I agree with Elias. If your a tech company you need some sort of a presence in Silicon Valley. But I think the biggest value you will gain is access to quality software engineering talent. There is plenty here, both good and bad, but the good you do come across are long time keepers. People you see yourself working with.
I also believe the likes of community places like StartUp House, Hacker Dojo etc... encourage folks to come together, share ideas and build something. In Australia this is rarer. I remember sitting in my Wollstonecraft place on the weekends coding away while my mates were at the beach or the pub. Here most are out at a community hacking away, sharing ideas at a meetup or talking start up mode. The hackers culture thrives here. Therefore having local presence in Silicon Valley allows you to tap into it, live it & breath it. ~ Ernest http://ernestsemerda.com/ On Feb 6, 9:30 pm, Elias Bizannes <elias.bizan...@gmail.com> 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. > > 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 Bizanneshttp://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 <silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com>> > >> Date: 07/02/2012 12:57 PM > >> Subject: [SiliconBeach] StartUp House > >> Sent by: > >> silicon-beach-australia@**googlegroups.com<silicon-beach-australia@googlegr > >> oups.com> > > >> Startup Hose applications open this month. 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