There are a lot of things to love about Australians but that is one thing that is almost uniquely Aussie. The Aussie way of supporting people: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome
Can't say I miss it here in the US. Patrick. On 21 November 2011 10:32, Nikki <ni...@99dresses.com> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > Thanks for the congrats! My co-founder, Peter delahunty, and I are super > stoked to get in and so excited by the opportunity. We both really > appreciate all the support of the Aussie startup community :-) > > Haha my favorite quote in that article was being called a pubescent bint > who used my charms to get my "dumb business" it's customers. It's pretty > comical, really. Most of the comments seemed to be centered around the fact > that I was female, though I have the sneaking suspicion that if I looked > like an old obese baby elephant with webbed feet that the fact that I am > female wouldn't have come up at all :p > > As for the discussion around leaving aus to come to the US, this is > actually a necessity for 99dresses because Australia doesn't have the > logistics systems to do what we want to do. Aus post doesn't even have > APIs, and we need that to un-niche 99dresses. Also, I'm just as interested > in going over there for the experience of a new country as much as anything > else. We might even be Aussie based in the end and just head over to the US > on trips depending on visas anyway. > > Anyway, thanks again for all the support :-) Peter is back in aus tomorrow > and I'm back on the 30th so we might see everyone around before we head off > again in January. > > Cheers > Nikki > > -- > 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 > -- 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
