Re: [SiliconBeach] Q&A last night

2016-03-28 Thread Richard Sazima
Not really, but I started watching it halfway through. The quantum physicist ruled the show. The fact that NBN was the hottest discussion and the closing subject is actually quite telling... NBN is not an innovation, is merely infrastructure (albeit a critical and expensive one)! Cheers > On

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Apply for Disrupt@Scale ($75K)

2015-01-28 Thread Richard Sazima
. Cheers, Richard > On 29 Jan 2015, at 08:02, Alan Jones wrote: > > You don't know Jindou? Happy Inspector cofounder, early Startmate grad. > Humble, self-effacing, funny, now an experienced and capable Aussie founder > in SV. > > Should TFMI start making bigger investme

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Apply for Disrupt@Scale ($75K)

2015-01-28 Thread Richard Sazima
etter we all do (and the other way around too), it's a virtuous cycle. And as Alan, Rai and others have pointed out, there might be people that find it fair or even a great deal. Finally as Alan said: "30% is a starting point and of course that could change in future", so let them exp

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Apply for Disrupt@Scale ($75K)

2015-01-28 Thread Richard Sazima
now, but, after reading Alan's compliments, seems an awesome bloke)? Cheers, Richard > On 28 Jan 2015, at 21:28, Alan Jones wrote: > > Yes, 30% :-) Before I try to explain why 30%, I should also make sure you > know that BlueChilli doesn't usually take 30%. Our usual

Re: [SiliconBeach] Every startup innovating in Australia should get the R&D Tax Incentive.

2014-11-11 Thread Richard Sazima
I endorse Luke's advice, this incentive actually works! ​Cheers On 11 November 2014 13:18, Luke Metcalfe wrote: > This is the most widely applicable advice I give startups: > > Anyone who’s doing an technologically innovative startup should be getting > the R&D Tax Incentive. Even if it’s the

Re: [SiliconBeach] Contacting Sydney Angels

2014-10-22 Thread Richard Sazima
Hey Jake, I asked something similar some time ago and people here were super helpful with very good answers: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en?hl%3Den#!searchin/silicon-beach-australia/Funding$20sources/silicon-beach-australia/WtheSquqQk4/Cq3Mpp8rm6oJ Cheers, --- Richard Sazima On 21

[SiliconBeach] Funding sources between Angels & Series A

2014-09-29 Thread Richard Sazima
it already validated with enthusiastic customers) after an investment round funded by angels, but before going for a series A? Members of the group who have been in this situation, what have you done? What about ASSOB? Anyone tried USA investors? Thank you very much! Best regards, --- Richard Sazi

Re: [SiliconBeach] 10 week - learn development - feedback requested

2014-09-16 Thread Richard Sazima
so to speak. Joel explores this in more detail here: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog000319.html Best regards, --- Richard Sazima +61 467 236 945 On 16 September 2014 18:38, simran wrote: > Hi Richard, > > Thanks for the links... i find it hallirious that bootcamps has

Re: [SiliconBeach] 10 week - learn development - feedback requested

2014-09-15 Thread Richard Sazima
.udacity.com/course/cs101 - http://www.khanacademy.org/computing/cs - https://groklearning.com/courses/ Cheers, --- Richard Sazima +61 467 236 945 On 15 September 2014 23:56, simran wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm trying to decide (for a new business) what technologies might be best >

Re: [SiliconBeach] *Privacy Act* compliant hosting providers in Australia

2014-08-14 Thread Richard Sazima
Thanks BigMax! Regards, --- Richard On Aug 14, 2014 3:21 PM, "Big Max" wrote: > I agree with Hugh > > I use Amazon/AWS' Sydney zone > > > On Monday, August 4, 2014 10:59:53 PM UTC+10, Hugh Stephens wrote: >> >> Amazon/AWS' Sydney zone. Assuming

