Comments for Startup Tasmania

Comment on BugHerd Success Startup Tasmania’s Gain by Riley James

Riley James — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:51:41 +0000

Met the BugHerd team through Angel Cube, Alan came and did a session. He gave us some great insight into what a CEO really does, turned me right off that job. Their ability to raise capital here in Australia was pretty impressive.

Comment on A leg up for a startup by Alex Bell

Alex Bell — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 09:55:32 +0000

Have you ever tried to explain an innovative business or product idea to the “general Joe”, and Joe could be a CEO , Senior Executive , work college or friend . I have on a number of occasions and most of the time their eyes just glaze over. For most people this is a brick wall and the ideas stops there.

My Message is “Don’t Give Up” A visit to Start Up TAS should give you and your Idea a boost.

Start Up TAS and the people there, have the benefit of helping boost your confidence, and to work out that you are not really a freak because of this “not so crazy” new Idea. There are plenty of people with new ideas and successful ideas whom you will meet while there.

The help could be as simple as a small comment of encouragement, a question about an unseen flaw or the tittle of a book to read , one of the boosts I got. Check out The Black Swan by epistemologist Nassim Nicholas Taleb. ( The Impact of the Highly Improbable is a literary/philosophical book, a good read for business people on the innovative edge.)

Start Up TAS, where else would you get so many open minded entrepreneurs in one place?

Mr Alex Bell
Owner / Managing Director
INNOVATION X PTY LTD

Comment on A leg up for a startup by Serge Rivest

Serge Rivest — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:34:13 +0000

“their focus will shift once they’ve found it. They should move on to the challenges of establishing a business to deliver on it.”. Yes *but* they may need help and feedback at the establishing and delivering stage. Furthermore, unless you have a monopoly, it is wise to keep improving even after being established.

“Why would they want to participate in a community anymore? Wouldn’t they just leave?”. There is definitive advantages when one can bounce ideas off peers and mentors in a casual environment, even once established. You might not have the finance or the ability to get yourself a variety of games geeks, PhD candidates, marketing specialist and some odd thinking people like me that will question your every steps. The advantages of the community is to have a pool of people and skills that you can access almost on-demand.

Significant trust can also emerge out of communities which allows a members to use referred contacts without having to go through a lengthy and sometimes expensive recruitment process. You can also ask questions and get more meaningful responses than if you’d survey your own customers.

I think some very successful companies simply re-create the “startup environment” within their own structure to help communication and innovation at high levels.

Comment on Get feedback on your business idea by Jane Thomasson

Jane Thomasson — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 01:34:07 +0000

Hi Oliver

Sounds like a good idea, what dates are available?

Cheers
Jane

Comment on Get feedback on your business idea by Mike Bartlett

Mike Bartlett — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:21:12 +0000

Hi Oliver
Yes good idea, would like to do that; when can we arrange that for?
cheers
Mike
0411095335

Comment on Get feedback on your business idea by Tony Ellis

Tony Ellis — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:58:47 +0000

Hi Oliver,

Sounds great – would be terrific to get your thoughts and feedback. Let me know when it suits. Thanks for the initiative. Cheers. Tony Ellis

Comment on Why Don’t You Stick it? by Trailblazer finalists pitch for $10,000 on Tuesday - Startup Tasmania | Startup Tasmania

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 04:32:00 +0000

[...] PS. I bet awards winners would look great covered in Startup Tas stickers. [...]

Comment on Stealth Launch – shhhh! You’re invited… by Andrew Dickinson INNOVATAS

Andrew Dickinson INNOVATAS — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:05:44 +0000

Oh, I missed it… No wait! There was a ripple in the space time continuum? July? Ok awesome I’ll be there July 8th, unless I was already there…

Comment on Imitation – The sincerest form of flattery by Brett

Brett — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 11:11:51 +0000

Great logo and speaks volumes as logos should do. Talking of ‘Imitation’ congrats on selecting the Nova Studios wordpress template for the StartUp Tas site….I’ve been using it for several months now, with some many templates around that’s certainly something of a coincidence isn’t it

Comment on Introducing Pitch Club Tasmania – Date Claimer by Tony Ellis

Tony Ellis — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 05:43:06 +0000

So looking forward to joining – what a great concept – I look forward to contributing, learning and sharing.

See you Friday 8th July

All the best

Tony Ellis
0458 046363