is whether this will go same way as BioTech firms
where Australian pass stage 1&2 trials only to be bought out before
going global.
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On Jan 4, 8:17 am, Andrew J wrote:
> Hi Geoff,
>
> Andrew here (co-founder of Noosbox, one of the Startma
ave a future but anything which is
capital intensive would be challenging to compete globally (boutique
firms like Macquarie Bank in infrastructure funds aside).
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On Jan 5, 10:21 am, David Lyon
wrote:
> well Tornaments are good things..
>
> turnin
>Samba is the Linux filesharing. It's sold by the likes of IBM
>and HP and they make *a lot* of money from it. Even the
>Taiwanese make more money from Samba with network-
>attached-storage than we do. Explain that...
I'm familiar with Andrew and his mob. Technically they legally
reversed enginee
Your other example of CSIRO and WiFi is closer to the traditional
model of government R&D leading to a contribution to society (much
like the US space program & cold war paranoia led to GPS). The
astrophysics community solved some really tricky problems in signal
reflection and attenuation. Now whe
According to George from VentureCompany
http://www.venturecompany.com/opinions/files/vcs_kill_innovation.html
- negative 4.2% ten year returns for Limited Partners
- only 35 of 790 (or so) VC firms making any consistent money
- many VC firms with General Partners that lack relevant
entrepreneurial
Apart from debt and equity, there is a 3rd category of funding which
government can play a role which is prizes, incentives, grants and
subsidies.
Example of existing prize might be SpacePrize eg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Space_Prize.
So if the Government wanted say an undersea sens
> The tech parks were a brave try. They lasted for about six years.
>
The incentives for incubators (fad of the noughties) ahve dried up and
the results seem to be mixed. Let's face it, office rent is not a
major factor in startup success (as the hotdesk property sector is
showing). What seems to
I'm also interested as I'm comparing technology/innovation policies
from around the world, esp wrt China and SEAsia. For example, I've
found Singapore to be the most financially aggressive in govt startup
funds (4:1 contribution) whereas china tends to be more provincial
based (selected rebates ...
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space. Still
space for startups though in niche areas. Interesting times ahead ...
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On Jan 22, 7:41 pm, Patrick Collins wrote:
> Hi all,
> Tonight at the crunchies awards ceremony in the US I spent some time talking
> to Aaron patzer (CEO mint.com)
d accounting and legal advice by inviting them onto board.
Convinced planatation owners to kickstart his idea by coop funding of
the prototype and generally begged, borrowed, bartered his way to
ultimstely a listing.
If you have a will, there will be a way.
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attracted to leaders whom
they can trust and role models they want to emulate
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On Jan 26, 12:35 pm, "mathew.fre...@subscribe-hr.com.au"
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just wanted to ask a quick one. When it comes to US Private Investment
> companies initiating contact and expression interest in doing business
> with an Australia S
As an addendum, here's a list of sites focused on working at startups
cribbed from careers-buillder.blogspot.com
AsiaWired.com – Looking for startups in Asia? This may be the solution
for you.
CoNotes.com – Focusing on nothing but jobs at startups, CoNotes has
been around since 2007.
Dice.com
e.
>
Steve Blank has an amusing anecdote on how he turned the tables on a
competitor who "stole" his slides (idea).
http://steveblank.com/2009/12/07/someone-stole-my-startup-idea-%E2%80%93-part-2-they-raised-money-with-my-slides/
Ultimately it is all about execution.
Lawrence
ht
I'm actually working up some legal structures for trans-Taxman non-
profit entities. Generally there are 3 models
a) unincorporated group (like any bunch of volunteers) - liability
(tax or otherwise) devolves to individual
b) charter - have a constitution which stipulates goals, society
membership
eco-system around
it ... often time to market and just simply speed of execution
outweighs any competitor legal maneuvers (though watch out for
submarine or cuckold patents).
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On Feb 23, 10:11 am, Guy Tucker wrote:
> As a registered patent attorney it&
There
is a few books out which talks about the tech devs in Asia (Dragons at
Doorstep) which gives you an illustration of how tough the competition
can be.
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On Mar 14, 11:40 am, "maheshsh...@gmail.com"
wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> Mahesh Shar
onomy.
The current problem is actually getting customer attention ... with so
many cloud based startups that actually carving out a niche for
oneself is hard work.
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On Feb 25, 1:04 pm, Roger Kermode wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> I understand where you&
d part is getting into (and sticking with) the mental
regime, perhaps look at Pomero and then find/write software that helps
you along. Otherwise, drop a task description on eLance to get a
customised solution.
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On May 1, 7:00 pm, James wrote:
> hi guys,
&
t hey ... its a free world ... if you have an edge and believe in
poking the dozing dragon, go ahead and make their day.
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On Apr 25, 8:10 pm, Rex Chung wrote:
> Although I haven't lived in China, from I have seen and heard,
> starting companies an
re so if people are curious, they can check out some of my older
postings on that country in AsiaPacific Technology forum at LinkedIn.
