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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 fee
by startupoz 11y ago
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.
- danieltillett 11y agoI have to say I am guilty of this. I don’t spend any time mentoring anyone and I probably should. On the positive side I don’t both going to listen to any of the so-called experts.
- marcus_holmes 11y agoI spend huge amounts of time listening to and giving feedback on new ideas and startups. But I've come to recognise this tone... are you sure you want actual feedback, which is usually negative, or do you want people to just agree with you that your idea is awesome? Remember, truly disruptive ideas do look unworkable to other people [1]. If you're really a "doer" and you really have a disruptive idea, then you don't need encouragement and you will get nothing but negative feedback. Your next step is to figure out how to make your idea happen on your own and prove everyone wrong. 1: http://www.paulgraham.com/swan.html http://www.paulgraham.com/swan.html