Congrats Simon, was reading Yammer's CEO quoted as saying they were hiring internationally asap. News of the Melbourne office says it's just sales and marketing though, right? Nothing wrong with that, just means Yammer AUNZ is not really a "startup" in the Silicon Beach definition of the word, such as Platform46 and Cleartext.
I think Yammer's tremendous advantages here are (1) strong local reference sites established already (I keep bumping into orgs of all sizes that are using it); (2) a free version with good functionality orgs can use right away; and (3) a simple, benefit-focused marketing message (sorry Platform46 and Cleartext, but your marketing is jargonised to the point of near incomprehensibility to anything but a narrow vertical market. Just my 2c... - alan On Dec 7, 12:28 am, Simon Spencer <simon.spen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just letting the group know, that I have joined Yammer, to setup a team in > Asia Pacific. (main focus Australia, NZ, Singapore, HK, Korea, Japan, > India, China) > > Going to be based out of the Hub in Melbourne during the initial incubation > stages which I think has just the right vibe for Yammer. > > Looking forward to staying in touch. > _______________________________ > Simon Spencer, GM Asia Pacific > Yammer Inc. > Level 3, > 673 Bourke Street. > Melbourne, Victoria. 3000 > Australia. > > www.yammer.com > > • +61404008956 > si...@yammer-inc.com > <mailto:si...@yammer-inc.com> @nomisruption (personal) > skype: simon.spencer100 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 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