[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction to SportUp Australia!

Hi Everyone, Just a reminder that the SportUp Australia meetupis happening tonight at Fishburners. Speaking at the event will be: *Kevin Perry* - 2012 Masterchef contestant and Founder of Stadiumgrub, and *Nic Ferraro* - Founder and Managing Director of Spor

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction to myself and Toppit ( iphone app )

Hey Matt, Thanks for the feedback, what was the reason that you couldn't use facebook? We are currently changing the way challenges work so that there is 3 types of challenges ( Public, Friends, Private ). Its our main focus at the moment as thats what all the feedback has been aiming to, once

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction to myself and Toppit ( iphone app )

Dany - Video looks great. App looks good and interesting idea. Bit hard to use if you don't have any friends using it. I wasn't able to connect to fb, only twitter. So I couldn't send any challenges to anyone or do any of the public challenges that I could see. I've been to SXSW, its an awesome

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction to myself and Toppit ( iphone app )

Hello! I like the idea. Best of luck with it. See you when you get here. Stefano On Monday, 14 January 2013 12:54:29 UTC+11, daniel milham wrote: > > Hey Everyone, > > I thought i might introduce myself as ive been a browsing the group for > some time and havent spoken out yet. > > Im a 22yr

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction to myself and Toppit ( iphone app )

Welcome Dany Love the look of your app and startup idea. I wish you all the best with it! The vid is brilliant too :) Look forward to catching up with you when you're in Sydney. Cheers mate Pete -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction / De-lurking

Welcome! ps. yeah that's a common problem - How to get wordpress content onto mobile so it looks good & scrolls beautifully. Seems like a bit of an internet meme right now - I see a couple sites offering to "automatically convert your web site to mobile" and I guess their quality varies from

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction / De-lurking

Just another Welcome to the beach and I hope your settling in ok after that long traveling! Also if you want I have some experience with wordpress & buddypress from building my own sites off it for a few years. I've headbutted the desk more than a few times working out how to build a 'mobile si

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Thanks Kate for the Feedback. No plans to go outside Australia at this stage. On Saturday, July 14, 2012 5:32:06 AM UTC+10, Kate Kendall wrote: > > Hi Heidi, > > Welcome and congrats on launching. > > My only two cents is that I was rather confused by your naming when you > started following my

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Hi Vinko Thanks for getting in touch. May be something here - you can email me directly at he...@adage.com.au and we can explore further. Cheers Heidi On Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:28:32 PM UTC+10, Vinko Grgic wrote: > > Hey Heidi, > > Congrats on AdAge, very cool model and great that someone

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction / De-lurking

Cheers for the links and info Rob! I'll give that Buddypress plugin a go so at least I am starting to build something until I can get someone on board with me. Yeah Marketing will be a major component of the business, I've seen quite a few Social Travel startups pop up over the past 12 months,

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction / De-lurking

My 2 cents http://nourishnetwork.com/ is built using a wordpress plugin called buddy press it is a social network for foodies in America that connects foodies with recipies, resturants, and food suppliers. (it sounds like you want to do a similar thing for backpackers) You dont need to be a

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Hi Heidi, Welcome and congrats on launching. My only two cents is that I was rather confused by your naming when you started following my accounts in social, as AdAge is quite well known as a publication and I thought they might have launched a local counterpart. Might be worth looking into

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Hey Heidi, Congrats on AdAge, very cool model and great that someone is looking into that group of our society. We have a platform where the older generations can put their skills to good use and make an income. It's "casual tour guiding" for lack of a better term, but I am sure that many with

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Great idea - I wish you well - I am also an Ex big 6 CA playing in the online space. On Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:32:44 AM UTC+10, peaty wrote: > Finding this forum very interesting, so now I've got a better feel for it, > thought it was time to introduce myself. > > I started my career a

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Welcome to the group Marc! -- 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 http://siliconbe

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Jason / Dan - thanks for the responses :-) Dan: Awesome feedback. I'll do an update to the landing page to more clearly convey this information. Since you asked - I'll do a write-up here, though this likely to be more detail than what I put up. In the case of a Push-and-Execute style execution us

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction / Visionaries versus executers discussion

Nice ideas thanks both Simran and Lawrence. Pity the TMS people don't have a relatively cheap single person offering, I'd love to find out my profile. What I am doing here? I love to create something and be around other people who are creating something. It feeds my soul. Hope to hear lots about

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction / Visionaries versus executers discussion

http://www.tms.com.au/tms07.html Not as simple as idea v implementer. Team Management Systems (based out of Brisbane) did extensive research on what makes a high functioning group of people. They came up with 8 typical roles - creator-innovator (not-so-coincidently my core) - explorer-promotor (my

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction - Sixty Digits & our first project Digital Pigeon

: gord Sender: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:55:33 To: Silicon Beach Australia Reply-To: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com Subject: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction - Sixty Digits & our first project Digital Pigeon ok, I grok the demographic distinc

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction - Sixty Digits & our first project Digital Pigeon

ok, I grok the demographic distinction [vs DropBox].. I think it is handy for media projects, such as graphic artist sharing assets with a developer. Im actually wondering if having a tree view / folder hierarchy to organise the uploaded files would give you that ramp up into managing more of t

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction - Sixty Digits & our first project Digital Pigeon

Thanks for the feedback guys! We do have a mobile friendly version of the site on the list of things to do just haven't gotten around to it yet… Gord, you're right about it being a competitive market (what isn't?) but I'd probably say that the likes of yousendit and wetransfer are more along o

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction - Sixty Digits & our first project Digital Pigeon

Dan, Nice piece of work... Love the pixelated bird logo, its a memorable touch. The idea of expiry date strikes me as useful.. a one-shot option might also be good [ie. remove after first download ] Competitive market, given DropBox etc., and Amazon are rumoured to be working on an offering.

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction: Aussie moving to SF

Joy, see you soon! On Sep 2, 5:17 am, Joy Xuan wrote: > Hello Silicon Beach! > > I've been attending SB drinks in Sydney for a few months now but only > recently started following the online discussions, so apologies for my > late intro. > > About me: > - Relatively new to tech and startup-land (

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction and hello

Hi Tim, Just checking out FreezeTheWeb. Fun idea! :) Jim On Jun 25, 4:58 pm, Tim Clark wrote: > Hi all, > > I saw the no lurkers rule, and thought I should introduce myself. > > I'm from Melbourne, though originally from Adelaide. I'm an electronics > engineer by training, and have finished an

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

Here are a few additional thoughts we pulled together on how and at what age entrepreneurship can be taught: http://www.bhert.com/publications/newsletter/BHERTNews29.pdf (p. 12 is where it's at) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list.

RE: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

-australia@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter Hi Brendon and to the rest of the gang particating in this tread. Just want to say, if there was a facebook like button here (Yeah! Right!) I would be liking the last quote Brendon made alot "There

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

Hi Brendon and to the rest of the gang particating in this tread. Just want to say, if there was a facebook like button here (Yeah! Right!) I would be liking the last quote Brendon made alot "There's no point learning about entrepreneurship in a classroom unless you're actually trying to ru

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

There is a great program run by a solid Aussie entrepreneur Creel Price called; http://clubkidpreneur.com/ Creel is a great speaker and we should try and get him to an event one day. I'll ask. I've been trying to go back to my old school for a while and talk. I'll put that back on the list -than

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

Yeah that's a good point, I'm not sure what made me sign up in the first place. I was a science and music kid, didn't do economics or accounting, and wasn't into business apart from maybe admiring people like Dick Smith. Maybe the temptation was that I was at a catholic boys school and in the pro

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

@Vikashan once again, my thoughts are articulated clearly in your post. @Geoff Do we all have to be qualified to talk about a "problem" seen within a situation? I think a discussion is essential to get all the pros/cons out in the open in regards to considering starting something like this idea- v

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

Thanks for that Brendan, you reminded me of that all happening at our school too (Matthew's and mine) - I remember some guys trying to sell car care kits around school for an entrepreneurial program, I suspect it was exactly the same thing as a few people mentioned Young Achievers already. A point

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

One thing that's vaguely related -- when I was at high school in Melbourne I joined a programme called Young Achievers. It was organised by a non-profit (I think?) and involved volunteers from companies who mentored local year 11 schoolkids in starting a business. They had a general structure that

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

I think that if someone were to actually undergo curriculum design on such a project, they might ask themselves that question. I think most people don't ask themselves that question (myself included) because they aren't actually doing it - they are just pondering the proposition. If I were to actu

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

It is odd that almost nobody seems to ask themselves "why am I qualified to talk about this" before holding forth on designing such a curriculum; as if we might ask folks who once saw a function integrated by someone else to take the lead on designing the next 4 unit math curriculum... Geoff. --

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

Great thread, my first post! Some ideas: - Schools love speakers - esp if free or cheap, who can spruik the benefits of entrepreneurship. Build a tribe from students who "Like" on FB or EDM. - School kids won't generally be willing to pay more than $15 for extra "courses" imo, especially if it won

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

@ Ben Wonderful post, affirmed my thoughts and process completely. Aileen On Jun 2, 11:35 am, Ben Sand wrote: > My thoughts: >  * Do an intensive course modelled on Bart Jellema, Kim Chen and Brian > Menzie's BootUpCamp:http://www.bootupcamp.com/. >  * Get some content/collaboration from Matt B

