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;-) Have fun at drinks tonight everyone... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dylan Jay Sent: Friday, 10 July 2009 10:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [SiliconBeach] Re: Where is the Natural 'Silicon Valley-esk' Start-Up hub in Australia? What about Wollongong? ;-) We'll race you. Last one to be the sillicon valley of Au is a rotten egg. On 10/07/2009, at 12:11 PM, Geoff McQueen - Hiive Systems wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
