By the time I got to university I'd already created and run four
businesses, and I built a fifth while at uni to pay for my travel
habit (thought about franchising, but decided against it at the time).
Uni helped me make one of my biggest mistakes - go and work for an
established company - due to
2009/10/9 Mark Burch
>
> The concept of a high school in which the entire expectation is “You will
> start companies” and not “You will get a job (and work for the man)” rocks my
> world. That’s the only kind of high school I want to send my son to. I hope
> there’s one like this in Sydney by
It's interesting to hear other peoples' stories. Based on what
everyone has said so far it seems that there is a message that is (I'm
assuming) well-heard in SV but quite alien here:
"Failure is constructive if you learn from it and iterate. It's not a
bad thing. Risk is ok and if you're willing
lf Of Phil Evans
Sent: Friday, 9 October 2009 1:06 AM
To: Silicon Beach Australia
Subject: [SiliconBeach] Re: Brainwash the kiddies.
Hi all.
I think you guys are on the money. The good news is that this is
already happening, but more (as always) is required.
First up, there is a
Hi All,
Quick introduction: my name's Rebecca Paget and I was introduced to the
group by Eduardo Chavez - thanks Eduardo!
I'm not a "techie", but love the passion of the entrepreneurship scene, and
web-based business is an area which appears more accessable to me. My
educational background is in
Hi all.
I think you guys are on the money. The good news is that this is
already happening, but more (as always) is required.
First up, there is a mob called Young Achievement Australia (http://
www.yaa.org.au/) that is all about year 11 students setting up
companies, making someing, selling so
Sri,
Thinking about our shared heritage here as children of migrants in
Australia - risk taking was frowned upon because our parents only knew
one way of making money, become a doctor, engineer or economist and work
for The Man (TM); work really hard, go up the ranks and make the $$$.
This mi
Casey,
Looking back, I think you got a very valid point and definitely worth
exploring.
My dad was entrepreneur and I know I have been obsessed about
entrepreneurship since I was a kid. All my brothers ended up become
entrepreneurs too now.
For me, it wasn't necessarily about tech though at f
Casey,
It is funny mention that. I was kind of the exact opposite. I wanted to
be an entrepreneur since I was 12 years old. I just didnt know that that
was it was! I knew I wanted to make things that people wanted and sell it
to them and it had to be something technological (actually softwa