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Hi Darren, We are selling software to overseas enterprises which are generally invoiced in the customer's currency on a monthly basis or ocassionally large one off payments. Receiving funds is a real pain - too expensive to have direct deposits into our Australian bank account and they struggle to

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

@Shane -well articulated, your thought process is the same as mine. I think my issue lies within lack there off substantially targeted relevant resources. Too many out there, for young entrepreneurs to get there head around, not enough experience for them to find or be pointed to the direction of

RE: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

ps.com] On Behalf Of Darren P Allatt Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2011 10:37 AM To: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction Hi Jeremy, Sure, so do I start a new post? Perhaps I should extend on my role at American Express, as many just perceive it to

RE: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

[mailto:silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeromy Evans Sent: Tuesday, 31 May 2011 10:01 PM To: Silicon Beach Australia Subject: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction Hi Darren, That's interesting. It would be helpful if you could share general advice with *the list* about how a new Aust

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

Check out Agents of Change, they run university and high school entrepreneurship programs in Sydney & Melbourne. Its based on the Y Combinator group dinners. Amir Nissen (founder) runs boots camps for student entreprenurship. http://www.agentsofchange.org.au/ There's a few other organisations in

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Hi Darren, That's interesting. It would be helpful if you could share general advice with *the list* about how a new Australian startup can accept online USD credit card payment into an Australian business bank account. Several people on this list have cracked the problem and shared how they did i

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Hi Vamsi Regarding StockTrap. I've had quite a bit of experience in this area having developed a similar site back in 2003/04 http://smsquotes.com.au This site has seen no development love since we launched but it does provide the same sort of functionality (plus real time price alerts) as St

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Hi Vamsi, Nice work. StockTrap is interesting to me since im in that space. Not to be a Debbie Downer but have you researched the market properly? You can already get SMS alerts for this from trading platforms like webIRESS - most traders that would require a news notification would already use

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Thanks for the feedback guys. It's a very simple news item so SMS is the most efficient way to deliver it to the broadest audience. The ASX has released a free iphone app to monitor stocks which offers push notifications on sensitive news. Our target audience is everybody else. My business partne

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

re push notifications, check out Prowl http://www.prowlapp.com/. It has a really simple RESTful API that lets you push any notification to any user easily. After hearing about it at a local Twitter devnest in London, I hooked my little site (http://www.aggrity.com/) up and now I get a push notifica

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

I had the same thought when I saw stocktrap. I think its got a good market! Matthew Ho wrote: I actually think stocktrap is the better idea. Simple idea and I reckon people would pay for it. Its like GroupMe meets stocks announcements. I'd be interested to see whether you could build it as a w

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

I actually think stocktrap is the better idea. Simple idea and I reckon people would pay for it. Its like GroupMe meets stocks announcements. I'd be interested to see whether you could build it as a web app/ native app and use push notifications. The thing I like about SMS is that you will always

[SiliconBeach] Re-introduction

Hi folks, I introduced myself a few months ago, when I was visiting, but now I'm moving to Oz. My dream has come true! :-) So, I'm going to reintroduce myself, now as a soon-to be official work permit holder. I should be arriving in Sydney sometime in June. I met a lot of you in December, January

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Thanks for the great suggestions Jeromy - you've got me thinking! On Feb 25, 11:34 am, Jeromy Evans wrote: > Congratulations Katherine! > > As a male, style-conscience yet very reluctant shopper can I offer two > features requests for your future product roadmap: >   - allow my partner/friend to

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Congratulations Katherine! As a male, style-conscience yet very reluctant shopper can I offer two features requests for your future product roadmap: - allow my partner/friend to bookmark the items I should like, because I can't be bothered but they will be; - add a physical location spin: when

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

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: Introduction and Question

Hi Graham, I did this for several years myself. I registered a company and domains. I wrote several thousands lines of code over weekends and nights. I never released any of it because it wasn't quite finished yet. I never "finished" because: - work always took priority over my own business -

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction and Question

Hi Graham & welcome, I'm in my 3rd startup (can't get enough of a good thing) suggest if the higher ups are getting you down, and your creative instincts are being squandered, consider joining a startup with like minds, it's far less risky, and you will get more out of it vs the many painful stumb

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction and Question

You might enjoy this: How to Start a Company When You Have a Full-Time Job (Video) http://www.nickhac.com/2010/12/how-to-start-company-when-you-have-full.html *Todd talks at PlusConf about how he started BuySellAds.com and gives you great advice on how to launch your startup while you have a job.

