Very Cool Now to get Australia on the map...
On 22 March 2012 14:00, Phil Morle <p...@pollenizer.com> wrote: > Wow! New Zealand just came alive on the mind map :) Thanks Lawrence. > > Come on Australia! > > > On Thursday, 22 March 2012 09:26:41 UTC+11, drllau wrote: >> >> My selection criteria for NZ startups is >> a) aim to be global, established within last 5 years (some I may need >> to double check) >> b) domain of ICT, Bio/Med/Health, Nano/Mat/ >> c) I don't include manufacturer/distributor as that is more process >> innovation. >> >> Lawrence >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau >> >> On Mar 22, 10:26 am, David Lyon <david.lyon.preissh...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Depends at what level you want the information. >> > >> > Some countries are just so huge and populous it's impossible to >> > get across all the information. Like China. Except if you have >> > helicopters with radio scanning computer loggers. >> > >> > Thailand is quite interesting for startups. In many ways and >> > the economy is growing. They latched onto producing specialty >> > items such as hard-disks and other parts for the Japanese and >> > its worked very well for them. >> > >> > Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore have also had success in >> > technology/computer startups. >> > >> > Then, lets not forget the big boys, Taiwan, Japan, China and Korea. >> > >> > Meanwhile, while those economies have done well in tech startups >> > and taken many businesses to medium and large, Australia and NZ >> > have remained largely preserved in Queen Victorias wish. It's hard >> > to find any reforms happening in lawmaking comparable to true >> > tech economies such as the USA, Japan or China. >> > >> > Obviously, subcontracted manufacturing of tech plays a large part >> > in Asian computer tech. And much of the IP is held in either Europe >> > or the USA. But new startups, lets call Samsung a startup have come >> > along and done interesting things. > > -- > 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