interesting discussion, thanks guys. I want to point out one litttle thing, the "father's" network, how about the mothers? I'm sure you didn't mean anything particular about this but having just entered the Sydney private school scene (at great expense ;-() I am perhaps a little over sensitive to this topic. I expected to meet lots of like minded professional women, and yes they are there but majority are stay at mums. School event for parents are largely gender based.(Mums night / Dads night)
There was an interesting thread on Quora about women entrepreneurs and also attracting women to startups, are there any women on thislist to comment? Is there a gender divide in startups? Caroline On Oct 28, 5:25 pm, Patrick Collins <pcolli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah but honestly if you're trying to raise cash, living IN the valley is > unbeatable (but expensive). Especially if you've got kids... the "father's" > network of other school dad's is unbeatable for fundraising and networking. > > I personally live in Piedmont in East Bay and miss out on this opportunity. > I'm surrounded by lawyers and accountants (god love you), but not VC's, > angels and entrepreneurs. > > Depends where your business is up to. If you're looking to raise funding, > don't move to the bay area and be too far from sand hill road. > > Patrick. > > On 26 October 2011 20:37, Phil M <phil.montgom...@majura.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Probably depends upon how you prioritize your life. I live in > > Pleasanton and love it to death - it's one of the best family > > environments and school districts around. Also, events are on all > > over the Bay Area, and in SF - one of the advantages of Pleasanton is > > easy access to SF via BART. If you network and go to evening events > > anywhere in the bay area, you won't be home before young kids go to > > bed :-) There is no single place in the Bay Area where you can live > > and "be in the middle of it all". > > > There are also a lot of vibrant tech companies in Pleasanton, plus > > office rentals are cheap - not to mention housing. > > > If business is your only priority, then probably best to get divorced > > and leave your wife and kids in Australia :-). Seriously though, > > people sometimes forget that to be productive at work, the family > > needs to be settled and happy at home. I have seen entrepreneurs and > > startups fail because they lack the common sense to create a stable > > home life. > > > Phil M > > > On Oct 25, 1:30 pm, Jason Seed <jasoncs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Scott, > > > > Also congrats on the move. > > > > I would strongly suggest not going to somewhere like Pleasanton, while > > they > > > are great places to live you will be either too disconnected from what is > > > happening or you will never see your family. > > > > One of the best things you can do here is network, especially if you are > > > new, there are literally events on every single night between > > Mountainview > > > and SF and they are worth going to, you will be amazed who you can see > > and > > > talk to. > > > > I have a good friend in a startup who is out there, he regrets it as he > > is > > > always in the car and does not see his daughter some nights.... > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > > Australia mailing list. Visthttp://siliconbeachaustralia.orgfor more > > > Forum rules > > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > > 2) No jobs postings. You can usehttp://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > 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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs 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
