Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Need more home winnings in Australia - support your local tech community

2014-03-03 Thread Geoff McQueen | AffinityLive
Getting back to community support and interaction (than govt stuff, which I don't think was what you were raising Yuval?), I think it is a blessing and a curse. Being based in the Bay Area, I see first hand how "supportive" everyone is and wanting you to "reach out" and "connect" all the time. Man

[SiliconBeach] Re: Need more home winnings in Australia - support your local tech community

2014-03-03 Thread David Jones
I was at an IIA event few weeks ago and Turnbull spoke to the need to fix options and crowd funding. So I wouldn't hold my breath but at least the issue is now being replayed back at a ministerial level. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia

[SiliconBeach] Re: Need more home winnings in Australia - support your local tech community

2014-03-03 Thread Craig Thomler
I've been involved with start-ups in Australia since 1995 and there's definitely far wider support and community available today then ten or twenty years ago. That doesn't mean the support is great - we still have laws that make options/shares harder for start-ups to issue rather than paying s