Well, selling any form of computer tech can be tough. Fads and fashions in computers change and going into the future they are still changing.
My biggest flounder was selling a bunch of second hand computers in thailand after running dry the expense account. That was when the dollar was at 65c and it made sense. After learning haggling with tough hagglers the otherway, I got the funds I needed to complete the trip. This week I revisited Plaza Low-Yatt in Malaysia - the computer fair. Its grown substantially and whilst the clothing and wine industry is represented well in Asia Australian computer products are under-represented. Computers are at a changeover point now. Android is looking positive. Samsung seems to be the King of Pads in Asia. Entreprenuers don't always hit the ground running. Periods of floundering are built into the process. Hitting 1's and 2's (or floundering - as was said) is just a neccessary part of process. We must do that until a ball is finally thrown that we can hit out-of-the-park.. On 10/20/11, Geoff McQueen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 20:55, drllau <[email protected]> wrote: > >> http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2010/10/stop-lying-on-stage.html >> >> - mythological-industrial startup (garage to giant) actually a messy >> journey >> - firms dramatically overstate level of certainty at every stage of >> the process >> - vanity metrics: companies giving the appearance of sharing >> information while actually engaging in spin or outright deception >> > > Yes, you're right, and while this information isn't new, if you're sitting > watching the live stream of Web2.0Conference/TechCrunchDisrupt/AllThingsD > and see all these confident folks on stage telling their story, it is really > easy to be fooled. Mark Suster is one of the few VCs with an ability to tell > it like it is and do it with class. Read this for a sense of how it feels > (and yes, I feel it, and so does every other honest entrepreneur I know): > http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/08/28/start-ups-are-all-naked-in-the-mirror/ > > I make a point now of being honest when people ask "how is it going", and > the sound of them exhaling when they realize they don't have to keep their > gut pulled in and pretend all is rosy and they're not quietly shitting > themselves about how to make it all come together is like a train in a > subway. And then we relax, and we learn. > > The lesson for Aussie entrepreneurs far far away: they're just as human as > you are. If they can do it, why can't you? > > >> - advisors/VCs extol right stuff for entrepreneurship when in reality > > a) idea looks a little dubious, >> b) career often nonlinear, >> c) team somewhat dysfunctional, and >> d) pointed lack of superhuman design skills or market prediction >> e) all of the above. >> > > Even the VCs are arguing about what works best. Google Ventures has quant. > CRV keeps lean, very lean. If everyone knew 100% who was going to win the > Melbourne Cup now it would take the fun out of it. > > The only important given - that the entrepreneur thinks they're going to win > the race. And not because they're crazy or deluded. Because they have a > plan, are passionate, and are prepared to change direction and accept they > were wrong. And by the race, I don't mean their current business, or their > current product. And, by the way, they're only racing against themselves. > > >> I suppose angel investing is the triumph of hope over experience then. >> > > Financially, it is a portfolio numbers game. Emotionally, it is so much > more, a sense of pride that only parents get watching their children grow > up. Sharing deeply in someone else's victories and triumphs - and their > failures - is what life is about. The rest is all just someone else keeping > score. > > >> >> Lawrence >> http://nz.linkedin.com/in/drllau >> >> -- >> 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 >> [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 >> > > > > -- > Geoff McQueen > Founder & CEO > Hiive Systems > > Phone: 1.877.425.7315 (US) - 1800 2 44483 (AU) > Cell/Mobile: 650.450.4384 (US) - 0414.678.466 (AU) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. 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