Howdy folks Still a bit off topic from the OP but thought I'd weigh in
I think the careers fair approach is a waste of time plus it will cost appx $1,000 for a booth at an event like that The main way I think students will get involved old be primarily through entrepreneurial societies especially if the societies at the different unis network together for national events which I've seen start to happen It does seem today that most unis are focussed on making someone employable as opposed to an entrepreneur so the biggest challenge will be on educating students that there are other options than just the standard career path I've yet to meet anyone in the community with a degree in entrepreneurialism that is actually running a business so study at uni down this path may not be thenway forwards either On Tuesday, November 2, 2010, Trindaz <[email protected]> wrote: > I've put out the feelers to my contacts at MQ. We could be just in > time to start a Business Execute competition to run over the summer. > > If some other local startups pitched in a few bucks, we could give > each team in the Business Execute competition an 'A round' of $100. We > at Chorus could sponsor a team or two. This would be enough for > hosting, domain names, and not much else, but the real value (if any) > would be making it seem 'serious' to any of the freshmen who took it > on. > > On Nov 2, 6:52 am, "Bart Jellema" <[email protected]> wrote: >> I love this idea! Let's see which unis really support entrepreneurship :) >> Who feels like driving this? I'm happy to help out, but won't be in Sydney >> until Christmas. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Trindaz >> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 7:22 AM >> To: Silicon Beach Australia >> Subject: [SiliconBeach] Re: We now have siliconbeach.org >> >> 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 >> > > For more options, visit this group >> > > athttp://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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