Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction - Sixty Digits & our first project Digital Pigeon

2011-10-17 Thread nickhac
Guys please remember all replies go to 1800+ people including many peoples mobile devices Any specific product conversations or opinions or more narrow discussions would be most appreciated to happen off list Thanks guys! Sent from my BlackBerry® from Optus -Original Message- From: go

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction - Sixty Digits & our first project Digital Pigeon

2011-10-17 Thread Dan Washusen
Thanks for the feedback guys! We do have a mobile friendly version of the site on the list of things to do just haven't gotten around to it yet… Gord, you're right about it being a competitive market (what isn't?) but I'd probably say that the likes of yousendit and wetransfer are more along o

RE: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

2011-06-05 Thread Dominique du Maurier
-australia@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter Hi Brendon and to the rest of the gang particating in this tread. Just want to say, if there was a facebook like button here (Yeah! Right!) I would be liking the last quote Brendon made alot "There

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

2011-06-05 Thread Darren
Hi Brendon and to the rest of the gang particating in this tread. Just want to say, if there was a facebook like button here (Yeah! Right!) I would be liking the last quote Brendon made alot "There's no point learning about entrepreneurship in a classroom unless you're actually trying to ru

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

2011-06-04 Thread Brendan Quinn
Yeah that's a good point, I'm not sure what made me sign up in the first place. I was a science and music kid, didn't do economics or accounting, and wasn't into business apart from maybe admiring people like Dick Smith. Maybe the temptation was that I was at a catholic boys school and in the pro

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

2011-06-03 Thread Shane Greenup
Thanks for that Brendan, you reminded me of that all happening at our school too (Matthew's and mine) - I remember some guys trying to sell car care kits around school for an entrepreneurial program, I suspect it was exactly the same thing as a few people mentioned Young Achievers already. A point

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

2011-06-03 Thread Brendan Quinn
One thing that's vaguely related -- when I was at high school in Melbourne I joined a programme called Young Achievers. It was organised by a non-profit (I think?) and involved volunteers from companies who mentored local year 11 schoolkids in starting a business. They had a general structure that

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction + topic starter

2011-06-03 Thread Shane Greenup
I think that if someone were to actually undergo curriculum design on such a project, they might ask themselves that question. I think most people don't ask themselves that question (myself included) because they aren't actually doing it - they are just pondering the proposition. If I were to actu

RE: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

2011-05-31 Thread Geoff McQueen - Hiive Systems
ps.com] On Behalf Of Darren P Allatt Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2011 10:37 AM To: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction Hi Jeremy, Sure, so do I start a new post? Perhaps I should extend on my role at American Express, as many just perceive it to

RE: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

2011-05-31 Thread Darren P Allatt
Hi Jeremy, Sure, so do I start a new post? Perhaps I should extend on my role at American Express, as many just perceive it to be Credit Cards & Merchant Facilities. First of all my business unit, which is similar to Amex Corporate Card, Small Business Card, Merchant, Consumer Card, Business T

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

2011-05-26 Thread Brendan Quinn
re push notifications, check out Prowl http://www.prowlapp.com/. It has a really simple RESTful API that lets you push any notification to any user easily. After hearing about it at a local Twitter devnest in London, I hooked my little site (http://www.aggrity.com/) up and now I get a push notifica

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction

2011-05-25 Thread Shaon Diwakar
I had the same thought when I saw stocktrap. I think its got a good market! Matthew Ho wrote: I actually think stocktrap is the better idea. Simple idea and I reckon people would pay for it. Its like GroupMe meets stocks announcements. I'd be interested to see whether you could build it as a w

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction and Question

2010-12-11 Thread Nick Holmes a Court (BuzzNumbers)
You might enjoy this: How to Start a Company When You Have a Full-Time Job (Video) http://www.nickhac.com/2010/12/how-to-start-company-when-you-have-full.html *Todd talks at PlusConf about how he started BuySellAds.com and gives you great advice on how to launch your startup while you have a job.

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction - I'm new to SB!

2010-02-18 Thread Alon Tamir
Thanks, James, for taking a look, and for the feedback. We are in beta so still finding the 'sweet spot' in many ways. The secondary screen issue is something we're working to resolve right now. Thanks and keep in touch! Regards, Alon On 19/02/2010, at 8:16 AM, chieftech wrote: I had a

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Introduction and request for feedback/advice

2010-02-01 Thread Yuval Ararat
Look hereif you want to see Steve Blank and Guy Kawasaki talk Also there are some nice reads attached with one of them is 3 chapters of Four Steps. y. On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Justin Yoon wrote: > Thanks for that Niki. Fin