[SiliconBeach] Re: Bank of Woolies/Coles?

they already resell channel partners cards but the RegTech is pretty onerous to bring in-house. I recall an article where Greenspan blew a gasket when he found AIG was effectively running an unlicensed hedge fund within their mortgage division (during GFC) ... stick to your retail knitting and

[SiliconBeach] Re: Offering Marketing Services - let's connect!

with your background you might be best at the scale-up stage ... due to the (relatively) high cost of technical labor and lower funding offers in Australia, a lot of startups get by on boot-strapping and the smell-of-oily rag. Also cross - promote services on the Australia Innovation Community

[SiliconBeach] Re: Drone based startup....now seekign funding....

Having talked with lawyers and technologist, IMHO the problem is not technology (apart from energy density) but regulatory burden and if you are asking $25M for a seed (new idea) then I wonder about the growing gap between US and Australia since I've seen early stage 3D printing companies

[SiliconBeach] AussieFounders (San Francisco) hustler role for community/events

http://www.aussiefounders.org/news/2019/8/29/now-hiring-san-francisco-community-amp-events-manager - part-time role connecting with and helping Aussie startups - Liaising with sponsors, from invitation, to branding to invoicing - active participant in our communities on social media Professional

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Aussie Tech - gap between capability and capacity

in niches and have similar economic development (Israel, >> "Silicon Fen" around Cambridge, etc). Even then it might be better to not >> immediately slide off into pontificating about other countries full stop. >> To quote President Johnson, "Making a speech on economic

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Aussie Tech - gap between capability and capacity

t >>> small-to-midscale countries/regions that have done well in niches and have >>> similar economic development (Israel, "Silicon Fen" around Cambridge, etc). >>> Even then it might be better to not immediately slide off into >>> pontificating about other countries f

[SiliconBeach] Re: Service to track "like" domains?

cybersquatting is a well studied phenomena, basically you speculate on future value and charge holDUP prices as like cyberkittens, the name might be unque or catchy or whatever (personalty). So Dean, what you are offerng is a anti-holdup risk preventative measure which needs to operate in

[SiliconBeach] Aussie Tech - gap between capability and capacity

>But maybe more usefully, here is a question we really should be asking, and which this forum used to answer. What’s lacking in the Australian tech industry these days? Apart from all the standard whinges about clueless moneymen and myoptic gov, I'd say that too many capable people are working

[SiliconBeach] Re: Looking for views on choosing a cloud provider

for their infiniband frabric which I think would be a competitive edge in latencies when 5G edge devices start coming out. Doesn't hurt that they're cheaper than AWS & Azure Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Tuesday, 23 July 2019 14:09:22 UTC+8, Geoffrey Litman wrote: > > Who would

[SiliconBeach] Re: Is it time to declare victory for Silicon Beach Australia, lock the forum, and wrap things up?

preserved (track every potential founder and where they ended up?) Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Thursday, 11 July 2019 13:48:56 UTC+8, Geoff Langdale wrote: > > So, the jobs board is full of insane spam, and this forum is 95% Dean > wittering into the void. > > Pe

[SiliconBeach] Re: Nike Fortnite tie-in

hmm if they can flog crypto-kitties, why not digital footware (all in the general trend of dematerialisation). However controlling scarcity (and thus bragging-value) is going to be a headache (unless it becomes a perishable fashion good. On Thursday, 23 May 2019 05:06:21 UTC+8, Dean

[SiliconBeach] Re: FW: in-game purchases?

see recent noise about regulating addictive online activites (incl Facebook) On Friday, 10 May 2019 21:39:21 UTC+8, Dean Collins wrote: > > Might be something Australia should be

[SiliconBeach] Re: FW: in-game purchases?

bit. Perhaps the film classification can extend their powers to games to inform parents of risks but in the end, the free market cannot be totally free as it is subject to moral and community standards. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Friday, 10 May 2019 21:39:21 UTC+8, Dean

Re: [SiliconBeach] Remote staff

On Wednesday, 8 May 2019 09:36:53 UTC+8, Clifford Heath wrote: > > On 8 May 2019, at 11:21 am, drllau > > wrote: > > >We're looking for a Growth Designer (think a mix of Growth Hacking + > Data Science + Marketing + IT). Details at x > > let's see, to b

[SiliconBeach] Re: FW: David Rubenstein interviewing Randall Stephenson

lem vs opportunity] On Friday, 3 May 2019 20:22:27 UTC+8, drllau wrote: > > To understand why Dean is so excited, let's review the performance specs > > > Parameter Value > Latency in the air link <1ms > Latency end-to-end (device to core) <10ms > Connection density100x c

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: FW: David Rubenstein interviewing Randall Stephenson

trying to move people away from all you can eat. > > > > > > Cheers, > > Dean > > > > *From:* silicon-bea...@googlegroups.com [mailto: > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com ] *On Behalf Of * > drllau > *Sent:* Friday, May 03, 2019 8:22 AM >

[SiliconBeach] Re: FW: David Rubenstein interviewing Randall Stephenson

To understand why Dean is so excited, let's review the performance specs Parameter Value Latency in the air link <1ms Latency end-to-end (device to core) <10ms Connection density100x compared with LTE Area capacity density 1Tbit/s/km2 System spectral efficiency10bit/s/Hz/cell Peak throughput

[SiliconBeach] Re: Oz Space

NZ Space Challenge, a 30k NZD bounty to develop a product or service that detects, monitors or measures water or soil pollution using the very latest satellite and UA technology. Only for Kiwis (residents or citizens) so those wanting a skiing trip should

[SiliconBeach] Re: Amazon

>CNBC reported that Amazon itself is not investing money in the program, which appears to be a strategic move to help startups already >using AWS grow larger, and in theory spend more with Amazon in the future. I don't see anything different to AWS, Azure and Google standard approach (and now

[SiliconBeach] Re: Does a startup portfolio approach work for self-managed fund of funds?

use that to attract outside investors. The basic logic is that even if the personal startup ship sunks, a rising tide lifts all boats so risks of quitting job to become an entrepeneur should in theory be reduced. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Tuesday, 12 March 2019 10:58:54 UTC+8, A

[SiliconBeach] Does a startup portfolio approach work for self-managed fund of funds?

Reviewing some VC related guff, I came across this graph showing the likelihood of an angel investment cash-on-cash returns ... the curves clearly show that a portfolio of 100 startups is almost certain to keep dollar value (but perhaps not true after inflation) and has ~80% chance of

[SiliconBeach] Re: Founder salaries

for productivity ... whilst I was in India, the coworking space had electricity cuts about once a week. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Friday, 8 March 2019 01:22:22 UTC+8, Dean Collins wrote: > > Good article > > - > https://www.smartcompany.com.au/startupsmart/analysis/

[SiliconBeach] Re: #Agtech

http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Wednesday, 20 February 2019 06:16:48 UTC+8, Dean Collins wrote: > > Good to see lots of interest in this event. > > - > https://www.beefcentral.com/ag-tech/interest-in-agtech-soaring-as-1100-attend-evokeag-event > > >

[SiliconBeach] Re: Amazon HQ2

> Where that subsidies come from? Other taxpayers. People consider it unfair. According to VentureBeat , Amazon was intending to grow NY anyway so the incentives package incidental ... “What

[SiliconBeach] Greener Grass ... how does your salary compare

New SEC regulations require public companies to file employee pay and one data miner managed to compare the MEDIAN income for a bunch of SV brands. Note that there's some skew if also

Re: [SiliconBeach] Ultraviolet

is the world heading towards an instant gratification model with differential pricing? Pay $x now for your favorite fix (music/news/p*rn) with matching stimulii or else $x-delayResponse for the vanilla service. Am I the only one thinking we are starting to have some disconnect between physical

[SiliconBeach] GPL license heading to appeal courts

The copyleft doctrine is basically an adhesive contract enforced under commercial law. The economic problem has always been how does a dispersed collective of programmers bring action as a legal entity against infringers? The German Court of Appeal will revisit the case of VMware extensions

Re: [SiliconBeach] QR patent from Tesla

Not AR. I saw analogous signal processing from a SG startup ~3-4 years ago ... that used data mining to compare the camera real-time imagery to building profiles of famous architectures (obiously a trourism business case). Note that QR is one competng alternative which uses the shape to

[SiliconBeach] Re: Oz Space

around it though.. > > The number of satellites is set to triple in the next decade and mostly > these are small (6kg - 150kg) satellites like CubeSats and micros. The > $450Bn space market is also set to triple. Lots of satellites are being > made, but not enough rockets to launch th

[SiliconBeach] 4 Waves of global AI investment

tual data-scientists but using its existing data silos to attract overseas talent to bring about operational efficiencies is only a win-win situation. If SBer have other knowledge of AI-driven startups, perhaps they can show kaggle is not just a one-shot wonder. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in

[SiliconBeach] Re: MyPass

uestion since the user (agencies needing to access records) and customer (homeless who benefits) are separate, I see conflicts of interest and potential distrust (which is where the blockchain comes back in). Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Sunday, 11 November 2018 01:35:50 UTC+8,

[SiliconBeach] Re: Why Can't Europe Do Tech?

> Rather than just valuationsas I think USA VC skews the results. But then again - I think SAP is a great company I think someone (Kauffman Foundation?) needs to re-examine the thesis that big-is-better with the network-effects (see Theil

Re: [SiliconBeach] FW: [asterisk-biz] Sangoma Announcement

hes around legacy support. However, I agree that innovation (in its broadest sense) is not at the VoIP scene, personally I see more exciting developments with IoT micro (virtual) SIMs and new concepts allowing network as a service to come into play. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Fri

[SiliconBeach] SmartNation or NationStarts ...

lly the Aussie crypto-patent holders have less finger-licking ideas. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau -- -- 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 lurker

Re: [SiliconBeach] FW: NSW Government to create "Silicon Valley" in Sydney

12:03:22 UTC+1, drllau wrote: > > > I must have missed their magic wand trick to create space where something > already exists…. > > I can't count how many times govt have tried to kick start silicon XYZ and > failed ... often miserably, just from my personal observation

Re: [SiliconBeach] FW: NSW Government to create "Silicon Valley" in Sydney

sparse areas, food & fibre but alas marine has been short-changed though Tasmania is doing its best, Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Friday, 10 August 2018 03:22:56 UTC+1, sam de silva wrote: > > And you can't create a 'silicon valley' - it has to emerge organically. > And

[SiliconBeach] Re: FW: NY Tech Meetup list: "LiveStream incubators is a thing now??"

chnology but applies surprising twists to them (cf Alibaba v Ebay, Xiaomi v Apple, QQ v sms, etc) Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Sunday, 29 July 2018 22:01:59 UTC+1, Dean Collins wrote: > > LiveStream incubators is a thing now?? > - https://www.facebook.com/cnbc/post

[SiliconBeach] Leads in London wanted ... drinks on me if successful

eer :). Shout out via LinkedIn if anyone can help. Lawrence <http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau> http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau Cambridge Capital Group Typically invests between £50k and £1m. CCG provides investment for technology development and for the commercialisation of intellectual

[SiliconBeach] Re: Crypto facing bans on rights to discussion

> Our free rights to new ideas are being infringed upon. Last time I checked…..this isn’t what the internet is about. Just a legal clarification protected free speech is context of political arena and to a lesser extent social sphere (bar defamation), it is NOT the same as commercial

Re: [SiliconBeach] EU Facebook questions

There's an argument (which I tend to favor) which postulates that the global increase in stock-exchange value has been due to the hidden transfer of wealth from the intangible space (environment/social) into private hands. Thus the boom in Walmart et al in 80s+ and social networking (Facebook

[SiliconBeach] Re: UK Startup?

apartment (there are cheap flights like 50 pounds) and enjoy sunshine and decent food ... (ye ol' fish & chips does NOT count). Lawrence <http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau> PS ... If anyone is interested, I'm in London waiting for a visa renewal so I can help people set up legal entity so

[SiliconBeach] Re: Blue Apron

hit the mass-energy sweet-spot for food) but hardly a revolution in the retail or F sector. In the end food is calories but where is the atmosphere, the social sharing and communal dining? Are we reduced to eating fancy TV-dinners in splendid isolation? Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau

[SiliconBeach] Mumbai Madness

are sophsticated, they have ex-investment bankers, overseas returnees and local free-lancers in a very creative soup. I expect the teams that make it to be truly exciting plays. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau PS ... now that I've wriggled my way into the local payments space, anyone

[SiliconBeach] Re: 3rd dockless bike share shutdown

>having raised $90 million in venture funding Example of an asset rental business masquerading as a sharing economy market. I'm always surprised at old-school business that think by adding e-Commerce or mobile app or bitcoin payment they believe their valuation should be that of unicorn

[SiliconBeach] Re: power by proxi

Ahh ... my old alumni ... the inductive charging technology is quite nifty ... the same technology is used in the brushless DC motors deployed in the semi-conductor fab lines which need zero air contaiminents. The uni was rather savy, they split the tech into different amp/voltage ranges and

[SiliconBeach] Anyone else attending London's FinTech Week?

... if so want to compare notes? https://www.fintechweek.com/home Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau -- -- 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

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Exoskeletons....and related startups...can we get a demo for a hackathon in the Bega Valley in May

s regards an Aussie exoskeleton startup play...h...love to hear of any movement in this space. I suspect the capital limitations for hard-core engineering are against the odds as Australia doesn't have DARPA equivalent. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Sunday, 29 January 2

[SiliconBeach] Re: Exoskeletons....and related startups...can we get a demo for a hackathon in the Bega Valley in May

u have to hump your own stuff and therefore value of "smart" fabrics must be justified in terms of utility per weight. Ripcurl et al show how you can turn technical dominance in a subculture into a major market player so it is not impossible. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drlla

[SiliconBeach] Re: Crowdfunding Investment Platform

Currently only ASSOB are licensed to offer pre-IPO shares, and even then it is limited to sophisticated investors. The legislation hasn't changed for equity but debt crowd-funding is already on the cards. The recent financial review hinted at change or more precisely relaxation of the existing

[SiliconBeach] Re: Setting up a business in the US as an Australian?

Someone once told me that getting in via Canada residency was a possibility ... essentially you buy a residence, and under NAFTA eligible to spend 9 months working in the US as individual. This is only hearsay so could anyone confirm? On Tuesday, 9 August 2016 19:01:15 UTC-4, Bubblegum Bun

[SiliconBeach] Re: Finding tech co-founders or becoming a tech co-founder

https://www.cofounderslab.com/ On Sunday, 26 June 2016 19:35:47 UTC-4, Ben Richardson wrote: > > BACKGROUND: I, like a lot of other people with tech skills, get a lot of > requests to co-found people's businesses or refer tech skilled people in my > network to do so. I don't have time to build

[SiliconBeach] Re: Upbeat stuff about tree-changing/sea-changing

), certainly flexibility from telecommuting and project freelance work means other aspects will morph in response (eg super, smoothing out lumpy income streams, travel/health insurance, virtual office, etc). Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Saturday, 9 April 2016 16:01:07 UTC+8, Liam

[SiliconBeach] Re: Any way for Australian startups to benefit?

in FinTech (all relatively low upfront capital investment). The industrial sector (eg robotics) is currently going through a bust phase but long-term IoT could be interesting. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Wednesday, 23 March 2016 09:13:40 UTC+8, Dean Collins wrote: > > Th

[SiliconBeach] Re: US/AU structuring for R tax incentive

and a link to general description of subpart F <https://www.floridabar.org/divcom/jn/jnjournal01.nsf/Author/274943FA7AB1C395852579F00063D16C> US tax treatment. I'm not an accountant so interpret as best as can. On Tuesday, 15 March 2016 19:38:04 UTC+8, drllau wrote: > > there ar

[SiliconBeach] Re: US/AU structuring for R tax incentive

for Australia, most US firms, especially life sciences, seem to take an M approach and just capitalise the expense. This may differ if an operational restructure (PaaS/SaaS) is envisaged so I'd be curious to see who has gone down this route (Atlassan?). Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau

[SiliconBeach] Re: Donald Trump weighs in on Lean Startup terminology

res didn't pan out?) so whether hunch or data-driven decision seems to be a left-right brain choice. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Friday, 4 March 2016 05:43:48 UTC+8, Matto Rochford wrote: > > Trump attacks tech elite over hypothesis talk > <https://medium.com/

[SiliconBeach] Re: Object Rec Engine

you are asking for different things ... are you trying for a) deep learning classification algorithm b) depth perception and scene reconstruction; or c) AR metrology/calibration On Sunday, 3 January 2016 17:55:32 UTC+8, Leigh wrote: > > As an intro to the group, I've been skulking and ad hoc

[SiliconBeach] Re: share options for key staff

Documents that should be modified and/or provided - employment agreement - company's ESOP plan - shareholders agreement (if any between co-founders), - proxy voting form and articles of association, pointing out good/bad leaver provisions you should be able to modify an existing employment

[SiliconBeach] Re: Where are the Ag related startups? Or 6.5% Chinese growth is still a huge pile of cash....

positioned correctly. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Friday, 20 November 2015 22:41:40 UTC+8, Dean Collins wrote: > > Want to understand why the "China slowdown" is a myth.send them to > this article > - > http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/dont-buy

Re: [SiliconBeach] Atalassian

g ex-pats as walking cashcows. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Friday, 13 November 2015 13:11:45 UTC+8, Elias Bizannes wrote: > > Simran are you suggesting 5% on top of the existing 10% GST sales tax?! Do > you realise this cost will just get passed onto consumers like t

Re: [SiliconBeach] Atalassian

tensen. The interesting question is should it still be classed as an "Australian" story since unlikely to ever list on ASX (cf Murdoch). Lawrence http;//www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Wednesday, 11 November 2015 08:07:35 UTC+8, Elias Bizannes wrote: > > Valuation is the sum of all the fu

[SiliconBeach] Re: CapitalPitch

g-startups-and-their-economics-its-the-same-shit-as-in-99/ Sigh ... all the hype about FinTech (current investor trend du jour) I wonder when they will disrupt themselves? Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Tuesday, 10 November 2015 04:26:33 UTC+8, Dean Collins wrote: > > J

Re: [SiliconBeach] Startups: Please join our survey to shape Aus innovation policy for #startups! http://bit.ly/accelerating_aus

rn for a 7% stake) Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Monday, 9 November 2015 15:13:56 UTC+8, Geoff McQueen wrote: > > !Shame the punctuation didn't get the memo > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 5:06 PM, Shane <shaneg...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> How on earth

[SiliconBeach] Re: Startup policy hackathon

nberra removal of state resource taxes in the interest of "harmonisation") are too difficult or politically contentious so the cynic in me expects another committee, white paper and analysis paralysis in trying to copy Silicon Valley. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Frid

[SiliconBeach] Re: $$$ for facts and figures?

> every broadcast network, blog, online sports site will in the future also need to "license" facts Celebrity rights are a very specialised area of ID law, partly related to privacy and more commonly practised in the US Hollywood ... I recall a cynical quote about the definition of "fame" as

[SiliconBeach] Re: TPG reaping from Turnbulls screwup - http://blog.collins.net.pr/2015/09/tpg-reaping-from-turnbulls-screwup.html

crying over "forced" unbundling of NBN which reduces profitability ... what next, asking to shoot down satellite internet least it destroys the bush market (that they were supposed to be servicing in the first place?). There is a reason why competition regulators split say rail companies into

[SiliconBeach] Re: CarbonTrack making it to final pitch round of TechVentures 2015

Scann3D is one of those companies that has gone from chicken to egg (no offense but refers to observation that in cooking the chicken is involved but egg is committed) in making the jump from 3D consultancy to being a startup evolving its expertise in housing

[SiliconBeach] Re: CarbonTrack making it to final pitch round of TechVentures 2015

Unfortunately CarbonTrack didn't win (email me if want commentary on IglooHome ) but I was pleasantly surprised to find 5 Aussie startups braving the Singaporean sunshine (last year was only UWA) courtesy of GemStar Technology

[SiliconBeach] CarbonTrack making it to final pitch round of TechVentures 2015

sprung up anywhere but the eTrust/reputation systems makes similar market segments difficult to displace. I hope to see more Australia startups at future regional events. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach A

[SiliconBeach] Re: SaaS Fundraising Death Zone

-caps (eg say $2M/year) limits them as expansion stage capital. So SaaS moving from 50k MRR to 200k+ is the revenue gap, it means that whatever seed raised needs to be able to carry the load which is a sobering thought. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Thursday, 23 July 2015 03:24

[SiliconBeach] Re: SMSF vc's?

given that you are a trustee one wonders how to handle the tension between diversification and self-interest as proprietor (cf complying with sole interest test). Some of the super rules and regulations may be contradictory .. .eg how to do arms-length transactions in an essentially illiquid

[SiliconBeach] Re: Vivid Ideas event - Innovation in Fintech. In need of more technologists and startup minds from here

the best but after looking at SG's fintech startups all I can see is more of the same (but perhaps Aussies are more creative). Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau PS ... in anyone interested, I've access to a patent portfolio of 100+ Mobile Payment Technology around world available

[SiliconBeach] Re: Community curated directory of startups

Gamification. Allow us to bet on startup outcomes. great idea but allow for short-selling ... there's been so many bad ideas it's almost a shame not to make a buck off an over-enthusiastic VC with more money than time for due-diligence. Then ask the FinTech startups to come up with a credit

[SiliconBeach] Re: Is there a blacklist investors / insiders have when it comes to startups?

mean that potentially, when investors and the people that help inform the decisions on what to invest in / assist with, would blacklist you to an extent? not so much blacklist but perhaps not meet their screening criteria and thus not worthy of attention. The problem is that the traits you've

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: No Liability Companies (and special breaks for startups on liability in general)

funding might not come through. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Sunday, 8 March 2015 11:07:16 UTC+8, Weiwu Zhang wrote: On Sat, 7 Mar 2015, drllau wrote: The origins of no-liability date back 150 years. The British Company Act of 1862 limited liability of shareholders

[SiliconBeach] Re: No Liability Companies (and special breaks for startups on liability in general)

tweaking the early capital structure is not going to change the fundamentals as the value of angels is their time and connections, not the fact they can now have a bigger liquidity preference multiplier. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Thursday, 5 March 2015 14:14:51 UTC+8

[SiliconBeach] Re: Do you care if a Silicon Valley started here in Australia?

think of it as an order of magnitude of capital commitment in de-risking from lab-bench to pilot to field demonstrator to commercial ref to mass manufacturing [1] Considering that my client in the last manufacturing stage is pondering ballpark of $100M then perhaps 2% might be optimistic ... of

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Do you care if a Silicon Valley started here in Australia?

is doing with Economic Transformation, Singapore's 4 pillars to see that Australia could do with more engineers and less lawyers / professional liars ... err pollies at the top. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Monday, 15 December 2014 23:39:53 UTC+8, PatrickCollins12 wrote

[SiliconBeach] Re: offshore setup

as your choice of jurisdiction varies if you don't want to make up mind yet as to data jurisdiction, I can suggest a simple hub-spoke with rep offices until you know the layout and commit. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Monday, 8 December 2014 04:59:18 UTC+8, Rogiealigit wrote

[SiliconBeach] Re: Indian Convenience Food Start-up Research

prefs is a delicate process control problem but then you did say you were a software consultant :-) Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Monday, 22 December 2014 22:50:34 UTC+8, Pushpinder Bagga wrote: Hello everyone, I have always been very passionate about food - especially Indian

[SiliconBeach] Re: What sets me apart, I think, is a tolerance for risk and an intuition about what will happen in the future

legislation. So hitting a 6 out of park will return interest to Australia ... but what's the current batting line-up without top players getting shopped/acuhired? Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Sunday, 16 November 2014 23:46:57 UTC+8, Dean Collins wrote: Hi Mick, Reading this line

[SiliconBeach] Re: Why has Australia failed to create Silicon Valley? Any why does the Government keep trying?

there has to be a fundamental driver for RD ... in the US it was the Cold War + DARPA + WestCoast culture. If you ask the fundamental questions as to Australia then a) the AU mining sector is big but fundamentally conservative ... no continuous demand for better faster (perhaps cheaper) ...

Re: [SiliconBeach] New product process suggestions / advice sought

companies do this to acquire talent but often drop the productline. Not sure about Japan/Korea. good luck in whatever you choose Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Friday, 28 November 2014 09:21:53 UTC+8, Tom Allen wrote: Referring to your initial thoughts section, if you go down

[SiliconBeach] Re: [newtech-1] government over reach

it may be tongue-in-cheek but I think this is one way to keep the politicians honest ... infact I would go so far as to pass a law saying that if you are a major public figure, it should be mandatory to document your public life if only to expose the vested interests and insider deals or

[SiliconBeach] Re: FW: All your biometrics belong to us

I can see the (admittedly tortuous legal logic). *Is your device an external brain or out-body secondary storage? * If former, then the passwords is part of your memory and until they invent mind-reading (doable with MRI scanning and asking you not to think about your password), then torture,