Re: [SiliconBeach] Mobile web development shops in Manilla / Phillipines

2014-08-14 Thread Richard Sazima
I can recommend in Brazil (yes, they speak English) http://mobwise.com.br http://www.wabbers.com Regards, --- Richard On Aug 14, 2014 3:21 PM, "Big Max" wrote: > Hi Guys > > Can anyone recommend any of the mobile web development shops in Manilla / > the Phillipines ? I

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: *Privacy Act* compliant hosting providers in Australia

2014-08-04 Thread Richard Sazima
Thank you Jeromy! Regards, --- Richard Sazima +61 467 236 945 On 5 August 2014 12:03, Jeromy Evans wrote: > Hi Richard, > > It's common when selling to a large enterprise in Australia that you'll > have to provide statements of compliance (or non-compliance) for their

Re: [SiliconBeach] *Privacy Act* compliant hosting providers in Australia

2014-08-04 Thread Richard Sazima
Hugh, thank you very much! Amazon is very appealing, but let's see the customer's reaction. Regards, --- Richard Sazima +61 467 236 945 On 4 August 2014 22:59, Hugh Stephens wrote: > Amazon/AWS' Sydney zone. Assuming you're talking AU privacy principles, > the fact

Re: [SiliconBeach] *Privacy Act* compliant hosting providers in Australia

2014-08-04 Thread Richard Sazima
ons? ​Thanks!​ ​Cheers , --- Richard Sazima +61 467 236 945 On 4 August 2014 19:26, Andrew Stone wrote: > > Legislation is one thing... perhaps you are just looking of someone to > hold responsible for leaks? ... If you *really* don't want anyone peeping > at your data *you*

[SiliconBeach] *Privacy Act* compliant hosting providers in Australia

2014-08-03 Thread Richard Sazima
rivacy Act regarding "IN CONFIDENCE" information. Any suggestions? If this is a common topic, may I suggest having a permanent topic for compliant hosting providers? Cheers, Richard -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mai

Re: [SiliconBeach] Starting an Oz company from overseas?

2014-06-09 Thread Richard Buggy
Unless it's changed in the last few years you need to have a resident director. Rich On Jun 9, 2014 6:50 PM, "Brendan Quinn" wrote: > " > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) > > Hi all, a friend of a friend wants to start an AU company from the US... > Doe= > s

Re: [SiliconBeach] CleanPoint vehicle charging

2014-05-25 Thread Richard Wraith
located in Sydney. Cheers, Richard -- Richard Wraith +61 417 361 093 On 26 May 2014 07:48, Dean Collins wrote: > Interesting idea > > http://www.cleanpointselect.com/?p=4%20Electric%20Vehicles > > > > That the “charging” of a car be tied to the owners home account

Re: [SiliconBeach] Anyone had their idea stolen?

2014-05-13 Thread Richard Buggy
I remember hearing somewhere that at any point in time there are a bunch of people independently working on the same problem and at least a few will find the same solution. I've recently experienced that when I found someone I know in LA was working on the same problem as me but from a different an

Re: [SiliconBeach] Question - How long did it take you to get a job (not the visa) while in the bay area ?

2013-05-13 Thread Richard Kroon
Overstaying a visa is an offence that tends to result in them not issuing a visa again and excludes you from the vwp. It's playing with fire. On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Patrick Collins wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the visa needs to be valid only when > you enter the coun

[SiliconBeach] Does anyone had exprience with creating OTC:BB company?

2013-03-09 Thread Richard Hayes
create a US OTC:BB company<http://www.otcbb.com/> . Has anyone had any experience with the process? Richard Hayes 0414 618 425 -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more F

Re: [SiliconBeach] Want to be apart of the Startmate program? Announcing Trump Cards

2013-02-04 Thread Richard Kroon
Hi Niki, This looks really interesting and I am considering applying. I have a question about the contract between the "trump card" employees and Startmate/The Startmate Companies: Would I be able to work on weekend projects and side projects of my own without surrendering ownership of the IP I c

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Finding someone technical to build your idea

2012-12-15 Thread Richard Kroon
't try and cofound with 10x engineers unless you need them (and if you really do need them, the technical problems you are solving should attract them anyway) Don't try and cofound with people who won't bring passion, hustle and an applicable skillset of some kind Don't try and cof

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Anyone have real-life stories to tell about the new R&D Tax Incentive scheme?

