Job fairs may or may not be the right avenue at the moment in Australia, but any methods we can find of increasing consideration of working at startups after uni/for internships for EVERY student would be an amazing aim - we shouldn't just limit ourselves to those in entrepreneurship societies.
The uni entrepreneurship societies are a great asset to the community and to the universities, but they are the students that already think entrepreneurship is cool (hooray!). Perhaps we could partner with the entrepreneurship societies to get access to the Women's engineering societies, electrical engineering societies, finance groups, business groups, etc? Would also help increase membership to those entrepreneurship societies ;). Love the idea of doing brown bag lunches/workshops as Geoff suggested. Kim On Nov 2, 10:50 pm, Trindaz <[email protected]> wrote: > Who wants to come to MQ with me to speak for 5 minutes to 1st year > COMP students to talk about startups and offer them a couple of > hundred bucks to start something over the summer? > > From the lecturer: "We have COMP125 lectures on thursday 3-6pm in > Price Theatre and you are welcome to come (either this week or next) > and tell them about it. It sounds like a wonderful opportunity for > them and a really exciting way for them to get started." > > Business Execute is on! > > On Nov 2, 6:52 am, "Bart Jellema" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I love this idea! Let's see which unis really support entrepreneurship :) > > Who feels like driving this? I'm happy to help out, but won't be in Sydney > > until Christmas. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Trindaz > > Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 7:22 AM > > To: Silicon Beach Australia > > Subject: [SiliconBeach] Re: We now have siliconbeach.org > > > Very true Kim. Has anyone tried getting a stall in amongst all the other > > recruiters at graduate job fairs? It'd be cool to have a 'Just start > > something yourself' stall run by Silicon Beach with other uni entr. groups > > to introduce the idea to people and provide links to resources and paint a > > picture of what it would be like for people who've never thought about it. > > > Maybe some kind of competition for first year uni students - a Business > > Execute competition (as opposed to Business Plan). > > > On Nov 1, 6:29 pm, Sean Marshall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Kim > > > > Funny you should mention that. I am finalising the details on a > > > national platform for collaboration between university entrepreneurial > > > societies across Australia. > > > > One of the services we will be offering is a centralized service for > > > students and start-ups to organise internships. > > > > More details coming over the next couple weeks. > > > > Best Regards > > > > Sean > > > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Kim Chen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > To Trindaz/David's point, I would love to see a large-scale startup > > > > internship program between the unis and the community (eg., Startup > > > > Job Fair each year at the unis). This would help drive interest in > > > > startups from uni students and startups try out great talent/get > > > > earlier dibs on top talent. Many, many students at Stanford tried > > > > for cool startup internship opportunities before more "boring" > > > > corporate internships during the summers. > > > > > On Nov 1, 1:40 am, Viki <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Australia has a world class education system but it turns out > > > > > employees not employers. > > > > > > On Oct 30, 5:27 am, Trindaz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > The community needs frequent, consistent updates from startups > > > > > > around Sydney about how they're developing. I see the SB mailing > > > > > > list as a great place to ask questions, but I'd love some kind > > > > > > of section at siliconbeach.org that has something like a Sydney > > > > > > version of TechCrunch, or an aggregate of blogs from all our local > > startups. > > > > > > Anything that I can check often (I'd be on it daily) to read > > > > > > about how we are all progressing. I loved what you said one time > > > > > > Elias about startups in Silicon Valley talking about creating > > > > > > billion dollar companies. We don't have anywhere near enough of > > > > > > that kind of audacious ambition in our community currently (IMHO > > anyway). > > > > > > > And here's an idea just thinking outloud - You could register > > > > > > your startup at Siliconbeach.org and the more you participated > > > > > > (posting articles, news, replying to others, etc.) you'd get > > > > > > points (ala > > > > > > StackOverflow.com) - maybe this would spur on more engagement > > > > > > between Sydney Startups? > > > > > > > Plus basic content about what it means to run a startup and why > > > > > > it's a totally acceptable alternative to going straight into > > > > > > full time employment after uni would be helpful. Our unis are > > > > > > still full of students who simply aren't aware that successful > > > > > > startups exist and that it's really not so hard to get in there and > > try something. > > > > > > There's probably already some initiatives that are addressing > > > > > > this that I'm not already aware of. There was certainly nothing > > > > > > like it at MQ when I was finishing there in 2009. The number of > > > > > > times sentences in the COMP labs ended in '... so you can get a job' > > was sickening! > > > > > > > --Trindaz on Fedang #Sydney-needs-more-startup > > > > > > > On Oct 30, 9:26 am, Elias Bizannes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I managed to negotiate the purchase of the premium domain name > > > > > > > "siliconbeach.org". This adds to the existing > > > > > > > siliconbeachaustralia.org domain that kick-started this community. > > > > > > > > Why? Well when this opportunity appeared this week, I thought > > > > > > > it was important to protect the community brand, given how > > > > > > > we've grown since those first beers at the Shelbourne in May 2008. > > > > > > > > That said and like I asked 2+ years ago: we have a domain -- > > > > > > > now > > > > what? > > > > > > > What can we do with it that will build the community? > > > > > > > > Elias Bizanneshttp://eliasbizannes.com > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon > > > > Beach Australia mailing list. > > > > > Guidelines on discussion:http://tr.im/ujKF > > > > > No lurkers! 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