I ran marketing and business development for Kazaa we did content deals with movie, music and software publishers. Happy to have a chat. m...@pollenizer.com On Jan 11, 3:55 pm, Tony Liu tonyfrie...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Guys, Do you know any friends who got experience in DVD content

[SiliconBeach] Re: Sydney Silicon Beach Drinks this Friday

2010-01-11 Thread Mick Liubinskas
With the Grace Hotel - this weeks drinks are on and at Pollenizer; http://www.amiando.com/TLRDOMJ See you there. On Jan 8, 3:10 pm, BrianMenzies bmenz...@gmail.com wrote: Great idea. See you at the Grace at 5:30'ish Brian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[SiliconBeach] Sydney Silicon Beach Drinks this Friday

2010-01-06 Thread Mick Liubinskas
Hey everyone, happy 2010. To kick off, I'll be at Silicon Beach drinks this Friday and shouting a few drinks from Pollenizer to kick off 2010. I think Steve Hopkins is up from Melbourne too. Anyone keen to come? I haven't been for ages. -- You received this message because you are subscribed

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