2012-12-05 Thread Richard Wraith
ket as Ben says. Cheers, Richard -- Richard Wraith +61 417 361 093 On 5 December 2012 23:18, Ben Thompson wrote: > =Ii've personally completed and submitted over 30 registrations through to > completion (money back) under the new Incentive scheme without a hitch. > With som

[SiliconBeach] Weekly mastermind group - room for 2 more people

2012-11-25 Thread Richard Buggy
I've started a mastermind group with another silicon beach member that meets weekly for an hour via Skype. There's room for another 2 people if anyone is interested in joining. We're both solo founders trying to build a small online business on the side so someone with a similar outlook would be th

Re: [SiliconBeach] University email addresses?

2012-11-25 Thread Richard Kroon
eryone got. Mail handled in house. Macquarie has a pretty spamable one administered by google. Cheers, Richard On 26/11/2012, at 5:11 AM, "Dean Collins" wrote: > Do Universities in Australia provide email addresses to their students the > same way usa colleges do? > > Is the

Re: [SiliconBeach] Introducing Sydney Dev Camp - the education startup

2012-11-21 Thread Richard Kroon
ng on offering? Or do you mean 10 weekends? 10 weeks one evening a week? Cheers, Richard On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Danila Davidson wrote: > Hi there, > > I am reaching out to the Silicon Beach community as I am launching my new > venture and I would like to hear your thoughts o

Re: [SiliconBeach] Hiring developers and operations in India

2012-09-27 Thread Richard Buggy
Hi simran, Thanks for the feedback. The hiring experience you've described mirrors my odesk experience. We had to develop a strong process to weed out 80% of developers in less than 30 seconds without an interview. When you were starting out did you need to go to Bangalore for interviews or were

Re: [SiliconBeach] Just launched our Kickstarter: Learn to Make HTML5 games - by playing them!

2012-09-19 Thread Richard Kroon
Pledged! Good luck with it guys, looks interesting. On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Ben Sand wrote: > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1211458364/brainworth-play-games-that-teach-you-to-make-games > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia

[SiliconBeach] (OT) Need a graphic designer for simple work

2012-09-16 Thread Richard Hayes
Dear SBA, I need to create some simple banners to be printed at Officeworks. Any graphic designer who wants some quick work please call Richard Hayes 0414 618 425 Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Accountants in the USA

2012-07-14 Thread Richard Wraith
+1 for Charlottee Wall. I have used her in the past and found her very helpful and knowledgeable with Australia - USA requirements for tech start ups. Cheers, Richard -- Richard Wraith +61 417 361 093 On 14 July 2012 00:22, Phil Evans wrote: > One of the locals will probably hav

[SiliconBeach] (OT) Help wanted in Melbourne - Recieive free energy saving equipment

2012-06-21 Thread Richard Hayes
interested pls call me 0414 618 425 Richard -- 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 can

Re: [SiliconBeach] Marketing Consultant with an eye towards lean startups

2012-03-20 Thread Richard Bordes
yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > F

Re: [SiliconBeach] Free Desks and Chairs in Sydney (BuzzNumbers old office)

2011-12-13 Thread Richard Buggy
Any photos? Rich On 14/12/2011 5:51 PM, "Nick Holmes a Court" wrote: > Hey guys > > We have just moved office and our new office has a fit out - so we have a > whole office fit out that we are giving away for anyone who wants it. > > Leather Chairs + Desks for 10 people plus Meeting Table + Chai

Re: [SiliconBeach] Shareholder agreement

2011-11-02 Thread Richard Prangell
your incorporation, I would start by discussing the matter with them. Otherwise, shoot me an email and we can chat. My firm handles these kinds of matters quite often, so we could perhaps help you out further. Good luck either way! *Richard Prangell* Geek, Lawyer, Founder at SurviveLaw.com O

