I'll be in the US for six weeks starting 2 March. For the non-play part, going to LA, Austin (sxsw), San Fran, NYC, and Boston to meet up with some contacts of mine.
Happy to meet up and see how I can help you guys. Sent from my iPhone On 04/02/2009, at 8:09 PM, Jonathan Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Thanks - Yeah - Sorry, I guess I should have given a lot more context > to that question. > > We're working on a collaborative modelling tool - so we're squarely in > the the Meta-Data / XML / Unstructured-Data area. Our main target at > the moment will be government and corporates, but there is also a > strong opportunity in open source (e.g. standards groups). > > Technology wise we're interested in functional programming, > map-reduce, distributed technologies. Business wise we're interested > in integration - e.g. the HL7 standard, financial service regulatory > reporting, interchange standards (as we see this a prime segment for > us). > > It seems strange, but we don't have a fixed agenda for the trip. > Obviously we want to network, seek funding, partners, like-minded > people to team up with, etc - However, we see these as having a very > long trajectory, so the idea is really to get over there and start > seeding / leading into those relationships now. So suffice to say > we're casting a wide net at this stage. > > Thanks, J > > ps. We have a blog (http://blog.jodoro.com) - but it's more of a > running dialogue than anything specific at the moment. > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 5:47 PM, David Jones <[email protected]> > wrote: >> what is your business? (I may have deleted your intro/delurk). I >> can let a >> few aussies in the bay area know you are coming but it sounds like >> you are >> looking for busdev meetings - would help for some background. thx d. >> >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:15 PM, jwilliams <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> My Business Partner and I are heading over to the US for March/ >>> April - >>> (We're normally Melbourne-based, but in Perth at the moment). >>> >>> Time will be spread between San Francisco, Silicon Valley and New >>> York >>> - although we'll be making a few side trips as necessary. >>> >>> We've got a handful of meetings lined up, but obviously the more we >>> can do the better. >>> >>> Has anyone here been on a similar trip? If anyone can recommend some >>> starting points that would be really useful. >>> >>> Thanks, J >>> >> >> >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
