This is interesting Dean, especially your point of "I don't believe there is anyone in Australia who can teach you this".
I had one guy who sit on my advisory chair said the same thing just about 2 weeks ago. In one of our discussion, I remember vividly he said, "the truth is, I haven't found anyone in Australia that has the understanding on how to build a true world-class startups". He used to be in US and went through the full-cycle of company building (include raising money etc). That truly makes me curious of the experience / skill / understanding that people have over there. Maybe I should pay a visit. Cheers, Hendro -------------------------------------------------- From: "Dean McEvoy" <d...@bookingangel.com> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 3:54 AM To: "Silicon Beach Australia" <silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com> Subject: [SiliconBeach] There is no such thing as an Australian Startup! > > Truth is we all have to stop thinking of ourselves as Australian > Startups. Its a global world we live in. Your competition is in > Silicon Valley and Israel and Europe and we should be judged by how we > better engage users and solve problems compared to them. We are all > just startups lets give up on whether we are from Australia, The Gong, > Canberra or Sydney > > Since moving to Silicon Valley and talking to the most successful > Australian entrepreneurs here, they dont market themselves as > Australian's, not because they arent proud of their country, its > becuase the merits on which they are judged by investors, partners and > competitors is by the quality of the product they produce and the > outcomes their companies acheive. > > That should be the focus of the discussion. How do we produce better > product and more valuable companies. The answer is learn from the best > people, find someone who has had the success you want and emulate > them. I dont believe there is anyone in Australia who can teach you > this. I certainly couldnt find them and if Im wrong and you are here, > stand up so some of these new entrepreneurs can find you. > > PS There should be a character limit on your comments. (Even this is > too long) > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