[SiliconBeach] Re: Startup Weekend Melbourne in November

2011-09-13 Thread Richard
Thats amazing news! calendar entry added, looking forward to the event. thanks for the info Richard On Sep 14, 12:30 pm, Matthew Ho wrote: > I just spoke to the organiser of Startup Weekend Australia. They'll be > running another Startup Weekend in Melbourne in November. > >

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: R&D Tax Concession Changed and GrantReady

2011-09-12 Thread Richard Wraith
R&D tax schedule to your normal accountant for your tax return. I have seen, from all sides of the fence, way too many poor quality claims from well intentioned non-specialists in this area. Richard On 12/09/2011, at 11:47 PM, Matthew Griffiths wrote: > Correct - however, my unders

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: R&D Tax Concession Changed and GrantReady

2011-09-10 Thread Richard Wraith
lculations can get a bit complex when grants and other government money needs to be taken into account (to prevent double dipping). Cheers, Richard -- Richard Wraith 0417 361 093 On 11 September 2011 10:30, Geoff Langdale wrote: > Overall, this is a good summary, but this bit is simply n

[SiliconBeach] Re: The Lean Startup Book pre-launch deal

2011-09-07 Thread Richard
reely available on app sumo but lets see. A good deal for sure Richard On Sep 8, 11:55 am, Jeromy Evans wrote: > For those that follow the lean startup movement: > > Eric Ries' book The Lean Startup is launched next week and he's trying > to get it on the bestseller list so it r

[SiliconBeach] Pleased to meet you all

2011-07-27 Thread Richard
Hi and hello, since I joined this great group a few weeks ago it would be decent to introduce myself. I am Richard from Slovakia and very soon I am moving to the great city of Melbourne, which will surely be an amazing experience. I am 26 years of age and in Melbourne I will finish my postgrad

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: SMSF Application

2011-07-14 Thread Richard Buggy
>> Sure; >> >> I'm an adviser and can give you some free tips / pointers. >> >> Feel free to send me an email or post your questions here >> >> Laurence >> >> On Jul 12, 10:28 am, Richard Buggy wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> &g

[SiliconBeach] SMSF Application

2011-07-11 Thread Richard Buggy
Hi I'm in the early stages of investigating a possible Self Manager Super Fund (SMSF) application but I need help with some research. If there's anyone on the list who has a SMSF or anyone who is in the accounting industry that deals with SMSF's then I'd love to ask you a few questions. Rich

Re: [SiliconBeach] Startup Crowdfunding?

2011-06-21 Thread Richard Buggy
Hi everyone There's an Australian Startup called Edgeyo (http://edgeyo.com/) that's does startup crowd funding. I know one of the founders and the beta he showed me looks really interesting. They're planning to release it in the next week. Rich On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Rupal Amin w

Re: [SiliconBeach] Silicon Beach website: time for a jobs board and a news service.

2011-06-14 Thread Richard Buggy
These days I use WordPress by default simply because there are plugins to do almost anything and pre-built themes are easy find. If you want blog aggregation I used WordPress plus FeedWordPress to create http://planet-microisv.com/ If all you want is a hacker new clone then maybe check out the Red

Re: [SiliconBeach] Finding your first customers

2011-06-05 Thread Richard Buggy
ine sales environment... > > > > Sent from my BlackBerry® from Optus > -- > *From: * Richard Buggy > *Sender: * silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > *Date: *Sun, 5 Jun 2011 22:06:31 +1000 > *To: * > *ReplyTo: * silicon-beach-australia@googl

Re: [SiliconBeach] Finding your first customers

2011-06-05 Thread Richard Buggy
Hi Adam I think it sounds a lot like http://startupli.st/ or http://betacandy.com/ with elements of http://appsumo.com/. Rich On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Adam Brimo wrote: > Hey all, > > I've just started a company with one of my friends and now we are > working on getting our first cus

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

2011-01-12 Thread Richard Buggy
Rob Walling On 11/01/2011 4:07 PM, "Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer)" wrote: > Hey, a few people are putting together a Le Web/TC Disrupt for Sydney > in March and we are targeting the best speakers in the world. > > If you were paying $500 for a full day of amazing speakers; > > 1. Who would you want

