Hi Everyone, First time posting in SB Australia but I've been following this thread very closely.
I've personally talked to Ryan quite a few times about the Co-Founder speed dating event and I think its a great idea. Travelling the entrepreneurial journey myself, I've come to learn and appreciate that the startup journey isn't a tidy/formulaic experience where you can pull out a manual and follow procedures on how to get things done (finding a co-founder etc). In many instances I've found myself having to "hustle". For me that means doing whatever you can, exploring whatever avenues, to achieve your goals. Hustle doesn't mean being careless or rash (by all means we should always carefully think through our decisions). It refers more to the trait of entrepreneurs being resourceful, clever and resilient to build that business/enterprise we're passionate about! Like what Ryan said, if you're looking for a co-founder you can't just wait for chance to come along. If you want to survive as an entrepreneur you gotta find the avenues to make that happen. Co Founder speed dating is a great example of hustle. Why shouldn't entrepreneurs, who need a co-founder, go to a common meeting spot and explore whether they can find a good match? Like Shane said - dating not marriage ;) At the same time, what Lawrence said about considering compatibility is important, but going to a co-founder speed dating event doesn't mean you forget about those things. Just my 2 cents, and congratulations Ryan on setting up Co Founder Speed Dating... I've noticed that Angelcube have got something similar running here in Melbourne next month on the 18th of March :) Cheers, ---- Ivan Lim Founder & Managing Director | Vinspi Pty Ltd (www.vinspi.com.au) t: @ivanmelvin li: au.linkedin.com/in/ivanmelvin On Feb 23, 10:22 am, Ryan Wardell <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow, there are some really interesting points of view here. > > I'm reviewing some of the feedback surveys right now. All anonymous by the > way, so there shouldn't be too much positive bias in the results. Couple of > interesting things. > > - No one said the event was a waste of time, or that they wanted their > money back. > > - A lot of the attendees said they found 2-3 potential cofounders to > follow up with. > > - Of the attendees who didn't find any potential cofounders, they > overwhelmingly said they thought the Speed Dating structure was effective, > and they would definitely come back to another event in future. > > - The event was overbooked, and we had to turn people away. Granted, we > probably should have handled this better than we did, but the demand really > surprised us. Next time we'll be better prepared. > > If you want to extend the dating analogy a bit further, the logic in this > ad is pretty convincing: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlr9so_TWEY > > So yes, you could coast through life and try and stumble upon the right > cofounder purely by chance. Or you could be an entrepreneur, take some > initiative, tilt the odds in your favour and come along to Cofounder Speed > Date. > > -- > > Cheers, > > Ryan Wardell > > CEO & Founder - Project PowerUp > > (W) projectpowerup.com <http://www.projectpowerup.com/> > > (E) [email protected] > > (M) 0424 591 796 > > [image: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/ProjectPowerUp> [image: > Twitter]<http://twitter.com/#%21/ProjectPowerUp> [image: > LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/2282351> > Get a signature like this. > <http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=20&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wise...> > CLICK > HERE.<http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=20&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wise...> > > -- > > Cheers, > > Ryan Wardell > > CEO & Founder - Project PowerUp > > (W) projectpowerup.com <http://www.projectpowerup.com/> > > (E) [email protected] > > (M) 0424 591 796 > > [image: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/ProjectPowerUp> [image: > Twitter]<http://twitter.com/#%21/ProjectPowerUp> [image: > LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/2282351> > Get a signature like this. > <http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=20&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wise...> > CLICK > HERE.<http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=20&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wise...> > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Geoff Langdale > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > Also enjoying the thread. One might go so far as to say that the > > different amounts of various kinds of start-up experience here is the > > Elephant in the Room and it's always fun when people decide to openly > > notice that particular pachyderm. > > > The below statement, however... let's just say that it's more or less > > true on a scale that has a lot to do with the simple-mindedness of the > > startup in question and the quality of the institution being dropped > > out of. It's not just the alumni networks at the big US universities, > > it's the education. That is, if the prospect is dropping out of Woop > > Woop Technical College and Auto Repair School to found another Plug-a- > > Web-Front-End-onto-a-Database-and-Pray-For-Virality-or-at-Least-a- > > Quick-Acquihire startup then drop out by all means. > > > For every Zuckerberg-type there are about 50,000 pig-ignorant drop- > > outs scratching their heads wondering why their code doesn't scale and > > trying to combine the 3 or 4 Startup Concepts Du Jour into something > > breathtakingly original, despite a complete lack of knowledge about > > anything beyond 'startup culture' and 'being agile' and random stuff > > they read about in blogs. > > > Geoff. > > > On Feb 23, 3:54 am, "Geoff McQueen | AffinityLive" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... > > > The best thing about academia for startups is that the smart students > > drop > > > drop out and start companies. Unless you're at Cal or Stanford, in which > > > case you wait a little longer to drop out and get funded for an idea on a > > > napkin because most of the investors in the Bay Area went to Cal or > > > Stanford, and the alumni networks here are off the scale. > > ... > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > > Australia mailing list. Visthttp://siliconbeachaustralia.orgfor more > > > Forum rules > > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > > 2) No jobs postings. You can usehttp://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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. 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