Sssshhhhhhh! I was trying to keep the exception talent pool of 500+ comp sci and IT grads a year coming out of UOW to myself ;-)
Seriously though, we're 45 mins from the airport (admittedly on a good day), have great real estate options at great prices in a coastal setting. In addition to the graduates, there are about 20K+ people a day who still choose to live here and spend 20+ hours a week on trains to Sydney. A decent chunk of those are people with skills people on this list are probably be looking for. How much would you value getting 20+ hours more a week with your kids? Anyway, just $0.02... without any disrespect to this valid introspection, I think the only way we'll build a startup hub in Australia is to build the startups that realise commercial value; this is the ultimate bottom up project, and while we need some infrastructure (and a lack of government interference) to make it easier to climb up this ladder, there's nothing quite like doing it... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of chieftech Sent: Friday, 10 July 2009 9:06 AM To: Silicon Beach Australia Subject: [SiliconBeach] Re: Where is the Natural 'Silicon Valley-esk' Start-Up hub in Australia? What about Wollongong? ;-) What about Wollongong? ;-) Join people like Geoff McQueen from Hiive... http://www.hiivesystems.com/ We have a great new facility at the Innovation Campus... http://www.innovationcampus.com.au/ And half way between Sydney AND Canberra. Have the best of both worlds and great beaches too. That's why Accenture picked Wollongong: "Accenture Australia recognised an innovative approach was required to address ongoing local skill shortages, one that would ensure the organisation would continue to be well positioned to meet client requirements in building high-performing businesses. We recognised that Wollongong, located on the picturesque south coast of NSW, offered the ideal solution by providing access to a highly skilled workforce. For several years, the University of Wollongong has taken a leadership position in terms of developing talented information technology (IT) professionals. Thus it seemed natural for Accenture to access this pool of IT talent and establish a new facility that would provide IT development and ongoing client support in Wollongong." http://www.accenture.com/Countries/Australia/About_Accenture/Company_Overview/AcnITWollongongNSW.htm Best Regards, James -- James President, ICTI Illawarra www.icti.org.au On Jul 9, 1:27 pm, SamH <[email protected]> wrote: > Canberra! > > It's got two universities. It's pretty much a town with one employer, > and that employer isn't pretty. > > Great quality of life, big empty roads, natural population of > professionals with regular turnover. > > It's 3 1/2 hour drive to Sydney, so pulling talent isn't shouldn't be > too hard. > > Ok, ok, so almost all I know comes from reading a Paul Graham essay > and perhaps I am ever so > slightly biased since I live in Canberra but other that that... :) > > http://www.paulgraham.com/maybe.html > > Cheers > Sam H --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
