Australia has a world class education system but it turns out employees not employers.
On Oct 30, 5:27 am, Trindaz <[email protected]> wrote: > The community needs frequent, consistent updates from startups around > Sydney about how they're developing. I see the SB mailing list as a > great place to ask questions, but I'd love some kind of section at > siliconbeach.org that has something like a Sydney version of > TechCrunch, or an aggregate of blogs from all our local startups. > Anything that I can check often (I'd be on it daily) to read about how > we are all progressing. I loved what you said one time Elias about > startups in Silicon Valley talking about creating billion dollar > companies. We don't have anywhere near enough of that kind of > audacious ambition in our community currently (IMHO anyway). > > And here's an idea just thinking outloud - You could register your > startup at Siliconbeach.org and the more you participated (posting > articles, news, replying to others, etc.) you'd get points (ala > StackOverflow.com) - maybe this would spur on more engagement between > Sydney Startups? > > Plus basic content about what it means to run a startup and why it's a > totally acceptable alternative to going straight into full time > employment after uni would be helpful. Our unis are still full of > students who simply aren't aware that successful startups exist and > that it's really not so hard to get in there and try something. > There's probably already some initiatives that are addressing this > that I'm not already aware of. There was certainly nothing like it at > MQ when I was finishing there in 2009. The number of times sentences > in the COMP labs ended in '... so you can get a job' was sickening! > > --Trindaz on Fedang #Sydney-needs-more-startup > > On Oct 30, 9:26 am, Elias Bizannes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I managed to negotiate the purchase of the premium domain name > > "siliconbeach.org". This adds to the existing > > siliconbeachaustralia.org domain that kick-started this community. > > > Why? Well when this opportunity appeared this week, I thought it was > > important to protect the community brand, given how we've grown since > > those first beers at the Shelbourne in May 2008. > > > That said and like I asked 2+ years ago: we have a domain -- now what? > > What can we do with it that will build the community? > > > Elias Bizanneshttp://eliasbizannes.com -- 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 [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
