Thanks all it was a good one! I attended but missed Paull, was he there(?) and is there a second chance to catch up with him b4 he goes back to NY? I ask because drinks are good but it would be also good to get a little perspective injected from guests. Not as deep as Innovation Bay style but a few mins would be educative.
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 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.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
