There's the Silicon Beach list and meet up in Sydney? http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/
- Ben On Friday, 28 October 2011 at 10:49 AM, ben wiseley wrote: > In Seattle (which has a pretty huge start-up scene) we used to have drinks > every week where startups could meet local VC/Angel funders and discuss > ideas. I'd love to see something like that here. Sort of like a > pre-Y-combinator scene where you could pitch your ideas, get feedback, > guidance criticism, and see what others were doing. It was also an awesome > way to shop for people and jobs. > > -ben > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Josh Price <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > Apologies if this is slightly off-topic, but I thought some of you budding > > entrepeneurs might be interested in this. > > > > The Founder Institute is planning on coming out to Sydney in February next > > year if there's enough interest. Basically they deliver after-hours > > training classes to get you equipped to build and run your own startup. The > > course consists of a weekly class over about 4 months and would cost around > > $900 (pricing to be finalised, it could be cheaper). > > > > If this sounds like something you might be interested in, go put your name > > and email in this form to register your interest. (You don't need to fill > > all of it out, nor is it a binding commitment). They just need about 20-30 > > more participants to make it happen. > > > > http://bit.ly/sydneyfi > > > > Here's some more info: > > > > > The Founder Institute (http://www.founderinstitute.com/) vision is to > > > Globalize Silicon Valley by creating and fostering local startup > > > ecosystems in promising markets across the globe. The Institute aims to > > > help launch 1,000 technology companies per year in over 30 cities > > > worldwide by using expert training and feedback from local and global > > > mentors (some notable mentors include Adeo Ressi, Aaron Patzer from > > > Mint.com (http://Mint.com/), and Phil Libin from Evernote). > > > > > > If you're interested in getting Sydney to become the 21st global chapter > > > please use the http://bit.ly/sydneyfi link to submit your details - > > > remember you only need to fill in your name and details to submit, the > > > rest can be completed at a later stage. > > > To move forward, a sufficient number of interested applicants need to > > > apply using the interest form (http://bit.ly/sydneyfi) by this Sunday, > > > October 30th. > > > > > > Please feel free to forward this on to others who may be interested in > > > bringing the global expertise of the Founder Institute to Sydney. > > > > > > The Founder Institute has helped launch over 400 technology companies > > > across 20 cities worldwide, and Sydney could be the 21st. We hope you'll > > > join us. > > > > > > Classes will be held after hours starting in early to mid-February 2012 > > > allowing participants to keep their day job. > > > > I've been chatting with Benjamin Ranck (contactable at > > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])) who's working > > hard to get this over to Sydney. So if you have any more questions please > > contact him directly. > > > > Cheers, > > Josh > > > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > (mailto:rails-oceania%[email protected]). > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. 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/rails-oceania?hl=en.