Export bits not beef. ... Now if only the politicians would stop
intermeddling in their National BroadBan
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http://www.focus.com/fyi/small-business/tech-startups-exposed/
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etc) which the Chinese culture (like any other) has strengths and
weaknesses. I won't answer your question directly (too many nuances)
but if your core argument is correct, then by logic, Japan should have
overtaken US in the technology creativity stakes by now.
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- angel investors in America pumped about $20 billion into startups
- rollcall of top tier VCs raising billions in new funds (alas late
stage)
- secondary markets (SharesPost and SecondMarket) to improve pre-IPO
liquidity
- salaries and valuations rising
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> 2) A hacker news service. We all read and share links on Twitter -- why not
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>
I've played around with PearlTree and like the concept. It's a way of
organising/curating tweets around topics/t
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Healthcare, Sensortec, Brainz Instruments, Biojoule,
Tertiary (Services/Health) = Protemix, Neuren Pharmaceuticals,
Envirofocus
Unsure = A2 Corporation, Genesis Research and Development, Dashfoot,
plus sprinkling of MNC biopharmaceutical firms.
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investment you're (supposedly) buying a slice of the TAB.
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Note that traction trumps all other features (team, pitch).
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On Jun 23, 1:21 pm, Elias Bizannes wrote:
> In 12 months time, there is going to be absolute carnage in the indus
gregators)
Whilst pioneers tend to be the ones lauded by press, historically
they've also been the ones with the arrows in their backs. On the
other hand, fast followers (such as in China market) tend to clone and
tweak the higher profile startup stories.
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are driven by impact rather than experience
or money
- Startups need 2-3 times longer to validate their market than most
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context is different so a different financial model may be necessary
instead of chasing the pot-of-gold at the VC rainbow. The stats are
sobering, for every 10,000 startup, <5 make it to IPO.
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> What drives the
Internet governance ... from IETF with their RFCs and W3C with their
(sometimes contentious) standardisation attempts, how does he see the
future of techno-social norms forming? On one hand you have de-facto
quasi-commercial standards like Facebook with their sheer market size,
whilst on the other
-what.html
Investor quality financial models
http://roguecfo.blogspot.com/2011/04/why-first-mover-advantage-isnt-always.html
why first mover advantage not necessarily so
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Note how the company by doing a top 10 list, promotes it's own
services (classic example of eating your own dog food).
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ome business cultural issues which those on SB may
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- discipline (working from home) without distractions
- credibility (no imposing physical presence)
- people match (with small teams, everyone has to pull weight)
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just don't promote/market it properly? (cf US)
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, Goggle Ventures is offering access to their engineers for scaling up
web apps.
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situtationally and fiscally) to work but just imagine the
payoff. People can read about the history of Vegas which is a classic
in extracting gold (other people's ) from a barren dessert. Is there
an Australian with such a glorious vision (and financing nounce to
finesse a LostWorld)?
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On Jul 5, 4:36 pm, Steve Orenstein wrote:
> We are running the whole technology platform as a charity Ie we
> aren
ark Zuckerberg and the rest of America's young tech
entrepreneurs are anomalies.
- not sexy but crucial infrastructure components
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http://steveblank.com/category/secret-history-of-silicon-valley/.
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On Jul 21, 8:40 pm, Geoff Langdale wrote:
> I am looking forward to more of this kind of innovation; this is up
> there with the invention of the transistor and the microwave ov
http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/60758/Dear-Friend-Sorry-My-heart-says-yes-but-my-schedule-says-no.aspx
some useful links
On Jul 22, 12:13 am, Murray wrote:
> Hi
>
> I thought I should introduce myself since I've just joined Silicon
> Beach
>
> My name is Murray Robinson. I have 20+ years IT
The sources are debt. equity and grants, each have strengths and
disadvantages. There are several well recognised stages
personal (credit cards, savings, sweat equity)
3Fs
seed funds, gov grants, private angels
investment funds, professional VCs
The different stages have increasingly higher barri
to be impartial about it all.
One serious question to ask is if you have to cover ALL of your
expenses from just your customers, how long could you last?
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On Jul 26, 9:44 am, Geoff Langdale wrote:
> However (and I'm not just being some sort of reflexi
http://www.zdnet.com.au/ibm-expands-gold-coast-randd-footprint-339306818.htm
I checked out the tech scene last year ... you might be surprised to
hear that IBM was hiring for their enterprise security R&D unit
(Trivoli). There's some interesting clusters going up, especially
around theme parks (M
r nothing.
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On Aug 3, 11:16 am, Kurt Falkenstein
wrote:
> Just wondering if there are many professional advisors (lawyers, accountants,
> financiers, consultants) on the list?
>
> I am thinking it could be good to start to build some professional
>
t time is actually transferring value from you (the
entrepreneur) to them.
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fortitude to handle failure
- conflict of interest
- arms-length supervision = overdelegation to advisory board
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ue-adders (lack of strategic partner, PR
contact, new employee)
- not having balls to say definitive yes/no much less constructive
feedback (or any contact)
- being treated like an employee or diminishing/diluting crucial role
of angels
Conclusion
- customers are the best investors (validators)
L
aunch it and see what happens".