Re: [SiliconBeach] BarCampApache Sydney - Sat, Dec 11

2010-12-08 Thread Richard Buggy
Hi Brett You should also get in touch with the organizers of the last few Sydney Barcamps. I think they have a mailing list from the last couple of barcamps and even if they don't a single post on http://www.barcampsydney.org/ will probably get a bunch of people signed up. Rich On Thu, Dec

[SiliconBeach] Re: Noob Alert - Tips for would-be entreprenuers

2010-09-30 Thread Richard Giles
Hi Tim It's great you're motivated. I'd echo other people's suggestions, and think that 37 Signals have a great philosophy. I've done a bunch of things over the last 10 years, most of which I did when I was employed full time. I did also leave full time work to start a company, and as Phil says,

Re: [SiliconBeach] What business could you build on 1Gb/s

2010-08-11 Thread Richard Wraith
ote coach could analyse and provide feedback on a persons performance in what ever activity. I am sure with a little thought there are plenty of other great examples of ways that serious bandwidth couple be put to good use (other than just mindless consumption of multimedia). Cheers, Richard -- R

[SiliconBeach] Australian version of mint.com

2010-07-01 Thread Richard Buggy
Hi I'm looking for an online personal finance tracking site. Does anyone know of any sites like mint.com for Australia? Most of the sites I can find are for the US. Rich -- -- Rich Buggy r...@buggy.id.au -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Austra

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Patents in a web world

2010-03-23 Thread Richard Owens
WowI wonder what that does to Twitter! On 23/03/2010, at 11:41 PM, Jeromy Evans wrote: >> Facebook wanting to patent the concept of "social networking"...or probably >> more appropriate to use MySpace as an example. So it's kinda the layout of >> the site and the way it does what it does t

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Patents in a web world

2010-03-23 Thread Richard Owens
Your last point is a very good point and I must say, I kinda wanted that $5K for marketing and for further developing the website that can help it generate some income. When I say there's nothing like it yet, I know your concernI mean, I've never seen anything like it, no one else I've spok

[SiliconBeach] Re: silicon beach drinks sydney

2009-11-13 Thread Richard Giles
re we're all at. :) http://www.webindustry.asn.au/ Rich On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Elias Bizannes wrote: > Plenty of activity happening in Perth, driven by the same people who put > together barcamp, PTUB, Port80 and run the web industry association. > > Bronwn, Myles, R

[SiliconBeach] Re: New business models to protect inventiveness

2009-11-09 Thread Richard Heycock
al? > or just more red tape? > > Patents for small player are valuable as negotiation tools and can > lead to a valuable return when pursued (from the matters that I have > been involved in it has been worthwhile). Also, as yet I have not > worked with a client that has not value

[SiliconBeach] Re: New business models to protect inventiveness

2009-11-09 Thread Richard Heycock
Excerpts from 1_Place's message of Tue Nov 10 10:04:26 +1100 2009: > > Thanks for your thoughts: > > There is a lot is anger towards patents which I would very much like > to unravel - > > I see the patent system as a library that has a standard process for > recording information, for which an

[SiliconBeach] Re: Immigration Lawyers

2009-10-21 Thread Richard Heycock
Excerpts from Jonathan Clarke's message of Wed Oct 21 21:19:50 +1100 2009: > I'm currently on a 457 sponsored visa, I'm probably going to apply for PR > next year, but being honest, is there any real need for a lawyer to process > a PR application? The documentation is freely available, you can u

[SiliconBeach] Re: Immigration Lawyers

2009-10-20 Thread Richard Heycock
Excerpts from Ryan Cross's message of Wed Oct 21 17:04:06 +1100 2009: > Potentially a bit off topic, but does anyone know any good immigration > lawyers? Particularly with Permanent Residency visas? > You can post on the list for other people, or just contact me directly. > > Thanks! > Ryan Cross

[SiliconBeach] Re: data.australia.gov

2009-09-30 Thread Richard Buggy
NSW was supposed to provide a full feed on September 21. I guess the Premier just didn't mean September 21, 2009 because this is starting to look like one of those annual announcements about a new rail line. Very disappointing :( Rich On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Jeromy Evans < jeromy.ev.