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction and Question

Welcome Graham, >From my personal experience being involved in 2 software companies, first one >when I was still working part time at a HMV… #1 Either like paperwork, or be prepared to go though a few accountants until you find one that understands your needs. Some suck. Really. #2 Mak

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

On Oct 26, 11:40 am, Geoff Langdale wrote: > I'd be > particularly interested to hear about any startups with more than the > average level of 'depth' in terms of algorithms and computer science. whilst not exactly common, the winner of the UQ Enterprise competition (Southern Innovation) is what

[SiliconBeach] Re: introduction.

I second that really interesting data modeling. On Oct 20, 6:17 pm, Trindaz wrote: > 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,

[SiliconBeach] Re: introduction.

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: Introduction - Mikel Lindsaar

Following your lead Mikel. I didn't see a link to reply all for the introductions thread, but there was one on your introduction, so i'll try again here... (sigh) Copied from my profile at www.cie.unsw.edu.au Martin Bliemel is a Lecturer in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and joined the School o

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

James Welcome. Drop me an email (peterdav...@gmail.com) I'd like to arrange a time/day to have a chat about some ideas. On Aug 28, 9:31 am, James Hill wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm James, I've just moved to Sydney from Manchester, England. > > Right now I'm finding my feet and looking for quick incom

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Hi James Welcome to au. Menulog is doing very well in the online takeaway ordering http://www.menulog.com.au/ R -- 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

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction - I'm new to SB!

Just clicked the Download Now button on the homepage and the dialogue box saying I need Air installed opens up. I imagine this also has an install Air button but it won't let me scroll down and click it. Seems to be locked into the confines of the Download Now button. Site design is really nice t

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction - I'm new to SB!

Thanks, James, for taking a look, and for the feedback. We are in beta so still finding the 'sweet spot' in many ways. The secondary screen issue is something we're working to resolve right now. Thanks and keep in touch! Regards, Alon On 19/02/2010, at 8:16 AM, chieftech wrote: I had a

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction - I'm new to SB!

I had a quick look, but I found the right-to-left ticker scrolling pretty hard to look at. Also, I tried to move it to my extended screen and it snapped back to my primary screen (I'm on a Mac btw). So, back to Tweet Deck for the moment. :-) However, I do like the basic premise of what you've done

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction and request for feedback/advice

On Feb 2, 7:46 am, Niki Scevak wrote: > Justin, there is one book you absolutely must > read:http://www.amazon.com/Four-Steps-Epiphany-Steven-Blank/dp/0976470705 To elaborate, Steve's book describes a methodology for software start- ups where you DON'T build a core product and then look for a w

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction and request for feedback/advice

Look hereif you want to see Steve Blank and Guy Kawasaki talk Also there are some nice reads attached with one of them is 3 chapters of Four Steps. y. On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Justin Yoon wrote: > Thanks for that Niki. Fin

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction and request for feedback/advice

Thanks for that Niki. Finishing off the "Founders at Work" book and will get onto the Four Steps of Epiphany right away. On Feb 2, 7:46 am, Niki Scevak wrote: > Justin, there is one book you absolutely must > read:http://www.amazon.com/Four-Steps-Epiphany-Steven-Blank/dp/0976470705 > > Steve al

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction and request for feedback/advice

Justin, there is one book you absolutely must read: http://www.amazon.com/Four-Steps-Epiphany-Steven-Blank/dp/0976470705 Steve also has a blog. Start here: http://steveblank.com/2009/02/ and start working your way forward through the archives. Another excellent blog is from Eric Ries: http://www.

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

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: Introduction

*From:* silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Sriram Panyam > *Sent:* Thursday, 27 November 2008 2:51 PM > *To:* silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction > > > > Hi Pamela, > >

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Sent: Thursday, 27 November 2008 2:51 PM To: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com Subject: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction Hi Pamela, No not that I know of :D But thats ok I just realised that 2nd was a tuesday (next tuesday is a bit hard). But thanks for that anyway. cheers Sri On Thu

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Hi Pamela, No not that I know of :D But thats ok I just realised that 2nd was a tuesday (next tuesday is a bit hard). But thanks for that anyway. cheers Sri On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 2:33 PM, pamela fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Sriram- > > It looks like OSDC has closed registration

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Hi Sriram- It looks like OSDC has closed registration for the workshops. Are you registered for OSDC already? On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Sriram Panyam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Pamela, > >Welcome to SB. Just got this error: > > "Sorry but registration for Google Hackathon is now

[SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

Hi Pamela, Welcome to SB. Just got this error: "Sorry but registration for Google Hackathon is now closed." cheers Sri On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 1:22 PM, pamela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey there-- > > My name's Pamela Fox. I'm temporarily here in Australia for the next 5 > months, and