Hello Everyone, I am very pleased to announce that shortly before Christmas I was informed that my startup Immortal Outdoors had been selected to participate in the third round of startups in the Start-Up Chile program. Also, at about the same time, the website finally went live for the first time!
*A bit about Immortal Outdoors...* Immortal Outdoors has a 'simple' goal - to build the worlds first ever comprehensive map and guidebook to all outdoor recreation. The idea of mapping something so vast and extensive as 'everything of interest in the natural world' has not been attempted as far as I know, and when it is finally realised, it will genuinely change the way we interact with the world. It is only the very beginning now though, and working with a web development company to produce the MVP is not optimal, but a necessary first step to gain the traction I really needed to get things moving - and quite probably was a crucial part of being accepted in to the Start-Up Chile program. You can see the recently launched website at http://www.ImmortalOutdoors.com It is actually still pre-launch, as several key features are missing, and there are still a few bugs which I want fixed. Unfortunately, my developers won't be resuming work on it until the 23rd of January, so those bugs are stuck there until then. Nonetheless, the principle is hopefully clear enough already - it is a map of outdoor recreation which members can continue to grow and edit. Please, register, post in the forum, edit articles, create new articles - and let me know what you think. http://immortaloutdoors.com/ *About Start-Up Chile* I have been surprised by how few people had heard of this program in my numerous discussions at the Silicon Beach Drinks, and other recent events, so this is as good a time as any to introduce everyone to this amazing program... Start-Up Chile is an initiative created by the Chilean Government to attract world class entrepreneurs to Chile. They pay you $20,000,000 CLP (about $40k AUD) through business expense re-imbursment over the course of six months, during which you have to operate out of Chile, and you must attend networking functions, and present a few talks. That's all. No equity. No need to permanently moving your business to Chile, or surprise fees or anything like that. Just turn up and participate in the Chilean Entrepreneurial networking scene, and you get $40k for your business. It is brilliant. Oh, and you get office space and a mentor too, plus the usual support of a vibrant active startup scene. Another nice aspect to the program, is that the selection process is probably quite different to what most incubators use. Because the Chilean government isn't looking for profits from equity, they don't have quite so much emphasis on market share, income models and all that stuff. That still matters of course, but their focus is much more on how qualified you are as an entrepreneur, how realistic your business proposal is, and how connected you are to other entrepreneurs. I think my strengths in my application had a lot more to do with being active in the Silicon Beach community, my global network or people related to outdoor recreation, and my success with my other online business than it has to do with how much money Immortal Outdoors is likely to make me. In any case, the precise 'marking scheme' is available on their website. There will be more rounds taken in throughout 2012 (another 3 I think?) - so keep an eye out for it. http://www.startupchile.org/ Regards, Shane Greenup PS. I recorded this video in one day and edited the next with the assistance of my Dad, as part of my Start-Up Chile application. I will be re-newing it as soon as the website reaches Public Launch state, so I can spend some more time tidying it up! But as it is, again, it doesn its job: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8sl2M_JZCQ ------------------------- http://www.ImmortalOutdoors.com http://www.SportsArbitrageGuide.com/ <http://www.sportsarbitrageguide.com/> http://www.TravellersTrade.com http://www.ShaneGreenup.com <http://www.shanegreenup.com/> <http://www.surebetbookies.com/> -- 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