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: FW: Ahead of the Pack, OurCrowd Raises $60M in Equity Crowdfunding for 46 Companies

and Netherlands myself for their Patent/Innovation box regime ... but keeping eye on Singapore Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Thursday, 17 July 2014 09:22:47 UTC+12, Dean Collins wrote: Isn’t ASSOB restricted to sophisticated investors only? Cheers, Dean *From:* silicon

[SiliconBeach] Re: FW: Ahead of the Pack, OurCrowd Raises $60M in Equity Crowdfunding for 46 Companies

seems unnecessarily complicated to me, why not go semi-public via ASSOB and then get the Isreali holding vehicle to buy most/all? of the shares? so long as you price it at say a minor premium to the issue price (to avoid transfer pricing tests) then you should be able to avoid the scrutiny of

[SiliconBeach] Re: The secret of a successful startup community

industrial estates like BioPolis, etc). Now if there was access to specialised resources, then I accept the reason for joining but as TheHub points out, they are selling COURAGE and not hotdesks. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Saturday, 21 June 2014 20:47:46 UTC+12, Henk Steinz

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

can download basic constitutions (milage may vary). I don't know what the going rate is in Australia recently but in NZ I can come up with a bare bones shell company for $200 NZ to the Companies Registry. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Friday, 13 June 2014 16:54:56 UTC+8

[SiliconBeach] Re: Thought the group might find this interesting re: Crowdfunding

://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Thursday, 29 May 2014 09:29:49 UTC+12, Mike Nicholls wrote: Paul Niederer from ASSOB outlines how easy it is for the Government to enact Crowdfunding LegislationWe only need a few simple legislative changes to enable Equity Crowdfunding in Australia – Paul

Re: [SiliconBeach] Federal Budget: Well, that went well.

://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Thursday, 15 May 2014 12:08:17 UTC+12, christo wrote: On 14 May 2014, at 7:40 pm, Geoff Langdale geoff.l...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: […] ...showing that inertia and stupidity are bipartisan. Love it -- -- You received this message because

[SiliconBeach] Crowd Investing (1 of 3) - Snowball Effect (NZ platform)

*Background* - crowd investing (Fundable, Rock the Post, Early Shares, Seedrs, CrowdCube) has been popular in the US and Europe as alternative source of capital for early stage firms. NZ legislation enabled platforms to offer their services to bridge the gap between investors and firms as

[SiliconBeach] Re: Crowd Investing (1 of 3) - Snowball Effect (NZ platform)

Addendahttp://brw.com.au/p/entrepreneurs/from_wholesale_only_builds_equity_gQcfEX13qz46EATMBWTynJ- the Australian Corporate Markets Advisory Committee is undertaking a comparative law review of crowd-investment legislation stemming from the submissions last year and expected to publish

[SiliconBeach] The Dangers of not understanding your business

Peter Drucker once asked as to the difference between the job and your business. This was in context of a cleaning firm who thought their business was supplying mexican migrants as cleaners. But Drucker pointed out that whilst the job was bucketmop, the real business was training unskilled

[SiliconBeach] Re: The Dangers of not understanding your business

Oh ... and a recent comment on google +1http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/24/google-is-walking-dead asking whether it is a zombie (walking dead) ... see also VC slang for non-performing (ie ungrowth) portfolio companies Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau -- -- You received this message

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: The Dangers of not understanding your business

Geoff you right. ... I wasn't being precise in what was the discussion I wanted to spark. The question is when should a startup attack a segment occupied by a dominant player? I point to http://borderless.net/content/how-strategy-really-works which notes the various business strategies the

[SiliconBeach] Simplifying the Customer Contract...

is the configuration info. chat 2 me offline if u want in Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau -- -- 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

RE: [SiliconBeach] Come along to Startmate Demo Day Next Thursday

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[SiliconBeach] Re: Atlassian the untold story

society is mobile, why not companies? I can point to quite a few All-Blacks who are now playing for Japanese clubs on multimillion dollar salaries, however I suspect patriotism has less influence over investment bankers. As for companies I can point to several which are what I can micro-MNCs

[SiliconBeach] Re: sharing a development team

h ... running a tech-orientated company without any in-house techies? this brings to mind a chinese saying about same bed, different dreams. On Thursday, 6 February 2014 13:37:01 UTC+13, Barry Teoh wrote: Yep its done before. Check out BlueChilli or basically any digital agencies.

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