I've thought of this idea myself a few times, so glad you raised this Phil.
I've interacted with Ryan Janssen a few times (one of the co-founders), would be happy to introduce anyone - check his blog at drstarcat.com On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Michael Specht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Phil, > > Good idea but didn't Full Code Press do that sort of thing last year? > http://www.fullcodepress.com/. Maybe we need a 2008 version.. > > Rgds > Michael > > Michael Specht > Principal Consultant > > > > Phone: +61 3 9017 1865 | Mobile: 0418 212 041 | Skype: mspecht > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: inspecht.com.au > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Sim > Sent: Monday, 13 October 2008 1:26 PM > To: Silicon Beach Australia > Subject: [SiliconBeach] Another idea for start-up camp > > > Just to start a new thread as I'm going off on a tangent to the > original but my suggestion for the next start-up camp would be to > focus on working on a project that would benefit the community; > > I've long felt the biggest problem with the Australian start-up > community is very low visibility of angel investors/VCs. In the US, > there are enough options and enough networking events where its not > that hard to scout around and find places that might be willing to > give you money. In Australia, it seems to be there seems to be very > much a clique of people who know the right people and breaking into > that circle is not nearly as easy as it is in the US. > > What I'd love to see as a Start-up camp project is to create a Silicon > Beach version of something like http://angelsoft.net/ > > Essentially, a social network that links Australian investors/angels > with entrepreneurs and emerging companies and makes it easier for > entrepreneurs to pitch their businesses and for the angels to find > investment opportunities. > > There is definitely a business model there with this, just not a very > big one, but it would be enough to sustain the project after camp... > > > > > > -- Elias Bizannes http://liako.biz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