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Contact me to discuss whether enough souls want to join in to get a
single site in Australia and do some time-shifting (Boston 1pm = AEST
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} being flexible may have
advantages of adaptability when the rules change. Perhaps a rteam
approach where can swap players around from AFL to 7 touch rugby. Too
much productiviity/specialisation may actually hurt in this case.
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On Sep 1, 8:46 pm, Michael Ov
istical/analytics outsourcing.at
the moment, I can easily see expansion into related models (note the
heavy finance bent of the Advisory board).
Maybe Australia is getting a little traction in its clever country
moniker.
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hy would NZ
come up with superconductors) but putting ideas into practice requires
efficiency/factor economics where the location matters a lot more. See
Global Competitive Index
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> Francisco ...=)
>
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> On Sep 4, 7:14 pm, drllau wrote:
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> > points of difference
> > - intensive hands-on 6 wk course from the school o
ed chemicals).
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wrote:
> From seeing the Kiwi's operate up close, I'd have to say as an Aussie I'm
> jealous. There's a lot of Aussie support in the diaspora, but the Kiwi's are
> much better organise
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seems redundant ... just like 100 years they had Chief Electrification
Officers.
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Good: Door prize of 2 tickets to Quarter Final
Bad: Microsoft (event sponors) conditions are fast track registration
to BizSpark
Ugly: (Unknown terms and conditions) for other prize of HTC Windows
phone
I am
Thank you Ivan for your perspective ... reality of being an
entrepreneur
http://idealog.co.nz/magazine/25/picture-perfect
two years of intensive research and development = “two years of not
seeing our wives and not sleeping”
excitment of formation v "need a quiet sleepy little town like Dunedin
t
from you Kate.
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On Sep 7, 12:08 am, Kate Kendall wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We often chat about the SFBA and NY startups scene here but less about
> what's going on in Europe.
>
> I've been working out of London (ak
Is this a generaltional thing or just knowledge silo (specialist ...
see earlier post about generalist for flexibility/pivot v specialist
for task efficiency)
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On Sep 6, 11:41 pm, Kate Kendall wrote:
> I always feel a tad disappointed when I hav
FYI: http://bit.ly/9YXzX8 Berlin Startup Map and Germany
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http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000228.php
hmmm ... does changing the title change the candidate (akin to McJob
manager == glorified kitchen hand?)
On Sep 7, 10:35 am, Matthew Ho wrote:
> I've seen the title creative technologist at advertising/digit
a technologist anyway, creative or otherwise? Someone who
> subscribes to a belief in technologism?
>
> Justin
> @brtrx
>
> On 07/09/2011, at 8:41 AM, drllau wrote:
>
> > You mean like UX
> > designer?http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000228.php
ers with what others
consider an electic skill base?
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PS Guten Aben Kate, hope you're finding Berlin more exciting than the
boring gov bureacrats a Swiss banker told me in gory detail. I've
backpacked through the major cities and even Austria but
-critical or below
threshold #2 tasks
4. if can't change x, work on P(x)
5. step outside peer group (aka emotional-competence stretch) x-> 1/x
Hmmm ... from #2 now I realise why I summarise everything.
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assurances of privacy/confidentiality?
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On Sep 11, 3:31 pm, Giopersico wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> 1. Sounds really value-adding & useful for many different industries/
> demog
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Nuff said ... heads down tail up
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> Considering the mixed messages we hear about the state of the global
> economy, good
does wierd things even to Ghandis of
the world
e) straightforward and honest relationship if brutal, suits build to
flip companies.
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ng space), more mobility, micro-MNCs.
Startups that think HOW technology can enable them to do more with
less faster no matter internet or not will prosper.
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On Sep 18, 10:44 pm, Nick HaC wrote:
> http://visual.ly/why-startups-fail
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> Interesting
http://paulgraham.com/founders.html
Yep, determination is a key attribute (along with imagination &
cheekiness) ... I also personally like a little unorthodox thinking as
it implies that the idea is not being done to death in parallel
startups around world.
On Sep 18, 11:07 pm, Avis M wrote:
> I
that true VCs (as compared
with the pre-IPO wannabes) brings value through putting in place
governance (board), helping with talent (employees), bringing in key
customers, or technological expertise, rather than just boring
finance.
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... where are
the leverage points?
IMHO Better than the build it and they'll come mentality of
BillyGWannaBes :-)
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http://www.digitaltonto.com/2011/the-digital-world-in-2020/
Cloud inevitable
1a) Kryder’s Law,yearly doubling in storage capacity
b) Nielsen’s Law bandwidth capacity at every 21 months
c) IT burnout + complexity = fewer administrators
2) client-side scripting+browser storage +HTML5 multimedia (3D
rtise) or
perhaps doubters can turn out to be your best mentor (learn from your
failures?). I'd just like to respectfully point out that marriage is a
lot different from speed-dating.
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On Sep 28, 1:42 am, kimheras wrote:
> Good news for those of you
moat) is that even when you tell everyone, they can't
duplicate it.
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On Oct 1, 3:06 pm, Nigel Sheridan-Smith wrote:
> A lot of people would argue that its not worthwhile getting a patent as a
> startup, because its more important to be first to market. H
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