[SiliconBeach] Re: Great list of videos

2012-01-14 Thread Trindaz
This is incredible! Awesome Dave On Jan 13, 10:15 pm, Andrew McCarthy wrote: > Hi Silicon Beachers, > > I just stumbled across this collection of Startup videos > -http://startupdigest.com/videos/ > > Some great videos to dig your teeth into. > > Enjoy, > > Andrew McCarthy > > -- > Andrew McCar

[SiliconBeach] Trunk.ly acquired

2011-11-09 Thread Trindaz
Yet more great aussie teams getting acquired. http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/09/avos-acquires-link-saving-service-trunk-ly/ Congrats Tim and Alex! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more

[SiliconBeach] Re: Why are you running your startup?

2011-05-24 Thread Trindaz
Michael, what an awesome link! On May 23, 7:45 pm, Michael Imstepf wrote: > I love Zuckerberg's take on this at minute 7 > onhttp://www.justin.tv/startupschool/b/272007200:"They [the movie > makers] just can't wrap their head around the idea that someone might > build something 'cause they like

[SiliconBeach] Re: Non-Technical Co Founders

2011-05-15 Thread Trindaz
ould be doing this day to day, being able to > be responsible for certain aspects of the company and stay focussed on those > as a priority will produce better results in the long run > > much like anything where people are concerned its never black and white > > > > > >

[SiliconBeach] Re: Non-Technical Co Founders

2011-05-15 Thread Trindaz
mon: they target a technical market, so you > already have the domain knowledge. If you wanted to offer a product for, say, > dentists, you'd do well with a co-founder that knows many dentists and brings > a willing trial partner. > > Silvia. > > Sent from my

[SiliconBeach] Re: Why are you running your startup?

2011-05-15 Thread Trindaz
AWESOME! On May 15, 6:01 pm, Ben Sand wrote: > To change the world. > > > > > > > > On Monday, 16 May 2011, Trindaz wrote: > > I'm interested generally in the thoughts of other founders in the > > Sydney startup community. Why are you doing it? > &

[SiliconBeach] Re: Non-Technical Co Founders

2011-05-15 Thread Trindaz
#x27;business stuff' too, and being unable/unwilling to learn it is a great indicator that they're not really a founder. They're just technical. On May 15, 5:41 pm, Daniel Purchas wrote: > Trindaz, this isn't a one size fits all sort of thing here is it? bringing >

[SiliconBeach] Why are you running your startup?

2011-05-15 Thread Trindaz
I'm interested generally in the thoughts of other founders in the Sydney startup community. Why are you doing it? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australi

[SiliconBeach] Re: Non-Technical Co Founders

2011-05-15 Thread Trindaz
ed and are learnable, along with accounting, hiring etc. On May 15, 4:12 pm, Jeromy Evans wrote: > On May 16, 8:30 am, Trindaz wrote: > > > Technical founders don't need non-technical cofounders. Believing > > otherwise is lazy, and won't make for a truly great tec

[SiliconBeach] Re: Non-Technical Co Founders

2011-05-15 Thread Trindaz
Technical founders don't need non-technical cofounders. Believing otherwise is lazy, and won't make for a truly great tech company. Datapoints to support my claim off the top of my head: Microsoft, HP, Facebook, Sun, Atlassian. Counter-points which might mean I'm wrong: MySpace (I'd argue they we

[SiliconBeach] http://www.forentrepreneurs.com/blog/

2011-05-12 Thread Trindaz
I just discovered this blog and thought I'd share it (wish I'd found it sooner). The detail heavy ones are my faves. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-austr

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introducing...

2011-05-09 Thread Trindaz
You mean option for technology to use? Compared to the marketing and sales challenges you've got, technology choice is irrelevant at this stage. Even the ancient VBScript will do the job just fine. Most of the people you'd want to hire eventually (or work at a company which might acquire you before

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introducing...

2011-05-08 Thread Trindaz
Love to hear the billionaire ambition. Just come straight to the valley. This is *way* more important than just a suggestion. To do it, you need to learn from people who have already done it, and in Australia these people are rare and hard to reach. In the valley we've already met with a couple of

[SiliconBeach] Aussie YC S11 applicants?

2011-04-25 Thread Trindaz
If any other aussie companies are going to be in Mountain View for the YC interviews, we (http://www.chorusindex.com) are arriving on April 27th and would love to meet up and (if you feel so inclined) do some interview prep together. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[SiliconBeach] Re:

2011-03-30 Thread Trindaz
+1 On Mar 29, 10:03 pm, Nick HaC wrote: > Really? This was postworthy to this list of over 1000 skilled tech > entrepeneurs? > > This is a rare and special community knowledge sharing avenue for > aussie tech startups to help each other, not web hosting 101. > > Im about 3 more inane posts away f

[SiliconBeach] Re: New Business Venture - seeking technical co-founder.

