Nicely said Niki On Jul 10, 1:40 am, Niki Scevak <[email protected]> wrote: > Honestly, Australia has nothing compared to the US or even London. > > The problem I have is that approaching problems like this in a top > down fashion is that it's easy to pontificate (Government should do > something! X city has beaches! Y city has a University!) and give the > person a warm and fuzzy feeling and leave them to not actually have to > do anything and they can go away and feel like they are part of the > startup community. The only way Australia will succeed if everybody on > this list focuses on a bottom up approach of actually creating > successful startups and letting that speak for itself. Sydney is > ranked 4,356 or whatever because Sydney is just a label for a > collection of entrepreneurs (or lack thereof) who live there. It's not > Sydney the city, it's entrepreneurs who choose to have Sydney as their > home. It's the aggregate of people, their attitude and ability to get > shit done not the beaches, wine, 'export oriented economy' or > Accenture (!) giving their rubber stamp on a location that matters. > > </rant> > > On Jul 10, 2:35 pm, Richard Hayes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think Newcastle. > > > 1. Good university / medical school especially Bio engineering > > 2. Good food / wine > > 3. Port facilities > > 4. Good beaches > > 5. *OWN STOCKMARKET* > > 6. Close to major markets > > 7. Export orientated economy > > > Richard Hayes > > Carbon Free Solutions > > 0414 618 425 > > > On Jul 10, 11:05 am, chieftech <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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_... > > > > Best Regards, > > > > James > > > > -- > > > > James > > > President, ICTI Illawarrawww.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.
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