Re: [SiliconBeach] FW: NSW Government to create "Silicon Valley" in Sydney

2018-08-10 Thread drllau 
oh ... and I've forgotten sports technology (though quicksilver, ripcurl 
etc could put more $$ into R and less into exposing skin (marketing) ... 
anything to get an edge in winning against NZ is right up the Aussie bag of 
technology tricks (down to underarm bowling).

On Friday, 10 August 2018 12:03:22 UTC+1, drllau wrote:
>
>
> I must have missed their magic wand trick to create space where something 
> already exists….
>
> I can't count how many times govt have tried to kick start silicon XYZ and 
> failed ... often miserably, just from my personal observation ... 
> MY Multimedia supercorridor ... abused by MS et al to warehouse their 
> gadgets, 
> HK science park ... basically a property play
> ATP - a try but never got critical mass IMHO, same could be said of CRCs 
> in general as mixed bag
>
> IMHO they all ignore the soft factors ... places which I could say have 
> worked
> - Taiwan science & tech parks ... due to the migration back from US unis 
> in 70s, some very specialist roles in the chip industry
> - Isreal -- you'd be surprised at %VC funding in their ecosystem ... but 
> Benjamin Franklin says it when the prospect of hanging (war) concentrates 
> the mind wonderfully
> - Ireland Silicon Glen is a timing ... they got the boost from EU 
> subsidies and caught the returnees from US fallout not to mention all the 
> double-Irish tax breaks
>
> >Why not Bangalore or Beijing? :-)
> Wait and see ...
> - Bejing Zhongguancun software park ... I'd be more confident if less 
> overseas outsourced R, I think the HK-DongGuan-Shenzhen electronics 
> triangle is more organic 
> - Singapore tech jump-start ... I would say the old Block71 worked but my 
> sense is that there are too many foreigners flooding in for the quick flip 
> and not impressed with current FinTech accelerators ... so many me-too 
> ideas and the govt is still focused on doing the flashy stuff biotech etc. 
> Admittedly the culture change is noticeable
> - Bangalore is open question ... whether they can move out of business 
> process outsourcing and become their own IT cluster is good question
> - London - the living costs are killing and too many incremental rather 
> than disruptive innovation ... hearsay Berlin is quite vibrant tech scene 
>
> you need the right  combination of team, technology and (market) timing 
> ... not easy. I keep on telling people to let Aussies concentrate on their 
> strengths like land management ... use of drones/satellite to manage large 
> sparse areas, food & fibre but alas marine has been short-changed though 
> Tasmania is doing its best, 
>
> Lawrence
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau
> On Friday, 10 August 2018 03:22:56 UTC+1, sam de silva wrote:
>>
>> And you can't create a 'silicon valley' - it has to emerge organically. 
>> And its a shame that we cannot use new/fresh reference points? Why not 
>> Bangalore or Beijing? :-)
>>
>> Attaching a deck on India@2030 ... for anyone that's interested.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 3:29 AM, Dean Collins  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Uhm - 
>>> https://www.businessinsider.com/atlassian-creating-australias-silicon-valley-in-new-sydney-tech-hub-2018-8/?r=AU=T
>>>
>>>
>>> Lol they are locating it where exactly?
>>>
>>> I must have missed their magic wand trick to create space where 
>>> something already exists….
>>>
>>> If they were serious they would have gone with the ATP proposal.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Dean
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>  
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Re: [SiliconBeach] FW: NSW Government to create "Silicon Valley" in Sydney

2018-08-10 Thread drllau 


I must have missed their magic wand trick to create space where something 
already exists….

I can't count how many times govt have tried to kick start silicon XYZ and 
failed ... often miserably, just from my personal observation ... 
MY Multimedia supercorridor ... abused by MS et al to warehouse their 
gadgets, 
HK science park ... basically a property play
ATP - a try but never got critical mass IMHO, same could be said of CRCs in 
general as mixed bag

IMHO they all ignore the soft factors ... places which I could say have 
worked
- Taiwan science & tech parks ... due to the migration back from US unis in 
70s, some very specialist roles in the chip industry
- Isreal -- you'd be surprised at %VC funding in their ecosystem ... but 
Benjamin Franklin says it when the prospect of hanging (war) concentrates 
the mind wonderfully
- Ireland Silicon Glen is a timing ... they got the boost from EU subsidies 
and caught the returnees from US fallout not to mention all the 
double-Irish tax breaks

>Why not Bangalore or Beijing? :-)
Wait and see ...
- Bejing Zhongguancun software park ... I'd be more confident if less 
overseas outsourced R, I think the HK-DongGuan-Shenzhen electronics 
triangle is more organic 
- Singapore tech jump-start ... I would say the old Block71 worked but my 
sense is that there are too many foreigners flooding in for the quick flip 
and not impressed with current FinTech accelerators ... so many me-too 
ideas and the govt is still focused on doing the flashy stuff biotech etc. 
Admittedly the culture change is noticeable
- Bangalore is open question ... whether they can move out of business 
process outsourcing and become their own IT cluster is good question
- London - the living costs are killing and too many incremental rather 
than disruptive innovation ... hearsay Berlin is quite vibrant tech scene 

you need the right  combination of team, technology and (market) timing ... 
not easy. I keep on telling people to let Aussies concentrate on their 
strengths like land management ... use of drones/satellite to manage large 
sparse areas, food & fibre but alas marine has been short-changed though 
Tasmania is doing its best, 

Lawrence
http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau
On Friday, 10 August 2018 03:22:56 UTC+1, sam de silva wrote:
>
> And you can't create a 'silicon valley' - it has to emerge organically. 
> And its a shame that we cannot use new/fresh reference points? Why not 
> Bangalore or Beijing? :-)
>
> Attaching a deck on India@2030 ... for anyone that's interested.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 3:29 AM, Dean Collins  > wrote:
>
>> Uhm - 
>> https://www.businessinsider.com/atlassian-creating-australias-silicon-valley-in-new-sydney-tech-hub-2018-8/?r=AU=T
>>
>>
>> Lol they are locating it where exactly?
>>
>> I must have missed their magic wand trick to create space where something 
>> already exists….
>>
>> If they were serious they would have gone with the ATP proposal.
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Dean
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
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Re: [SiliconBeach] FW: NSW Government to create "Silicon Valley" in Sydney

2018-08-10 Thread Alex North 
I think they're referring to the old rail yards here
.
It's an excellent location. You might recall that Google wanted it for a
new HQ

only recently, but NSW rejected them.

On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 at 01:00 Dean Collins  wrote:

> Uhm -
> https://www.businessinsider.com/atlassian-creating-australias-silicon-valley-in-new-sydney-tech-hub-2018-8/?r=AU=T
>
>
> Lol they are locating it where exactly?
>
> I must have missed their magic wand trick to create space where something
> already exists….
>
> If they were serious they would have gone with the ATP proposal.
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dean
>
>
>
>
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