2011-03-12 Thread Trindaz
http://thestartupfoundry.com/2011/03/08/how-todd-garland-bootstrapped-an-advertising-empire-while-working-a-9-5-job/ On Mar 11, 2:34 pm, MichaelB wrote: > Hello - > > I have been working on a web-based venture for the past 18 months or > so and have come to the point, following extensive research

[SiliconBeach] Re: New Business Venture - seeking technical co-founder.

2011-03-11 Thread Trindaz
Some thoughts (forgive me if I sound blunt): If your background is media, why try to start a tech company? A truly brilliant technical co-founder will probably not enjoy spending hours on end tweaking layouts, testing landing pages, creating a login system, doing social experiments, and other "arb

[SiliconBeach] Re: Startup + Podcast = StartCast

2011-03-09 Thread Trindaz
http://www.startcast.com.au/ looks like a parked domain On Mar 8, 10:18 pm, "Justin & David" wrote: > Hello Silicon Beachers! > > My name’s David Fay - I’ve met quite a few of you before (either last > year or this year) and am a long time lurker, second-to-first time > poster. I’m writing becaus

[SiliconBeach] Noob Jira questions help

2011-02-10 Thread Trindaz
To any experienced Jira plugin developers on the list, I'm about to embark on writing my first Jira plugin. My problem is I've had plenty of Java and J2EE experience, but know nothing about frameworks or concepts within Jira. I want to speed things up by having a short Q&A session with any pros ou

[SiliconBeach] Re: Australian Startup Show

2011-02-06 Thread Trindaz
I like this idea! I'd totally watch it. On Feb 2, 3:51 pm, Owen Kelly wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I received a bit of feedback from my introductions post last week about a > startup show. I have been looking at producing one, so I am pretty keen to > get it off the ground, but I will need your hel

[SiliconBeach] Re: Invite for SB Drinks People

2011-01-18 Thread Trindaz
No idea who's presenting by I registered anyway. Any hints? On Jan 18, 8:07 pm, Peter Bui wrote: > Hey all, > > (Thanks Kim for letting me post) > > This is an invite to all SB members to attend IgniteSydney coming up > in Feb. > > Thursday, 10th Feb 2011 > 6:00 pm for 7:00pm > Oxford Art Factory

[SiliconBeach] Re: Startmate outs its shortlist

2011-01-03 Thread Trindaz
Hi Geoff and everyone else in SB, Andy Morris and myself are the cofounders of Chorus. I'm on holiday until Jan 5th (so you were right about guessing why replies to this thread were sparse!), but here is an excerpt from some other materials we're preparing. Forgive us if it's not quite thorough en

[SiliconBeach] Re: National Broadband Network Comments..

2010-12-29 Thread Trindaz
As with most infrastructure planning decisions, for the first 12 months the problem is deciding how to implement it. After that we have the new problem of believing the first problem needs to be solved, when in reality we're spending years not deciding. We didn't spend years figuring out what perf

[SiliconBeach] Re: Startmate outs its shortlist

2010-12-25 Thread Trindaz
Nice. I would have totally missed this one. Dave (Chorus cofounder) On Dec 24, 1:10 pm, Andrew Brereton wrote: > http://www.zdnet.com.au/startmate-outs-its-shortlist-339308229.htm > > Good luck to the winners! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Austra

[SiliconBeach] Drafting our first contract

2010-12-19 Thread Trindaz
Hi SB, We landed our first customer last week (!!!) to our monthly subscription based service, but now we need to draft a contract for them to sign. Are there any resources you already use to find templates for this kind of thing, or lawyers you might recommend to give whatever we write a read bef

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

2010-12-16 Thread Trindaz
Awesome! I love it when someone migrates from E6A over to SB! See you at SB drinks sometime soon. Dave On Dec 16, 12:04 pm, dave b wrote: > Morning I am yet another random BIT student at Macquarie University. > I totally haven't done any work at making gui apps and really my web > knowledge is v

[SiliconBeach] Re: accountants or bookkeepers you know?

