Take it easy, Mike. "the Government ... doesn't owe you a living" - I thought we employ the Government to do some job for us ... :-) But these arguments are for another list, so you are right here, and you said it well.
The problem is that there are plenty of different people with different interests and experience in this group and the subject of the group is very broad. Hence we have all sorts of discussions here. Some of them may not be very useful or interesting. Like in any other place on the Net. Just suggest/open your threads interesting to you. On Mar 18, 9:25 pm, Mike Nicholls <[email protected]> wrote: > OK that's it. I am fucking over it. You would be socialist entrepreneurs, I > feel like I am talking to my kids but here goes. > > 1. I am sick of the bitching on this list about what every one Government > should do > 2. The world, the Government (ours or the US), Venture Capitalists or > anyone else doesn't owe you a living or funding or a scheme to make your > life easier > 3. Funding won't change your world, 95% of you are not suitable for > professional investors, even on the remote chance you got funding, I > promise > you will for the most part regret the experience. > 4. > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Geoff McQueen - Hiive Systems < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Wow. That's great. Now if only we were a car industry producing vehicles > > people don't want to buy in a market too small to achieve economies of scale > > owned by parent companies who'll repatriate $AU from taxpayers back to their > > own struggling head offices, we might actually have an industry strategy and > > some decent funding approaching the billions the car industry got handed out > > AFTER the productivity commission reported that it was a shocking waste. > > > With a different perspective and some actual leadership , perhaps we could > > transition our economy ahead of the information revolution we're in the > > middle of... > > > The more I hear about how this so-called Innovation department works, the > > more concerned I get for our industry which represents one of the few bright > > opportunities for our country. > > > If you haven't already seen it, read > >http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/opinion/perspectives/backwards-... > > . > > > Geoff > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of bengrubb > > Sent: Wednesday, 18 March 2009 2:30 PM > > To: Silicon Beach Australia > > Subject: [SiliconBeach] Govt pledges $83M to save tech innovators > > > THE Rudd government will inject up to $83 million into the local > > venture capital pipeline as a stop gap measure to try and prevent > > promising tech companies going under due to the global financial > > crisis. > > >http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,,25205179-5013040,00.html... > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
