Sydney: drinks are moving at the last minute. Mick's said he put a sign up directing you to PJ Obriens around the corner.
Call me on 0412 338 508 if lost. Sent from my iPhone On 09/01/2009, at 12:31 PM, Elias Bizannes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Carlee has confirmed (don't think her e-mail got through), and will be > bringing along Beth Etling who is the APAC Content Director for > ad:tech & iMedia. (ad:tech is the worlds largest digital marketing > event.) > > So there you have it. Six months in, and Silicon Beach is already > beginning to differentiate itself from the American's: we almost get > an equal proportion of females attending our social events! > > On Jan 8, 12:24 pm, "Elias Bizannes" <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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 >> .... >> [5]http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&abauth=a395c2aa%3ACapZX >> ... >> [6]http://www.smh.com.au/news/bar-reviews/bar-77-grace/2008/06/09/121286 >> ... >> [7]http://melbourne.siliconbeachaustralia.org/2009/01/happy-new-year-and >> ... >> >> -- >> Elias Bizanneshttp://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