2010-12-06 Thread Trindaz
The survey is a cool idea but the accountants I know will probably have trouble with the cloud questions. On Dec 5, 9:53 pm, frenzy wrote: > I am after some information from accountants or bookkeepers, please > ask if they can fill in : > > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/F6D6CGG > > Thanks > > Dre

[SiliconBeach] SSL Certificate Providers

2010-11-29 Thread Trindaz
Hi SB, I'm looking at a quote from Verisign for $400 for 1 years worth of signed certificate. Is that overpriced or are all reputable providers going to be about that much? Cheers, Dave -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidel

[SiliconBeach] Re: We now have siliconbeach.org

2010-11-02 Thread Trindaz
entrepreneurship :) > Who feels like driving this? I'm happy to help out, but won't be in Sydney > until Christmas. > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:silicon-beach-austra...@googl

[SiliconBeach] Re: We now have siliconbeach.org

2010-11-02 Thread Trindaz
which unis really support entrepreneurship :) > Who feels like driving this? I'm happy to help out, but won't be in Sydney > until Christmas. > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:sili

[SiliconBeach] Re: We now have siliconbeach.org

2010-11-01 Thread Trindaz
etails coming over the next couple weeks. > > Best Regards > > Sean > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Kim Chen wrote: > > To Trindaz/David's point, I would love to see a large-scale startup > > internship program between the unis

[SiliconBeach] Re: We now have siliconbeach.org

2010-10-30 Thread Trindaz
here in 2009. The number of times sentences in the COMP labs ended in '... so you can get a job' was sickening! --Trindaz on Fedang #Sydney-needs-more-startup On Oct 30, 9:26 am, Elias Bizannes wrote: > I managed to negotiate the purchase of the premium domain name > "siliconb

[SiliconBeach] Re: introduction.

2010-10-20 Thread Trindaz
I'm loving tweetplumb.com! Dave On Oct 19, 5:49 pm, "simon.porr...@gmail.com" wrote: > Hello, > > A friend of mine just forwarded me a link to this group.  I'm a web/ > java/whatever developer, just moved back to Sydney from a couple of > years in New York, and looking to get involved in the tec

[SiliconBeach] Re: Tools for working with large datasets

2010-10-19 Thread Trindaz
Qlikview is a great tool for this kind of thing. There's a free demo at qlikview.com Dave On Oct 19, 3:10 pm, BrianMenzies wrote: > Awesome advice.  Thanks all. > > Brian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discus

[SiliconBeach] Email privacy laws

2010-10-04 Thread Trindaz
email reply from the employee back to the customer would be automatically stored as well. Cheers, Dave --Trindaz on Fedang #privacy-laws -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF No lu

[SiliconBeach] Re: Customer Service events

2010-10-04 Thread Trindaz
Thanks for this Ben - very handy suggestion! Dave On Oct 1, 7:42 pm, Ben Sand wrote: > There are a lot of awards given for excellence in customer service. Ask the > people who give them out. > > I'll be interested in the answers. > > > > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:58

[SiliconBeach] Customer Service events

2010-09-30 Thread Trindaz
ice' is we at Chorus really want to flex our selling / networking skills at any events or gatherings that'll have medium to large size business talking about topics like improving customer service, and using IT or other methods to make customer service more effective. Cheers, Dave --Trin

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

2010-09-29 Thread Trindaz
s has a great lecture in there actually. The inspiration in these lectures is huge.) 3. Startup Camp in Feb this year and a conversation with Mike Casey of GradConnection.com.au. Startup Camp coming up this October should be awesome. Cheers, Dave --Trindaz on fedang #startups On Sep 28, 10:14 

[SiliconBeach] Re: Looking for web-based document sharing alternatives

2010-08-25 Thread Trindaz
month from Telstra. > > On 25 August 2010 10:52, Trindaz wrote: > > > > > I'm looking for software to use at my company to store and share > > easily searchable documents between staff. > > > One feature I'd love, which I haven't seen out there

[SiliconBeach] Looking for web-based document sharing alternatives

2010-08-24 Thread Trindaz
://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs/thread?tid=5344d9565289bb1b&hl=en Any recommendations? Cheers, Dave --Trindaz on Fedang -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF No lur

[SiliconBeach] Cheap car option

2010-08-22 Thread Trindaz
sed it yet - can anyone recommend yay or nay for this kind of service? Cheers, Dave --Trindaz on Fedang -- 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: Believe in yourself

2010-08-19 Thread Trindaz
son just laughed and shouted 'yeah, crash!' and kept riding. So unexpected! Instead of being scared or shocked he just kept laughing and riding. --Trindaz on fedang On Aug 19, 10:49 am, Roger Wong wrote: > Hey guys, something for all you oldschool, newschool and wannabe E" > &

[SiliconBeach] Re: StartupCamp Canberra Launch Party Tonight 8:30PM at ANU

2010-08-14 Thread Trindaz
I stopped by pretty late on my way back from plans I already had down here. Looks like everyones gone home for the night without any last minute all-night code ups before tommorrow morning! Would have definitely made it earlier if I knew this was on! Dave On Aug 14, 5:12 pm, Bart Jellema wrote:

[SiliconBeach] Re: PitchFe$t

2010-08-09 Thread Trindaz
This looks great BUT there's no one on my team currently enrolled at UNSW! This means we at Fedang.com aren't eligible correct? (according to http://www.formstack.com/forms/cie-pitchfest) Cheers, Dave On Aug 9, 12:12 pm, Sriram Panyam wrote: > Folks, > >     AGSM is organising a Pitchfest for th

