Very true Kim. Has anyone tried getting a stall in amongst all the other recruiters at graduate job fairs? It'd be cool to have a 'Just start something yourself' stall run by Silicon Beach with other uni entr. groups to introduce the idea to people and provide links to resources and paint a picture of what it would be like for people who've never thought about it.
Maybe some kind of competition for first year uni students - a Business Execute competition (as opposed to Business Plan). On Nov 1, 6:29 pm, Sean Marshall <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kim > > Funny you should mention that. I am finalising the details on a national > platform for collaboration between university entrepreneurial societies > across Australia. > > One of the services we will be offering is a centralized service for > students and start-ups to organise internships. > > More details coming over the next couple weeks. > > Best Regards > > Sean > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Kim Chen <[email protected]> wrote: > > To Trindaz/David's point, I would love to see a large-scale startup > > internship program between the unis and the community (eg., Startup > > Job Fair each year at the unis). This would help drive interest in > > startups from uni students and startups try out great talent/get > > earlier dibs on top talent. Many, many students at Stanford tried for > > cool startup internship opportunities before more "boring" corporate > > internships during the summers. > > > On Nov 1, 1:40 am, Viki <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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]<silicon-beach-australi > > a%[email protected]> > > 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! 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
