I can tell you that Americans wont understand Silicon "Gully" My vote would be for Silicon Colony as that would make sense to Americans and also resonates with the issues the Australian startup community are facing eg. isolationism
Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Inc d...@cognation.net <mailto:d...@cognation.net> +1-212-203-4357 New York +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). +44-20-3129-6001 (London in-dial). From: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com [mailto:silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Guilfoyle Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 8:48 AM To: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Need a new nickname to replace "Silicon Beach" Silicon Colony ValleyDownUnder On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Alwin Chin <alwin.c...@gmail.com> wrote: Do we have to carry the silicon brand? How about something Australian like... Opal Valley? Lets just not perpetuate the Iron ore/fossil fuel export thing. "Iron ore valley"... Shudders Alwin On 05/10/2012, at 10:35 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiff...@gmail.com> wrote: > Silicon Sails? ;-) > S. > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Shane Greenup <sh...@rbutr.com> wrote: >> Silicon Dioxide? >> >> Shane >> >> ------------------------------------ >> http://www.rbutr.com >> http://www.ShaneGreenup.com >> >> >> >> >> On 5 October 2012 08:23, Alison Lee <alison....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Silicon South? >>> >>> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:06:32 PM UTC+10, Matto Rochford wrote: >>>> >>>> Folks, I wish it were otherwise, but "Silicon Beach" is not going to >>>> happen. >>>> >>>> LA is sometimes referred to as Silicon Beach and now this Reuters >>>> article: >>>> >>>> Rio bets it can be Brazil's 'Silicon Beach' >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/rio-bets-it-can-be-brazils-sili con-beach-20121005-273ei.html >>>> >>>> In a three-way tussle with LA and Rio to be rightfully and universally >>>> known as Silicon Beach, Sydney and/or Australia will not win. >>>> >>>> So it's time for something else like Silicon Gully or [Whatever] Valley >>>> or something else that alludes to Silicon Valley but with an internationally >>>> recognised Australian/Sydney flavour. >>>> >>>> Again, I wish it were otherwise. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach >>> Australia mailing list. 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