[SiliconBeach] Location Based Advertising

2010-07-12 Thread Trindaz
Hi All, I'm in the process of testing ad campaigns on a few platforms at the moment (facebook and Google mainly). The campaign is for a mobile web app I am developing. I noticed a distinct lack of platforms offering me a kind of "advertise to mobile phones within a 10km of location X" sort of fea

[SiliconBeach] Re: Google DevFest

2010-07-03 Thread Trindaz
woops! I meant Thursday! On Jul 3, 11:04 pm, Trindaz wrote: > I had a great time at the Social Media day on Friday. Learned heaps! > Thanks Pamela! > > Cheers, > Dave > > On Jul 3, 5:28 pm, Geoff McQueen - Hiive Systems > > > > wrote: > > I'd like to

[SiliconBeach] Re: Google DevFest

2010-07-03 Thread Trindaz
I had a great time at the Social Media day on Friday. Learned heaps! Thanks Pamela! Cheers, Dave On Jul 3, 5:28 pm, Geoff McQueen - Hiive Systems wrote: > I'd like to echo that sentiment. While I didn't make it to the Maps day, > having people like Don Dodge, Eric Bidelman (Mr Chrome if you hav

[SiliconBeach] SB Drinks on tonight? Grace Hotel anyone?

2010-06-17 Thread Trindaz
I'll be heading in about 5:30ish, unless anyone else wants a change of venue? Dave -- 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 yourself: http://tr

[SiliconBeach] Grace Hotel Friday night drinks

2010-05-07 Thread Trindaz
Silly me shoulda checked the group before assuming there'd be a Silicon Beach crowd at the Grace Hotel tonight! Friday night next week anyone? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF No lur

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introductions

2010-04-27 Thread Trindaz
Great to meet you Chris! Any info on where we can find the new product? Cheers, Dave -- For the next 45 days I'm running a survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FSFXVXG.Win $50 to spend at Myer just by answering 3 questions! On Apr 26, 11:44 pm, Chris Mayan wrote: > Hello! > > Great to see a

[SiliconBeach] Re: Web app jam weekend, Sydney

2010-04-27 Thread Trindaz
Would have LOVEd to join in with a bit more notice! Cheers, Dave -- For the next 45 days I'm running a survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FSFXVXG.Win $50 to spend at Myer just by answering 3 questions! On Apr 27, 2:24 pm, Charles Ma wrote: > Hi SBers in Sydney, > > Inspired by startup camp

[SiliconBeach] Re: SB in Brisbane?

2010-04-27 Thread Trindaz
27;m aware of, but you're welcome to hang with us > (mogeneration) for a couple of days. > > Tom > > On 26 April 2010 01:28, Trindaz wrote: > > > > > > > I'll be spending a few days up there soon and wondered if anyone could > > recommend similar m

[SiliconBeach] SB in Brisbane?

2010-04-25 Thread Trindaz
I'll be spending a few days up there soon and wondered if anyone could recommend similar meet ups or other groups I should checkout while up there? Is there a Brisbane SB? Cheers, Dave -- For the next 45 days I'm running a survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FSFXVXG. Win $50 to spend at Myer

[SiliconBeach] Re: Seed Fund / Company Builder looking for investment opportunities, (prospective) entrepreneurs, co-investors, local partners, etc.

2010-03-31 Thread Trindaz
Hi Fabian, I'm currently assembling a team for a startup I'll be starting on May 31st, and the line 'Entrepreneurial individuals for jointly starting new companies' got my attention! I'd love to chat off-line if you're interested to give you a better idea of the nature of this startup and if you k

[SiliconBeach] Re: Tjoos.com gets acquired

2010-03-04 Thread Trindaz
That's so awesome! Congrats! On Mar 4, 2:07 am, Geoff McQueen - Hiive Systems wrote: > When this Silicon Beach thing started, there was a fairly small core of > people who gave up their time and put in the effort to create something that > other entrepreneurs could benefit from. Along with Elia

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

2009-12-11 Thread Trindaz
Great to mee you Duncan! Hopefully we'll meet at the next one! Cheers, Dave On Dec 11, 7:03 pm, Duncan wrote: > Hey there > > I was introduced to this group by one of my clients. > > I am probably twice everyone else's age ;-) after 30 years in IT sales > and management focused on corporate and

[SiliconBeach] Re: Source of University interns?

2009-11-03 Thread Trindaz
Hi Mike, I've recruited from Macquarie and UTS a number of times and I've found great people. Send me what you're after and I might have some resumes for you to look for. I've used unis mainly for developer and coding students. Cheers, Dave On Nov 3, 9:09 pm, Rebecca Paget wrote: > Hi Mike, >