Melbourne opens new tech incubator
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Melbourne opens new tech incubator
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Re: Melbourne opens new tech incubator
#2Great news.. the Melbourne startup scene is buzzing recently.
Re: Melbourne opens new tech incubator
#3I've been to all of Australia's mainland capitals (sorry, Hobart). I've lived for long periods in Darwin, Sydney and Perth.
I prefer Melbourne to Sydney based on the time I've spent in each. Melbourne seemed a bit more cosmopolitan, the people a bit less artificial.
I'd rather live in Perth than either, but the startup scene here is quite anaemic. You can round up some geologists and raise tens of millions to do some mining exploration; but raising a few thousand for a startup is, from what I've heard, nigh on impossible.
I prefer Darwin most of all, but it's a government town and FIFO base. There's some IT service outfits but that's it.
Re: Melbourne opens new tech incubator
#4I've been to all of Australia's mainland capitals (sorry, Hobart). I've lived for long periods in Darwin, Sydney and Perth. I prefer Melbourne to Sydney based on the time I've spent in each. Melbourne seemed a bit more cosmopolitan, the people a bit less artificial. I'd rather live in Perth than either, but the startup scene here is quite anaemic. You can round up some geologists and raise tens of millions to do some…
Melbourne seemed a bit more cosmopolitan
I was recently in Sydney and Melbourne, and you're probably about right. I don't know how to say it, but Sydney seems very, ahem white and very English.
Re: Melbourne opens new tech incubator
#5I've been to all of Australia's mainland capitals (sorry, Hobart). I've lived for long periods in Darwin, Sydney and Perth. I prefer Melbourne to Sydney based on the time I've spent in each. Melbourne seemed a bit more cosmopolitan, the people a bit less artificial. I'd rather live in Perth than either, but the startup scene here is quite anaemic. You can round up some geologists and raise tens of millions to do some…
I grew up here in Perth and while I'd love to stay here, I feel like I'll need to move to Melbourne (at the very least) sooner or later.
Re: Melbourne opens new tech incubator
#6I've been to all of Australia's mainland capitals (sorry, Hobart). I've lived for long periods in Darwin, Sydney and Perth. I prefer Melbourne to Sydney based on the time I've spent in each. Melbourne seemed a bit more cosmopolitan, the people a bit less artificial. I'd rather live in Perth than either, but the startup scene here is quite anaemic. You can round up some geologists and raise tens of millions to do some…
Back in the '90s, there were a few reverse takeover attempts, where some Australian Mining companies - already on the stock exchange but with negligible value - looked to buy aspiring dotcoms. Risk profile kind of matched, and it was a hack to get listed on the stock exchange without going through the IPO process.
Re: Melbourne opens new tech incubator
#7I've been to all of Australia's mainland capitals (sorry, Hobart). I've lived for long periods in Darwin, Sydney and Perth. I prefer Melbourne to Sydney based on the time I've spent in each. Melbourne seemed a bit more cosmopolitan, the people a bit less artificial. I'd rather live in Perth than either, but the startup scene here is quite anaemic. You can round up some geologists and raise tens of millions to do some…
Back in the '90s, there were a few reverse takeover attempts, where some Australian Mining companies - already on the stock exchange but with negligible value - looked to buy aspiring dotcoms. Risk profile kind of matched, and it was a hack to get listed on the stock exchange without going through the IPO process.
"where some Australian Mining companies - already on the stock exchange" ... "to get listed on the stock exchange"?
I heard that it was the small dotcoms that were looking to get on the stock exchange would buy enough shares in the inexpensive mining companies and then as majority shareholders have the mining company buy out the dotcom (or at least merge with it)... or something like that.
I'm guessing it's the same thing that you heard, but the way you worded it confused me. Or my coffee hasn't kicked in. Either way.
Re: Melbourne opens new tech incubator
#8I've been to all of Australia's mainland capitals (sorry, Hobart). I've lived for long periods in Darwin, Sydney and Perth. I prefer Melbourne to Sydney based on the time I've spent in each. Melbourne seemed a bit more cosmopolitan, the people a bit less artificial. I'd rather live in Perth than either, but the startup scene here is quite anaemic. You can round up some geologists and raise tens of millions to do some…
Melbourne seemed a bit more cosmopolitan I was recently in Sydney and Melbourne, and you're probably about right. I don't know how to say it, but Sydney seems very, ahem white and very English.
Sydney is a very multicultural city, a far cry from 'white and English'.
People generally agree that, as a city, Melbourne has better 'city things'; meaning bars, restaurants, theaters etc.
Sydney is regarded as having better geography - eg: dozens of stunning beaches, extensive waterways and very close proximity to national parks.
Re: Melbourne opens new tech incubator
#9I've been to all of Australia's mainland capitals (sorry, Hobart). I've lived for long periods in Darwin, Sydney and Perth. I prefer Melbourne to Sydney based on the time I've spent in each. Melbourne seemed a bit more cosmopolitan, the people a bit less artificial. I'd rather live in Perth than either, but the startup scene here is quite anaemic. You can round up some geologists and raise tens of millions to do some…
I grew up here in Perth and while I'd love to stay here, I feel like I'll need to move to Melbourne (at the very least) sooner or later.
I'm from Perth as well, and this is almost word for word how I respond when people ask me about Perth.
I get the feeling that there's much cooler stuff happening elsewhere more and more these days.
Re: Melbourne opens new tech incubator
#10I've been to all of Australia's mainland capitals (sorry, Hobart). I've lived for long periods in Darwin, Sydney and Perth. I prefer Melbourne to Sydney based on the time I've spent in each. Melbourne seemed a bit more cosmopolitan, the people a bit less artificial. I'd rather live in Perth than either, but the startup scene here is quite anaemic. You can round up some geologists and raise tens of millions to do some…
Melbourne seemed a bit more cosmopolitan I was recently in Sydney and Melbourne, and you're probably about right. I don't know how to say it, but Sydney seems very, ahem white and very English.
You must have been visiting a different Sydney to the one I know. Or maybe you were just at Bondi Beach, which is overrun with english and nz expats.
Sydney is very ethnically diverse. Incredibly so.