[SiliconBeach] Re: Summary of the affected startup-related programs in the budget

2014-05-14 Thread Rich
Yes and of the roughly $440m saved on fostering enterprise, $245m will be spent on more school chaplains! (1) At least we still have an RD incentive which is genuinely extending runways all over Australia. Looking forward to finding out about the Entrepreneurs Infrastructure Program,

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Titstare guys doing their bit to raise Australia's reputation as a startup hub...

2013-09-12 Thread Rich
Thanks Elias for the facts and Brian for the words of wisdom. They made a mistake but the backlash is way, way, way out of proportion. As Brian said let's embrace the failure and maybe we can take away something positive. On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 6:09:31 PM UTC+10, Brian Lim wrote:

[SiliconBeach] Re: Looking for company to sub-contract out an IT person currently working on an AU 457 visa

2012-11-30 Thread Rich
I was on 457's for nearly 10 years with CXC. I always thought they were a very competent bunch. On Friday, November 30, 2012 11:30:03 AM UTC+11, Wendy wrote: Hi, Does anyone have a good referral to a business that sub-contracts out IT workers on Australian 457 Visas? Wendy -- You

[SiliconBeach] Re: UX Design Help Needed. Sydney CBD.

2012-11-23 Thread Rich
Hi Matthew I can recommend Cal Wilson @ www.theworkingparty.com.au he's excellent, very easy to work with. rich On Friday, November 23, 2012 3:55:24 PM UTC+11, mathew...@subscribe-hr.com.au wrote: Hi. We are looking for someone to help with some UX stuff in our Enterprise HR System

[SiliconBeach] Hiring developers and operations in India

2012-09-27 Thread Rich Buggy
didn't work? - What you would do different? - How you found developers, operations staff and managers? - How your hiring process worked? Thanks, Rich -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http

[SiliconBeach] Re: Recommendation for an affordable lawyer experienced in startups and subsidiaries

2012-09-24 Thread Rich
Hi Tom, I'm very happy with Gary Rogers at Blueprint Law (http://www.blueprintlaw.com.au/). Affordable and very easy to work with; specialises in technology. Rich -- piran.com.au On Sunday, September 23, 2012 10:26:20 PM UTC+10, Tom Dawkins wrote: Hi guys, The startup I co-founded

[SiliconBeach] Re: Xero vs Saasu

2011-11-04 Thread Rich
Sassu is fine for our needs, you should test it for yours. -- 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

[SiliconBeach] Re: street address database for australia

2011-07-27 Thread Rich
It depends on what data you want and what you want to do with it, but openstreetmap may have what you need. See here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet.osm#Processing_the_File for some ideas. You can get Aus only subsets from

[SiliconBeach] Re: Patent advice

2011-07-27 Thread Rich
Hey Phil, I'm a lawyer myself, although I don't work with patents. With that said, s18 of the Patent Act might be of some basic assistance to you (going beyond that involves delving into a lot of case law and nuance). For what it's worth, patent applications can be very expensive, and can

[SiliconBeach] Startup Weekend

2011-06-17 Thread Rich
Hi All, I am heading along to the Startup Weekend happening on the 24-26th, I am really looking forward to the experience. I am a follower of the lean startup movement (Eric Ries) and customer development (Steve Blank), however I am not a practitioner, yet. I've rather foolishly been waiting for

[SiliconBeach] Yet Another Introduction

2011-05-23 Thread Rich
Hi Everyone, Just knocking out my mandatory introduction. I'm one half to one third by weight of the team behind SurviveLaw.com (@SurviveLaw). We're a very small (but one of the best read players in our niche) publication for law students and law graduates. Unfortunately, we're trying to disrupt

[SiliconBeach] Re: Commercialisation Australia Proof of Concept grants for Software businesses

2011-05-05 Thread Rich
Nick, Those are some very helpful insights. From your bullet points I do think we are a good fit for CA; I just hope we can convince them of that. Although it is a lot of effort, there is a lot of money available so I think it's worth pursuing. Thanks everyone for the advice. Rich On May 6, 7

[SiliconBeach] Commercialisation Australia Proof of Concept grants for Software businesses

2011-05-04 Thread Rich
this, and this seems to be the consensus. It also seems that the government doesn't publish a list of recipients, so it's hard to verify. Has anyone obtained (or know anyone who has obtained) this CA grant for a software business? Cheers Rich -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[SiliconBeach] Re: Commercialisation Australia Proof of Concept grants for Software businesses

2011-05-04 Thread Rich
Thanks guys, that is encouraging. I stumbled on govt-grant-guru just after posting and then wished I could edit email. Dylan, ha ha :-) So has anyone on here obtained a grant? I'd be stoked to shout coffee or lunch to hear a war story. -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[SiliconBeach] Re: Commercialisation Australia Proof of Concept grants for Software businesses

2011-05-04 Thread Rich
/OurParticipants/Pages/Earth%20Sense%20Pty%20Ltd.aspx On May 5, 1:29 pm, Rich atkins...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks guys, that is encouraging. I stumbled on govt-grant-guru just after posting and then wished I could edit email.  Dylan, ha ha :-) So has anyone on here obtained a grant? I'd be stoked

[SiliconBeach] Re: Startup founders are based in Sydney, Ireland and the US - what is the best way to set up the business??

2011-05-04 Thread Rich
Hi Avis, That is complicated, and in the long run this decision probably won't matter all that much. A lot of people favour the Delaware C-Corp for US company formation. Delaware has the simplest corporation law in the US, and hence legal things are usually quicker and cleaner than other US

[SiliconBeach] Re: Change in assignment - Yammer Asia Pacific

2010-12-06 Thread Rich
Hi Dylan, Stephen list. First an intro, I'm Rich Atkinson, the technical cofounder of Platform46. Thanks, Steve for remembering us, I really enjoyed the conversation we had at CloudCamp. Just to set the record straight - we develop and sell two products; our engineering team is 100% in Sydney

[SiliconBeach] Re: VPS Server hosting in HK

2010-10-21 Thread Rich
And now you can get a micro instance of EC2 in Singa for free http://aws.amazon.com/free/ - Rich On Oct 21, 11:28 pm, Daryl daryl.mann...@gmail.com wrote: Rackspace is in HK and are excellent (fantastic support) I'd also suggest possibly using Amazon's EC2 instances out of Singapore if you

[SiliconBeach] Patents in a web world

2010-03-22 Thread Rich
Hi, I wanted to get a range of opinions on the subject of patenting. I have a website right now that is under development and soon to be launched. The particular concept of the website does not exist yet. It's very simple and based on feedback, it has some great potential. I spoke to a patent

[SiliconBeach] Re: Open Source Developers Conference

2008-12-01 Thread Rich Buggy
little gem: building a (successful) web business in 1 month with Ruby * Bootstrapping your application for just $3 a day and beyond - Amazon EC2, S3, SQS * Google Apps Engine + ExtJS prototyping demonstration For the full program go to http://wiki.osdcsydney.info/program Rich -- Rich Buggy http