News Update 25/03/2017

I was at a seminar last week and the topic of conversation with the presenter was pure gold.
The US backs a Winner and in Australia we back the Underdog and the by product is Tall Poppy Syndrome
Au tech in the Valley
Insight from that conversation and when you read about Tech companies SV migration, just makes sense.

Next
500 startups sets up shop in Melbourne
Had comments about this from all over the place( I admin for Europe, Asia and Australia startup groups) all very positive signals from all in the startup ecosystem. Melissa Star( Board member for The Next Wave Accelerator Limited Partnership) also made a comment, regarding entering US market as a 1st option, also because of the volume of people in US market.

Next
New Equity Crowd Funding laws

This just got passed through Federal Government, another avenue of funding for early stage growth startups. Attached is a Google list of how Equity Crowd funding works.

Next
Lady Gaga in Tech space
Not new to tech space Lady Gaga invest in Bud
Food for thought, for those looking for doing a Capital Raising list, some people in Entertainment have deep pockets.

Till next week Keep Hustling

Lent in the StartUp space

How does Lent relate to the 2017 startup?

Lent is a period of fasting and prayer, in the startup space the equivalent is white noise/temptations and focus.
You the startup founder, need to be aware of white noise and the ability to get shit done. Anything that is not helping your startup gain traction and moving forward is White Noise.
What is White Noise?
Yes we need breaks in between getting shit done, the difference is the breaks are starting to get more frequent. The moment we hit a hiccup, we take a break. The moment we have a setback, we take a break. The moment our VC/Angel deal falls through, we take a 4 day break
What is Focus?
The ability to stay on track, pivots aside, deals that are dragging it's feet aside, disagreements with other CoFounders aside.
The above only happens when your Values are Aligned with your Goals.

Once you as the founder sort out your Values and Align that with your Project Goals
Everything falls into place.