Great news for Sydney & Melb. But where is Beijing? Some of the largest startups in the world are in China.
Cheers, Matt Ho Native Tongue @inspiredworlds On Thursday, 12 April 2012 01:10:26 UTC+10, Kate Kendall wrote: > > I think this research is great! I've spent a bit of time across hubs over > the past few years and think it's fairly accurate although I am surprised > at the relatively-low Oz rankings. I think part of it is we have a > crazily-blossoming 'scene' but not really a proper 'community' yet. This > post offers a bit of insight of where I'm going with this --> > http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/10/startup-genome-compares-top-startup-hubs/ > > These comments from HN: 'Best Startup City - Outside the USA?' are also > worth the read --> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1565375 > > If Australia was more centrally location, had a larger market and wasn't > ridiculously expensive at the moment, we'd see a bigger influx of people > coming to startup here in the same way Berlin and SFBA attracts outside > talent. Comments seem to be cropping up recently that allude Oz only being > a considerable destination for larger startups looking to follow through on > English-language based expansion and localisation (Yelp, Eventbrite, etc. > are all opening AU offices now). > > On Tuesday, 10 April 2012 23:15:08 UTC-7, Mick Liubinskas (Pollenizer) > wrote: >> >> http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/10/startup-genome-compares-top-startup-hubs/ >> >> I'm slightly proud of this, even making the list, but really we should >> be higher. We should be in the top ten. Maybe not tomorrow, but next >> year. >> >> There is no excuse for us not to be there. >> >> If we need more investors - build great businesses and they'll come. >> If we need government support - succeed without them and years later >> it will get better. >> If we need bigger markets - let's get better at global marketing/ >> partnerships. >> >> Top 10 in 2013!!!! >> >> Mick "Do it" Liubinskas > > -- 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
