Hi everyone, In Sydney, this Friday's drinks will be a big one. We have several special guests. There will be Kathy Drasky & Viki Forrest[1], the CEO of ANZA (and yet another Aussie in Silicon Valley), who will be shouting the first round. A little more about ANZA below.
We've also going to have Paull Young[2], who is a Aussie in New York, and one of those young guys that's shaking things up in his chosen industry of PR and communications. And the non-committal Carlee Potter[3] might make it as well. She locks herself up in a den in Newscastle trying to pioneer new media, but with a bit of encouragement, we might all get to see her :) Apart from running SNOBS, she also is now a host on the Lucky Startups show, so another person to contact to get global exposure of your business. [4] ABOUT THE OFFICIAL FRIDAY SILICON BEACH DRINKS They occur weekly in Sydney at the Grace Hotel [5] (second level, bar 77 [6] - runs from 5-8pm). After six months of persistence its now taken a life of its own, and we have a core crowd that comes every week or two that numbers 10-15. Of course, we have a less frequent crowd that make up another 5-20. I promise you will have a great chat with someone, and make a valuable contact (without even trying). It's casual, but we are united with a common passion about this industry and this whole "information sector" 'thang. They also occur in Melbourne [7] as recently announced by Pieter. Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth have yet to get their act together! ABOUT ANZA I just had the pleasure of meeting Viki and Kathy just then and we talked about the US industry, Australia, entrepreneurialism, and a lot more. One thing I would like to do is build a more formal connection between ANZA and SIlicon Beach. ANZA has several thousand members, is well established, and is about Aussies in the tech industry. They are a non-profit seeking to build Aussie expertise, profile (and ultimately success). If you want to setup shop in the US, they will connect with the right people to get advice, help you find places to couch surf, and build your skills and to understand the local market. Whilst a lot of their programs can be seen as trying to bring Aussie entrepreneur's over the the States, I now see it as effectively a skills transfer program. If we are ever going to build silicon beach, and I really mean in a globally competitive way, we need to to develop experience and expertise of those in the community. It might mean spending a few years in the States learning from the best, and the more veteran's we have, the stronger our community will be. W So see you at the drinks! You have a lot of people and things to talk about! [1] http://www.anzatechnet.com/ [2] http://twitter.com/paullyoung [3] http://www.snobs.com.au/abo <http://www.snobs.com.au/about/>ut/<http://www.snobs.com.au/about/> [4] http://beaubusy.blogspot.com/2008/12/i-am-new-host-of-lucky-startups.html [5] http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&abauth=a395c2aa%3ACapZX2fHwTfYvZjQS86aEjsTjL8&view=text&q=Grace+hotel+Sydney&btnG=Search+Maps# [6] http://www.smh.com.au/news/bar-reviews/bar-77-grace/2008/06/09/1212863533843.html [7] http://melbourne.siliconbeachaustralia.org/2009/01/happy-new-year-and-first-drinks-for-2009/ -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
