[SiliconBeach] AIIA Survey on Data and Analytics usage extended to October 7th

lytics-get-roger-kermode   <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-leader-laggard-when-comes-using-data-analytics-get-roger-kermode> Roger Kermode roger.kerm...@gmail.com Skype: rogerkermode Cell: +61-408-212-284 http://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerkermode http://www.rogerkermode.com/ > On 29 Au

[SiliconBeach] Invite to take part in survey on how organisations use data / analytics

https://www.aiia.com.au/influence-And-leadership/topics/data-and-analytics  <https://www.aiia.com.au/influence-And-leadership/topics/data-and-analytics> If you do take the survey, please pass it on to your colleagues as well. cheers, Roger Kermode roger.kerm...@gmail.com Skype: rogerkermode Cell:

[SiliconBeach] Re: Customer Connect! Speed Mentoring (Financial Services) Oct 14th

ralia cheers, Roger On 03/10/2013, at 3:39 PM, Roger Kermode wrote: > Dear Silicon Beachers, > > You may remember re ran a Customer Connect! event at Fishburners earlier this > year, well it's time for the follow up. > We'll be running the event again with a focu

[SiliconBeach] Customer Connect! Speed Mentoring (Financial Services) Oct 14th

Dear Silicon Beachers, You may remember re ran a Customer Connect! event at Fishburners earlier this year, well it's time for the follow up. We'll be running the event again with a focus on companies in the Fin Tech space on October 14th at Ernst and Young in Sydney To remind you this event is

[SiliconBeach] Customer Connect! Application Deadline extended

ly. So if you have a company that's looking to sell its offerings to an Enterprise or Government customer you'd be well served to have some conversations with these folks. http://speedmentoring.floktu.com Cheers, Roger On 21/03/2013, at 1:43 AM, Roger Kermode wrote: > Dear Silicon

[SiliconBeach] Customer Development Speed Mentoring

Dear Silicon Beachers, I'd like to alert you about a different sort of Speed Mentoring event that will take place on April 9th at Fishburners in Sydney The twist is that it's all about Customer Development for B2B companies seeking to level up and get a better idea of what it takes to focus the

Re: [SiliconBeach] LA connections

You should reach out to Amanda Price at Advance, http://advance.org/staff/amanda-price/ she's based in LA and has a huge network and should be able to help you... Contact me directly and I'll send you her email, Cheers, Roger Sent from my iPad On 12/09/2012, at 4:51 PM, Amir Nissen wrote:

Re: [SiliconBeach] Humility... :)

I'd add are > > a) adapt to the audience but stay true to you and > b) sometimes you need to be tougher than you want to be in order to Get. > Stuff. Done. > > Cheers, Pete. > > On Tuesday, 28 August 2012 05:08:20 UTC-7, Roger Kermode wrote: > Ok so in princip

Re: [SiliconBeach] Humility... :)

Ok so in principle I agree with Simran's original post on self-marketing, I reckon most people have met some one at some point and had this reaction. With apologies to Pete Davison who loves this term, I'd like to weigh in on this thread with an observation about "awesomeness" in lieu of "talkin

Re: [SiliconBeach] Finally introducing myself

t; > (will have to probably delurk again myself, I've been off the list for last > few months but just decided to come back) > > > On Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:08:37 AM UTC+10, Roger Kermode wrote: > I must apologise for being a lurker for a little while time to >

Re: Braaaains, Draaaaains (WAS Re: [SiliconBeach] Digest for silicon-beach-australia ...)

unding. I'm optimistic that things will continue to improve, the entrepreneurial engine is starting to kick-over Cheers, Roger Kermode Co-Founder Pushstart Sent from my iPad On 21/05/2012, at 9:32 AM, Geoff Langdale wrote: > [ side note - it's a shame that the mail interfac

Re: [SiliconBeach] NSW Digital Economy - State Gov Seeking Input

Geoff: +1 on this post, the views expressed are spot on. I've done quite a bit of work with the NSW government over the years and the people in there generally try to do the best with what they can. The more ammunition we give the policy makers about what's working and what needs to be done the

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Moving to the valley vs the greater bay area

Dear Kate, if you've not already connected with ladies at Head Over Heels you should do so. They're doing fantastic things here in Sydney for women run / owned businesses. Their process for mentoring mentoring and tapping into their member network is one of the better ones I've seen. Drop me a

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Re-Introducing Myself and a Survey Request

nuinely interested, since you've met a lot of people, why you >> think information overload this is so high up the list on the causes for >> under performance? >> >> Patrick. >> >> On 26 October 2011 19:58, Roger Kermode wrote: >> >> >> >>