[SiliconBeach] Re: (OT) RFQ - Data management system required to intergrate spreadsheet and the web

2009-09-27 Thread Richard Hayes
o the other web site? On Sep 27, 5:56 pm, Ryan Cross wrote: > Hey Richard, > A few notes for you: > > You can probably look at something like google docs' form features as one > way to interface with a spreadsheet. You could also fairly easily use an > open source package lik

[SiliconBeach] Re: How to create a start-up visa within the current immigration rules?

2009-09-11 Thread Richard Buggy
of the Australian Immigration >> > system, I think under the currents rules it would be possible to >> > create a virtual 'Founders Visa'. >> > >> > It would involve using either Occupational Trainee Visa (Subclass 442) >> > or Professi

[SiliconBeach] Re: (OT) Cleantech Sydney Meeting Wed 25th Aug @ DSRD

2009-08-16 Thread Richard Hayes
p://cleantechsydney.wikispaces.com/ > > Richard Hayes --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce your

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

2009-07-16 Thread Richard Buggy
Do you still need to have a BizSpark partner sponsor you? The last time I looked I found one partner that was charging $500 for a sponsorship package. Rich On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli < lavieestbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > I believe you have to pay 100$ when you le

[SiliconBeach] Re: VOIP alternative to Skype

2009-07-12 Thread Richard Buggy
Hey Dan I've been using PennyTel for a few months without any issues. http://www.pennytel.com/ Rich On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:49 AM, purc...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hey guys, > > we're currently running our landline via skype and have some issues > with call quality at times. we are looking

[SiliconBeach] Re: Where is the Natural 'Silicon Valley-esk' Start-Up hub in Australia? What about Wollongong? ;-)

2009-07-09 Thread Richard Hayes
I think Newcastle. 1. Good university / medical school especially Bio engineering 2. Good food / wine 3. Port facilities 4. Good beaches 5. *OWN STOCKMARKET* 6. Close to major markets 7. Export orientated economy Richard Hayes Carbon Free Solutions 0414 618 425 On Jul 10, 11:05 am, chieftech

[SiliconBeach] Re: BootUpCamp - New Website - Presenters Announced - Facebook Group

2009-07-06 Thread Richard Hayes
events and key people, an > angel investor panel, a VC Panel/Lunch and a big Launch event and Richard Hayes 0414 618 425 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. No lurkers! It is

[SiliconBeach] Re: 2009 Young ICT Professionals Conference

2009-07-03 Thread Richard Hayes
Slightly OT but when will the Australian Computer Society get a president who can program or administer a computer? If they ever got a techie to lead them, they *MAY* have some creditability. On Jul 3, 3:04 pm, Yasas wrote: > It's with great pleasure and excitement that I invite you to > partic

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

2009-07-02 Thread Richard Hayes
es all together but surely it will > help people out. Yes it will. In fact, yesterday a developer wants to put lots of PV on a new aged care facility and use the income to offset the cost of care. Each unit would get about $1500 per year in extra income. > > On Jun 29, 11:39 pm, Ri

[SiliconBeach] Re: Very good question about COMET

2009-07-01 Thread Richard Hayes
Comet is *NOT* for boot strapping. Many of the grants especially the NSW grants specifically exclude companies younger than 12 months. I own a light company that is doing well and is already exporting. We did not qualify for any NSW Export grants as we are only 10 months old. Government grants

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

2009-06-29 Thread Richard Hayes
ouses. If other organisations went crazy and tried to make a huge number of houses the government would limit the size of the payments as they have in both NSW and Queensland. one slip of the finances > or a management team that gets a little too greedy and it could all go > to the dog house.

