come down to tassie :) On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Dominique du Maurier <d...@bigpond.net.au>wrote:
> Elias, > > Will you be travelling to Melbourne? > > Dominique > ------------------------------ > > *From:* silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com [mailto: > silicon-beach-austra...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Elias Bizannes > *Sent:* Monday, 13 September 2010 6:38 PM > *To:* silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Is there really a lack of VC funding in > AU? > > > > Well, let's be clear: VC's are not what early stage startups need. What > Australia needs is more early stage *investors*, particularly angel > investors. > > > > Naval Ravikant, who run's venturehacks and Angel List -- told me to mention > this. If you need funding, simply mention my name on the application form: > http://angel.co/ You might get knocked back because you're not based in > America, but the Aussie's in the Valley can help you with that. Run it by me > before you do, and I can talk about it with Naval next time I speak to him. > > > Elias Bizannes > http://eliasbizannes.com > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Wayne Meissner <wmeiss...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Sep 13, 10:42 am, Renai LeMay <rle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am beginning to suspect that the whinging about a lack of VC capital > > in Australia is just that ... whinging. > > > > Thoughts? > > Do you want the shiny-happy-sugar-coated answer, or the truth? > > IMHO, the truth is yes, the "lack of VC/funding" is just a whinge, > just like all the other "we can't do X because we lack Y" complaints. > The real problem is a mindset problem, but people don't want to face > that, so they try to latch onto *some* tangible reason why they can't > do X. > > Common whinges that are complete furphies: > > - Lack of funding/VC industry immaturity. Either find a business and/ > or model where you don't need funding, or do whatever you have to do > to get it. > > - Shortage of world-class developer talent locally. Umm.. seriously? > Australians are easily equal to the best in the world, especially for > the dimensions that matter for a startup - smart people who can get > things done. If you can't hire quality people, its because you're > crap at hiring, not because there is some mythical shortage. > > - Lack of world-class mentors. The best (and worst) mentors are the > people you surround yourself with. Other people from Silicon beach, > people running non-tech business, people running charities - find > whomever you can. > > If you trawl through the silicon beach archives, you'll find many > more. Interestingly, its not just Australian's who tend to do this. > Nearly every other community outside of silicon valley that I've > looked at, whinges in the same way. Everyone wants all this stuff > served up on a plate, ready to plug into their brilliant-concept-that- > will-make-a-billion startup. > > > -- > 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<silicon-beach-australia%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. > > Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF > > No lurkers! 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