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re-Introducing Myself and a Survey Request

being focussed on something > worthwhile. > > But I am genuinely interested, since you've met a lot of people, why you > think information overload this is so high up the list on the causes for > under performance? > > Patrick. > > On 26 October 2011 19:5

[SiliconBeach] Re-Introducing Myself and a Survey Request

Dear Silicon-Beachers, Firstly let me reintroduce myself... I'm Roger Kermode and amongst other things I'm one of the founders of Pushstart, I also ran the MEGA Entrepreneur Course in Sydney earlier this year. Since returning to Australia in 1999 after stints at the MIT Media Lab,

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: FYI: Top reasons why startups fail

this regard and also as to when we will be doing Mentor Live events in places other than Sydney.) cheers, Roger Kermode Co-founder PushStart Pty Ltd | M +61 408 212 284 | Twitter: @rogerkermode | Skype: rogerkermode Slides: slideshare.com/rogerkermode Profile: linkedin.com/in/rogerkermode On 21

[SiliconBeach] Announcing the Winners of the MEGA NSW 2011 Entrepreneurship Course

to contact the winners should do so directly, for information about and introductions to other companies who participated please contact me directly, cheers, ______ Roger Kermode NSW State Manager M E G A http://www.mega.org.au Email:ro...@mega.org.au Twitter: @rogerkermode Mo

Re: [SiliconBeach] FW: Dealised Powers Group Buying Sites, Raises $6.5 Million

Agree. Also should include a big congrats to Adrian Vanzyl who was acting CEO. I understand he did a lot of work behind the scenes with Pollenizer to help make this deal possible. cheers, R On 05/07/2011, at 11:12 PM, Geoff McQueen - Hiive Systems wrote: > AWESOME Well done team Pollen

Re: [SiliconBeach] What would you ask the 'father of the internet'?

Without trying to be rude, please don't ask him about a fifth octet to IP addresses as this a simple question that will be quickly dealt with by Vint. (IPv4 Addresses were chosen to be 32bits long as they could be easily handled by 8bit, 16bit and eventually 32bit processors.) Might I suggest s

[SiliconBeach] FYI Chris Shipley Talk next week in Syd/Adel/Bris

OK so first of al the disclosure: I do some work for ANZA Tech helping them look for companies wanting to enter the US or China. With that out of the way, this was just put out in the latest ANZAtech Newsletter... thought it might of interest to the people on this list. cheers, Roger Kermode

Re: [SiliconBeach] Founder Friday in Melbourne on 6 May (a female-focused event)

Hi Kate, Have you heard of Heads over Heels? Fantastic mentoring group for women owned / led businesses currently HQ'd in Sydney. I know the founders would live to chat with you re Melbourne opportunities Cheers, Roger Sent from my iPhone On 24/04/2011, at 8:28 PM, Kate Kendall wrote:

Re: [SiliconBeach] Do Aussie startups have to go to the US?

Hi Kim, This a question that I deal with daily when I'm talking with companies interested in going to the US or China and exploring to see if ANZA's Fasttrack program would help them to that end. It's certainly getting easier to do it, but to ef

Re: [SiliconBeach] Do Aussie startups have to go to the US?

hey shake their heads in amazement. Australia is definitely a hot place to do a startup right now. cheers, Roger On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Roger Kermode wrote: > Hi Kim, > > This a question that I deal with daily when I'm talking with companies > interested in g

[SiliconBeach] Today is Last Day to Apply for MEGA NSW 2011 Course

e MEGA NSW 2011 Advisory Board who will be guiding the program's delivery is experienced and diverse - Roger Kermode (chair) Manager MEGA NSW, Dir Biz Dev ANZA, ex Motorola, Ph.D. MIT Media Lab - Jennifer Wilson Director, Project Factor, ex HWW, Long Time Mega Supporter - Kate

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

Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Clifford Heath wrote: > Folk, > > So many good thoughts here. However, to return to a idea expressed > in the OP: > > > On 05/04/2011, at 10:11 PM, Roger Kermode wrote: > >> People who have a great idea they want to validate and pursue,

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

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. What I'm wond

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

Dear Si Beachers I'm chatting with a lot of folks these days through my various activities and I'm finding a common theme: People who have a great idea they want to validate and pursue, but are stumped for the want of a technical co-founder. Some of these folks are highly experienced execs, some a

Re: [SiliconBeach] PushStart Launches

Hi Kate, Rest assured that the mentor group's current Sydney centricity is purely a function of happenstance at this stage and that Pushstart is most definitely a national initiative. As you'll note from our values on http://www.pushstart.com.au/about we're all about helping the startup community

