Hi Deniss, I am going to be trying to do the same thing but in Melbourne.
Doesn't anyone know any good resources/networks/groups to join to help with this? Cheers, Humphrey On Feb 2, 5:11 pm, David Banes <dba...@cleartext.com> wrote: > I'll second this, we tried the VC route and it sapped a lot of energy > for zero result. > > We've spent the last couple of years building a client base off re- > branded and self built services in a similar space (email services) to > our final solution (xmpp services). This has built our experience, > some revenue and importantly client relationships and trust in our > brand. > > We're now using that as a base to deliver our own IP and hopefully > we'll be selling it into our client base as the early adopters. > > regards, > > David. > > On 02/02/2009, at 5:00 PM, Nick HaC wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Denise > > > Good question - The startup community in Sydney is still growing and > > forming it seems - as a result it may seem hard to connect if you > > have just arrived in Sydney. > > > Official Fridays, Open Coffee, STUB and other events are useful in > > meeting the community. > > > As for startup camp sydney - Rumor has it the next one will be in > > september. > > > With regard to funding - it seems most startups in Sydney bootstrap > > or build of the back of a services/consulting business. > > > It appears most startups in sydney try to avoid VC funding where > > possible. The alternative? Build an alpha edition with your sweat, > > sell to a few key customers early who help pay for and steer an > > advanced featureset. At that point you have a product, some > > customers and some revenue and will be ready to go to market. VC's > > will probably start calling you then :) > > > Best of luck > > > Nick > > > PS: Pollenizer website has lots of great info > > > Pollenizer > > How to start from nothing and get funding > > > Australian IT Calendar > > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Deniss <deniss.su...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I was looking for events in Sydney where I could meet > > potential partners or investors for a startup and it looks like I > > couldn't find much. I've read about Startup Camp II, but couldn't find > > any information about the next one. Same with WebJam. > > Onhttp://www.startup-australia.orgthere are links to techstars and Y > > Combinator what is good, but that's not AUS. > > The big question for me as a newcomer is how startups raise money here > > in Sydney? What resources are available? > > > Thanks very much, > > Deniss > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Email Filtering by Cleartext a Carbon Minimised company -www.cleartext.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/browse_thread/thread/99938a0fbc691eeb To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
