The other big issue is that startup people in Australia don't support other startups.
They don't have the time to even listen or try out new products, give feedback even when requested.
I have even asked for explicit feedback and that hasn't been forthcoming. Obviously people get support from within their own groups but anyone outside it is largely ignored.
They go to listen about disruptive startups and maybe talk about it but no doing and no encouragement for the doers. They do pay a decent amount of cash to attend workshops on innnovation / disruption though.
Even the so called experts won't know a disruptive idea if it bit them in the rear. Plus you see the same "experts" parading as mentors in the usual circles. The appetite for risk is very low. Have a gawk at the startups funded by couple of accelerators, the same tired ideas. I have been to enough meetups to discover the lack of hustle in Australian startups. They talk a good game though.
They don't have the time to even listen or try out new products, give feedback even when requested.
I have even asked for explicit feedback and that hasn't been forthcoming. Obviously people get support from within their own groups but anyone outside it is largely ignored.
They go to listen about disruptive startups and maybe talk about it but no doing and no encouragement for the doers. They do pay a decent amount of cash to attend workshops on innnovation / disruption though.
Even the so called experts won't know a disruptive idea if it bit them in the rear. Plus you see the same "experts" parading as mentors in the usual circles. The appetite for risk is very low. Have a gawk at the startups funded by couple of accelerators, the same tired ideas. I have been to enough meetups to discover the lack of hustle in Australian startups. They talk a good game though.