Re: [SiliconBeach] PushStart Launches

Ahem sorry about the premature send there Contact me either at roger (at) pushstart (dot) com (dot) au OR roger (at) anzatechnet (dot) com cheers, Roger On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Roger Kermode wrote: > Further to Kim's email, I'm down in Melbourne fairly regula

Re: [SiliconBeach] PushStart Launches

Further to Kim's email, I'm down in Melbourne fairly regularly and would love to meet up with folks interested in chatting more about Pushstart. Also with my other hat on as Director, Business Development for ANZA, I'm interested in chatting with companies thinking of doing market entry into the US

[SiliconBeach] MEGA NSW 2011 Entrepreneurship Course Info Night - 28/3

ni from the 2009 program, and many of the mentors from the 2011 NSW Program as well. If you're planning to come along please take a moment to register by clicking on the following link *http://mega2011nswinfonight.eventbrite.com * cheers, ______ Roger Kermode N

[SiliconBeach] MEGA Entrepreneur's Course.... It's Back in Sydney in 2011

would like to be a part of MEGA please contact me ASAP.... cheers, __ Roger Kermode NSW State Manager M E G A http://www.mega.org.au Email:ro...@mega.org.au Twitter: @rogerkermode Mobile: +61 417 463 972 Slides: slideshare.com/rogerkermode Profile: linkedin.co

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Opinion needed - Global (US) or Local

It think latency does matter. I have recollections of Google announcing explicitly that they were including server latency as one of their criteria a few months back, Roger Sent from my iPhone On 02/03/2011, at 10:43 AM, Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli wrote: > I wonder if the location of a server ma

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

Hi Steve, I understand where you're coming from, however, let me provide a few extra thoughts here based on my time in the US with Motorola, working with VCs, and in my current part-time role with ANZA assessing if companies are ready to go to the US or China using their Fasttrack program. In thes

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

Hi Mick et al., I agree that the chances of having a direct hit on exactly the right coverage are slim. However, if you have a clear visibility to revenue for the idea then you can write the guts of it up in a couple of pages without the claims and file direct with the USPTO as a small entity for

Re: [SiliconBeach] Australian Community groups & Events for Entrepreneurs

You, should also include - MEGA, an entrepreneurship masterclass that spits out seed-ready companies. This currently runs in SA. I'm hoping to hear shortly whether or not we can run it in NSW this year. Aim would be to run it Mar - May, cheers, Roger Kermode Director, Alimua Pty

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

Total agree with this last comment. Good advice early usually costs far less than paying for things to be fixed up later. The number of times I've seen people take shortcuts to achieve false economies is amazing. cheers, Roger On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 4:03 PM, 1_Place wrote: > Please consid

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

Hi Everyone, thought I should chip in here... as I've helped a number of companies with their patents in terms of structuring them to get granted, their overall IP strategy, and helping them work more efficiently with Australian and US attorneys. Some thoughts to consider: *1) Patents should be

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: any news on Commerialisation Australia grants

FYI CA Board was announced today: *Chair* · Dr Laurie Hammond, Co-Founder and Director, iQ Capital Management Pty Ltd. * * *Members* · Dr Katherine Woodthorpe, Chief Executive, Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) · Dr Susan Pond AM, former Chairman and Managing Di

Re: [SiliconBeach] any news on Commerialisation Australia grants

>From the briefing sessions I went to it's clear that there's a holistic approach being taken. In terms of applyting for multiple parts at the same time it was made clear that it's definitely a stage process. So if you're applying for Skills and Knowledge or a Proof of Concept grant it would look

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Pty Ltd Registration

There are two big questions here 1) do you intend to take on non-Australia (read US) VC funding? 2) where do you intend to operate the business (i.e. just in Australia)? One of the companies I've been working for just closed around with a US VC. The CEO spent an extra month unwinding various trust

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Capitalising software costs

You need to be careful here Capitalisation of R&D / Software Development is something that you can do when you are pretty sure you have an asset... something that will generate revenue. Typically this means that the technology works AND you've got customers wanting to buy the thing. It is poss

[SiliconBeach] Re: Focused or Dynamic

There's another aspect that I'd like to add to this thread, and that is the fundamental question "Does this help my business scale?" Apart from cash flow considerations, it makes sense to take on consulting / additional feature work and still keep to a general direction if you can learn something

[SiliconBeach] Finally introducing myself

and look forward to making some more contributions myself. cheers, Roger Kermode --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yoursel