[SiliconBeach] Pre-revenue sales forecasts

2013-09-23 Thread Steven Noble
Hi all, Have any of you had to prepare a short but convincing sales forecast when you are still largely pre-revenue? How did you go about it? I can estimate my total addressable market -- the research market, which Esomar says is worth $32.1 billion. But of course I'm initially targeting a

[SiliconBeach] any thoughts on using Pin vs Braintree?

2013-06-28 Thread Steven Noble
Until recently, we were torn between PayPal and begging a bank for a merchant account. Now we have Pin and Braintree. Which means I have to choose between them. Let's call that a nice problem to have. So far, my thinking is like this: # Pin -- good to back the local guys; seems to do what I

[SiliconBeach] Re: Your experience with recruiting advisory boards

2012-11-06 Thread Steven Noble
, Steven Noble wrote: Hi all, I'm thinking about recruiting an advisory board, partly as a foil against the isolation that comes from being a sole founder. (See my 'seeking cofounder' post: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/silicon-beach-australia/OdpjJeXbPbk ) I'm

[SiliconBeach] Your experience with recruiting advisory boards

2012-11-01 Thread Steven Noble
Hi all, I'm thinking about recruiting an advisory board, partly as a foil against the isolation that comes from being a sole founder. (See my 'seeking cofounder' post: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/silicon-beach-australia/OdpjJeXbPbk) I'm assuming most of the advice

Re: [SiliconBeach] seeking co-founder

2012-10-31 Thread Steven Noble
Also a side note make sure your site testivate.com is really really fast. Cheers Nikhil @Techies http://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhilsingh On 01/11/2012, at 10:12 AM, Steven Noble ste...@snoble.net javascript: wrote: Hi all, /*cross-posted to Ruby Or Rails Oceania*/ For two months I have

[SiliconBeach] Delurking do-over

2012-09-24 Thread Steven Noble
Hi all, I delurked a few years ago as a friend of the startup community. But I've finally cut the cord and am now working on my startup full time. Yay! So I wanted to delurk properly as a founder. What the Americans would call a do over. My new start-up is called Testivate and the high-level

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Cost/complexity/issues in creating a Delaware entity

2012-05-03 Thread Steven Noble
and they are friendly to the Australian startup community. On Tuesday, 1 May 2012 11:33:41 UTC+10, Steven Noble wrote: If an Australian, private company was to create a Delaware subsidiary: # What would be the cost? # Who would do it? # What implications would there be? # Especially, what unexpected

[SiliconBeach] Cost/complexity/issues in creating a Delaware entity

2012-04-30 Thread Steven Noble
If an Australian, private company was to create a Delaware subsidiary: # What would be the cost? # Who would do it? # What implications would there be? # Especially, what unexpected implications might there be? (E.g if the Australian company and its Delaware listed subsidiary shared staff,

[SiliconBeach] Re: WATYAGOT LANDING PAGE

2012-04-27 Thread Steven Noble
I get the what. On this site, you show what you have. But on the home page i'm also looking for some of the why. Do we show what we have in order to sell it? To trade? To boast? To find friends who own similar things? Steven. On Friday, April 27, 2012 5:48:10 PM UTC+10, watyagot wrote:

[SiliconBeach] Re: Google+ circle

2012-04-26 Thread Steven Noble
yes please On Thursday, April 26, 2012 3:54:53 PM UTC+10, Nigel Sheridan-Smith wrote: Hi all, In case you want to add other Google+ Silicon-Beach members, I've started a Google+ circle. https://plus.google.com/u/1/109706891197945188963/posts/ZVwSD5CcuE9 If you add a comment below, then

[SiliconBeach] Where (online) do you go for real time chat about every aspect of life on Silicon Beach?

2012-04-24 Thread Steven Noble
Every day, Silicon Beach type questions pop into my mind that I don't end up asking. For example, think of a set of questions like: What would you pay a junior Rails developer in Sydney? What would you expect them to do? How long would it take to find them? You might ask those questions in

[SiliconBeach] Re: pinad.com.au - using structured data in general classifieds

2012-04-19 Thread Steven Noble
I just entered trampoline, 100km radius, 2534, and it came up with nothing On Friday, April 20, 2012 8:58:26 AM UTC+10, AC wrote: Hello everybody, I recently launched https://pinad.com.au/ and I'm looking for feedback. My reasons for creating this tool: There are a lot of websites in

[SiliconBeach] Re: Best place for our first office in Australia?

2012-03-16 Thread Steven Noble
Surry Hills will put you within walking distance of the CBD, Surry Hills Ultimo startups. If you go for the Central Station end of Surry Hills you'll be in a good position to train it other economic hubs in Sydney like North Ryde and Parramatta. s. On Friday, March 16, 2012 5:52:40 PM

[SiliconBeach] Startups looking to solve Australian online retail headaches

2011-11-21 Thread Steven Noble
We all know about the headaches facing new and existing Australian online retail businesses: trouble getting merchant accounts, trouble with multiple currency accounts, trouble with couriers failing to knock and wait with deliveries, etc etc. This is a call out -- for my research (for

[SiliconBeach] Re: Are you on Twitter?

2011-09-28 Thread Steven Noble
@steven_noble Many thanks -- 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 use

[SiliconBeach] Re: How to accept payments from overseas

2011-09-14 Thread Steven Noble
That sounds like a really handy service. I'll check it out. s. -- 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] Accepting payments in USD from US entities

2011-09-13 Thread Steven Noble
Hi all, How do you go about accepting payments in USD from US entities that expect to make direct payments to accounts held with US-based financial institutions? I'm currently with CBA. Regards, Steven. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia