For the record... NSW Trade & Investment are also sponsoring Fishburners. Lookin' forward to that 50/50 MB pipe ;-)
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Dylan Jay <d...@pretaweb.com> wrote: > > On 07/02/2012, at 4:30 PM, Elias Bizannes wrote: > >> For any technology company to succeed, you need a presence in Silicon >> Valley -- even if it's just a sales office. Every single Australian living >> in Silicon Valley, including Bardia and myself who hope to one day return >> back to Oz, believe's that. Maybe some of the Aussies with Silicon Valley >> experience can share some perspective there. > > > I can understand commercialisation assistance, which it already gives. I can > understand support for sales offices. But to support the starting of a > company in another country doesn't make a lot of sense. That's employment, > tax, IP all being in US, not AU. You might come home but not after 90% of > the economic benefit has gone to the US economy. Seems a really indirect way > to boost the Australian industry. Especially when there doesn't seem to any > program locally for rent assistance for startups. > > >> >> My view is that for Australia to have a leading technology industry, it >> needs to be global in its approach as our market is not big enough to >> sustain a big industry. The NSW government is innovating thanks to the >> insight of Peter which is that by supporting Australian companies expansion >> in Silicon Valley, >> this is the best way to generating export driven companies that create >> jobs back at home and drive the Australian economy. >> >> And for what it's worth, the Federal government in all its wisdom has >> repurposed Austrade to be import driven and pulling away from export >> assistance in all but major strategic regions like China. This has now >> required state governments to pick up this responsibility, because export >> assistance is a key component for the local economy for all the reasons I >> mentioned. In other words, the government was already doing this with people >> and companies you didn't know about -- it's now a responsibility put on the >> state governments and you just happen to know about me and Bardia :-) >> >> Elias Bizannes >> http://eliasbizannes.com >> Coming to a freeway near you: http://startupbus.com >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Dylan Jay <d...@pretaweb.com> wrote: >> >> On 07/02/2012, at 3:39 PM, peter.g...@business.nsw.gov.au wrote: >> >> NSW Government is now providing a subsidy for NSW entrepreneurs for desks >> or accommodation at Startup House. >> >> More details here: http://bit.ly/zdZlVs >> >> Maybe I didn't read enough details but doesn't that mean the NSW gov are >> sponsoring us to move overseas to create US companies rather that providing >> subsidies for desks at somewhere like fishburners where the companies are >> staying local? >> >> >> >> cheers >> >> Peter >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Aileen <abautist...@gmail.com> >> To: Silicon Beach Australia >> <silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com> >> Date: 07/02/2012 12:57 PM >> Subject: [SiliconBeach] StartUp House >> Sent by: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com >> >> >> >> >> Startup Hose applications open this month. 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