This may be a naive suggestion......... but an alternative route could be to approach Rachel Slattery who's in the business of running events like FundingConnect that put investors on a panel in front of entrepreneurs. She's no doubt considered or even run a Pitchfest-type thing in the past, where it's the other way around. Don't know what her thinking would be. She's certainly got a great database and connections, and does great events. If I was her, I'd want control over the 'quality' of the content (companies and pitches)........after all, the event's got her name on it, and the last thing she wants to do is burn investor and industry leader-type contacts in the 'audience', sitting through substandard presentations. And getting that control may be more trouble than it's worth (handling the grief from businesses or presenters that just don't cut it, assessing them in the first place, training up those who are promising and also 'coachable'. Either way, it gets back to Warren's point.........don't underestimate the amount of organisation required to put on an event like this! Another thought..........maybe what we're talking about is a 'baby- ANZA'-type of event (they train up and take Aust and NZ tech co's to present in the US, for a fee of course). It could be a kind of 'feeder' or 'entry level' ANZA program. Again, I'm sure they've thought of this. It may interest them as something they could underwrite/organise/own if they see this as part of how they want to grow. I know Viki Forrest's tapped into SBA. Viki, what do you think?
On Feb 3, 11:11 pm, Samuel Bishop <[email protected]> wrote: > See while its an awesome idea to host an australian startup / pitch > event, the problem is that great idea != pitch and pitch != great idea. > While the people with money have gotten used to dealing with pitches > that aren't worth it. There's not a lot of people around to help > people get their good ideas to the stage where someone would take a > pitch seriously i think. > > I can attest to the fact i have *checks notebook*... at least 2 dozen > good ideas for companies to build on... just finished noting down > another one a few minutes ago in fact... > > Now while each of these may be worth developing into a company... > there is no conceivable way for me to do so... nor is there any really > easy way to evaluate them all without putting a significant amount of > time / effort towards developing them. > > Considering that several other companies have independently developed > similar ideas and built themselves up based on them, im quite sure > that each is worth a company on its own... but how to decide. > > For someone in my position such an event is not really going to assist > in getting much off the ground... > > I cant be the only person in this position im sure... though it would > be amusing if i was. > > Regards > Samuel Bishop > > On 03/02/2009, at 8:01 PM, Deniss wrote: > > > > > fantastic idea and should be doable as well. > > here's a question... is it something you would be really like to do? > > If yes, I would love to be part of it. > > > On Feb 3, 5:29 pm, Phil Sim <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Okay, here's a proposal... > > >> What we need is something akin to the TechCrunch50 event and Demopit. > >> I did the Demopit last year and it was an awesome experience and I > >> think its a fantastic model to borrow from. > > >> We have somewhere between 10 and 20 companies present that are > >> looking > >> for money. We assemble an audience exclusively of Angels and VCs. > >> This > >> is obviously the key for it working but if the combined professional > >> network of silicon beach can't bring together a reasonable audience, > >> then we truly are screwed. > > >> Each company gets 5 minutes to present and give their pitch. > >> Following > >> the pitches, everyone drops back to a demo area where the investors > >> can float around, ask questions and make connections. > > >> Even if nobody gets a dime, the startups get to practice their > >> pitching, make connections and build some relationships that perhaps > >> might bear fruit at another time. The investment community becomes > >> that much more accessible and visible, which I think is key. It could > >> be done extremely cheaply especially if the space can be donated > >> (perhaps by someone like one of the technology parks?) and wouldn't > >> take a great deal of organising. > > >> On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Deniss <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > > >>> Hi, > > >>> I was looking for events in Sydney where I could meet > >>> potential partners or investors for a startup and it looks like I > >>> couldn't find much. I've read about Startup Camp II, but couldn't > >>> find > >>> any information about the next one. Same with WebJam. > >>> Onhttp://www.startup-australia.orgthereare links to techstars and Y > >>> Combinator what is good, but that's not AUS. > >>> The big question for me as a newcomer is how startups raise money > >>> here > >>> in Sydney? What resources are available? > > >>> Thanks very much, > >>> Deniss --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/browse_thread/thread/99938a0fbc691eeb 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/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