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

2009-06-29 Thread Richard Hayes
re worth up to $140,000 currently, depending on who you are but YMMV. House mortgage $340,000 House & land $100,000 PV $240,000 and the price of PV is rapidly dropping Current interest rate 6.7% or $23,000 a year. I am focusing on cottages 75-85sqm with verandas all around them. Richard

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

2009-06-28 Thread Richard Hayes
you want to change the world, just change bits you can control. Educate and inspire other through your own actions. The easiest way the predict the future is to make it. Richard Hayes --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed t

[SiliconBeach] Re: Innovation, telework, and national cultural change.

2009-06-28 Thread Richard Hayes
ng to change the world. ;) Such moves may rouse > fears of a population exodus that might see urban property prices fall (or > not rise as fast). However, Australia is more than just a few urban centres, > and when remote poverty is such a concern for this country, shouldn't > attenti

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

2009-06-28 Thread Richard Hayes
n Free Solutions Richard Hayes 0414 618 425 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon

[SiliconBeach] Re: Valuation of services businesses

2009-06-08 Thread Richard Hayes
; > Sent from my iPhone > > On 08/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Mick Liubinskas wrote: > > > > > Any thoughts on valuation ranges for services based businesses? > > > x-y times revenue? > > > w-v times ebit? Richard Hayes Carbon Free Solutions 0414 618 425 --~--~-~--~

[SiliconBeach] Re: business plan competition?

2009-06-01 Thread Richard Hayes
ia?  Anyone here at Silicon > Beach interested in something like this if it were held locally?  If > there is something for the more general tech sector (not just IT > focus) it would be very interesting. Richard Hayes Carbon Free Solutions --~--~-~--~~~---~--~-

[SiliconBeach] Re: Term sheet sample documents ... advice needed ???

2009-05-20 Thread Richard Hayes
quiring, equity in our company and a > > director position. > > > Does anyone have a sample Term Sheet i could use to provide documentation > > for this deal? > > > Has anyone got any simple and clarifying tips on this? > > > I really dont want to pay $10k-$100k

[SiliconBeach] Re: Shareholders/equity agreement for internet company

2008-10-30 Thread Richard Giles
Personally, and you might choose to listen more to Richard Hayes, but I wouldn't skimp on the legal side of things. I'd really speak to an expert, especially when it comes to a shareholder agreement. If you're serious about this business, and plan to have it grow, then set up

[SiliconBeach] Re: Shareholders/equity agreement for internet company

2008-10-29 Thread Richard Hayes
ite is not any much worse (or better) than if you spent $5,000 on the contract. If you want to talk call me on 0414 618 425. Richard Hayes Carbon Free Solutions Ltd --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[SiliconBeach] Re: Launching is all good, but once you've done that, how do you get customers?

2008-10-20 Thread Richard Giles
An extension of what I said here in a blog post about it: http://richardgiles.com/2008/10/20/marketing-101-for-web-startups/ On Oct 17, 10:46 pm, Richard Giles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's the age old question Chris. > > This is exactly the point where your bus

[SiliconBeach] Re: Launching is all good, but once you've done that, how do you get customers?

2008-10-17 Thread Richard Giles
That's the age old question Chris. This is exactly the point where your business needs to start thinking just like any traditional business: What's in it for the customer? What pain is my potential customers feeling that I can address? What differentiates me from the competition? Essentially the

[SiliconBeach] OpenCoffee / Silicon Beach Australia Sailing Day this Sunday

2008-10-06 Thread Richard Hayes
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[SiliconBeach] New funding available

2008-10-01 Thread Richard Hayes
ll me over the next week. BTW, I will be hosting a Opencoffee / Silicon Beach Sailing day next weekend. Sailing, Sea Food and Beer. Possibly not in that order. Richard 0414 618 425 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[SiliconBeach] Re: Australia 9th best place to launch a small business

2008-09-17 Thread Richard Hayes
ople say they need and Australia would rank very high on that list. What do you think is missing from Australia? regards, Richard Hayes --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Austr

[SiliconBeach] Re: Australia 9th best place to launch a small business

2008-09-16 Thread Richard Hayes
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[SiliconBeach] StartupCamp Review

2008-09-08 Thread Richard Hayes
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