It's interesting to hear other peoples' stories. Based on what everyone has said so far it seems that there is a message that is (I'm assuming) well-heard in SV but quite alien here:
"Failure is constructive if you learn from it and iterate. It's not a bad thing. Risk is ok and if you're willing to take it, here's a culture/community to support you and here's how rewarding it can be. Here's some people who have done it. If you want an easier start, check out startup culture in general (work for a startup, check out YAA, work experience etc)" Sending that sort of message to young people/anyone in Australia (perhaps focusing on specific areas to concentrate efforts?) could really help the innovation hub cause. Kurt, Tony's school looks great and I'd love to hear more however I'm assuming the efforts required would be huge? Many of us are strapped for cash and time. Definitely in the post-exit life-plan :) What's involved? If anyone is passionate about this and wants a challenge they could plan to do a talk at their old school and report back here? Shouldn't take too much time. I might do this (within the next couple of months). Will let you know how it goes or video it or something. Also just want to mention that I'm male and should have made that more clear with a name like this. Cheers. @caseybutler On Oct 9, 10:19 am, Rebecca Paget <rebecca.pa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > Quick introduction: my name's Rebecca Paget and I was introduced to the > group by Eduardo Chavez - thanks Eduardo! > > I'm not a "techie", but love the passion of the entrepreneurship scene, and > web-based business is an area which appears more accessable to me. My > educational background is in Food Science, and I'm known as a "foodie" > (great industry, but need to learn more through experience before I feel > comfortable to make my own business within it) > > I've recently met Jonathan Conway who has the web skills (yay!), and who > posted recently about us needing legal advice about property sub-leasing. > Still looking for that by the way.... > > A lot of Casey's thoughts resonated with me - and I think we can all agree > that Casey has found her calling! How long does it take before we work out > what we want to do? Are there methods for finding out early? > > In my own opinion of primary and secondary education - career choice is not > really emphasised, it's more about feeding facts and learning stuff (like > math) before we know what we're learning it for!! I bet many of us still > don't know! > > A friend of mine - Ahmad Abdel Raziq is trying to change things in the > education sector through public speaking, with the aim of getting children > to realise their inate potential (their "gift") before selecting a career > choice. Another, Jonathan Marshall is instigating changes through a > pre-school franchise (seeking VC funding at the moment). > > It seems many people have recognised a problem! And have various approaches > to changing things. I guess the thing I am aware of is we can't predict what > effect a "positive result" of these initiatives will have, and also we don't > know what positive results are being achieved by the current system. There's > a lot to think about. > > Bec > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:05 AM, Phil Evans <goo...@remunerate.com.au> wrote: > > > Hi all. > > > I think you guys are on the money. The good news is that this is > > already happening, but more (as always) is required. > > > First up, there is a mob called Young Achievement Australia (http:// > >www.yaa.org.au/) that is all about year 11 students setting up > > companies, making someing, selling something, and liquidating in a 6 > > month period. It's a pretty good programme, we've been involved for > > the last 3 years. > > > YAA need some help right now. They survive on sponsorship from > > commercial entities and the sponsor funds were way down last year and > > YAA may not survive to see 2010 without intervention. There's info on > > their web site about how you can lend a hand. > > > Second, the Universities are already approaching secondary schools. > > Prof. Philip Ogunbona, the Dean of Informatics at University of > > Wollongong, has some sort of roadshow running where he goes around > > talking to (I think) year 10 students in the area. I don't know if > > what they are saying is high quality, but they are out there. > > > So if you guys think this is important, do what you can for YAA > > (mentor, sponsor, and/or write to your local member) and perhaps > > engage with the Universities to see if you can be involved in helping > > them to drum up some business. > > > Phil. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://tr.im/ujMm 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
