For those that don't know Andrew, is part of the Aussie crew here in Silicon Valley and I have a lot of time for him as a person to talk to and an entrepreneur to get advice from. And on that note, I would pay good money for a meat pie and BBQ shapes. :-)
Interesting story I just found out about: some Aussies came to the Marina district in San Francisco, and loved the Tacolicious concept so much (popular restaurant that has Mexican food, American packaging) that they opened up the same concept in Sydney right opposite Hugo's Bar and Longue. I haven't confirmed that but if so a good story of showing the power of having people visit different locations to get inspiration for businesses. Elias Bizannes http://eliasbizannes.com *Coming to a freeway near you:* http://startupbus.com On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote: > Melbourne certainly could use more good mexican places ;) > > -- > Pat > > On 03/11/2011, at 7:40 PM, Owen B. Mehegan wrote: > > >> Speaking of which, my new startup idea is a really fricken good coffee > shop in downtown Palo Alto > >> called "Flat White" or "The Melbourne". Get the baristas trained or > imported from Australia, > >> which IMHO has the best coffee shops on the planet. Not exactly high > tech, but I think it could > >> work :-) > > > > Oh man, hilarious. My Aussie wife is always grousing about the coffee > > here. She says we'll invest. I still haven't figured out how to order > > when we're in Melbourne. I end up asking for a fat black or something. > > Also baffled by your idea of "iced coffee:" coffee with a scoop of ice > > cream in it. Not what I was expecting the first time I ordered it! > > > > If I can't make a go of it in the tech industry when we move to > > Melbourne, my backup plan is to open a California-style taqueria in > > one of the CBD laneways ;) I think it could be big... > > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > 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 > -- 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
