Was: "Nikki Durkin in SMH" On 22/11/2011, at 6:02 AM, Andrew Roberts <andrew.robe...@ephox.com> wrote:
> The San Francisco Bay Area is different. You can stay in Australia and be a > big fish in a small pond or come here and be a small fish in a big pond. The > more entrepreneurs we can get learning to thrive in the primordial swamp of > Silicon Valley, the better Australia will be. I think the Valley's fame is not just due to the number of startups, but also, and probably more so, the gigantic success stories. Every time a startup moves from Aus to the Valley and makes it big, I think that business becomes a Valley success story with Aussie founders, not an Aussie success story. That's no criticism of those who choose to do that; it's totally their prerogative and most entrepreneurial types are very envious of people like Nikki who've done enough hard yards to be invited to participate in something bigger. That said, as long as the big successes are happening in Silicon Valley, it's hard to see how "Silicon Beach" will become a reality. Instead, the rest of the world will see us more like OzCombinator: a source of talent and ideas, but not a hot enough house to allow things to blossom fully. I take it as a given that the purpose of this group is to stimulate the building of Silicon Beach, not OzCombinator. If that's the case, then while it's appropriate to recognize the wins of people who are moving on to something bigger, what we really need to be doing is encouraging promising businesses to stay in, or to come back to, Australia, rather than saying "Go away, it'll be good for you." /2c G. -- 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
