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by shimms 14y ago
If it is a halon equipped datacenter you listen. And then do as it says. Quickly.
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by shimms 14y ago
At the point that a customer notification includes the words "Life safety is our number one priority" things like "can't they bypass the pumps" become far less significant. People's lives are at stake. If the service is important enough tha
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Using Filepicker.io to help our teachers deliver a richer teaching experience(getlexim.com)
4 points by shimms 14y ago|0 comments
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by shimms 14y ago
Yeah good point - pitty I can't edit it.
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The lightbulb reinvented(kickstarter.com)
231 points by shimms 14y ago|129 comments
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Start-ups find help from the big guy(smh.com.au)
1 points by shimms 14y ago|0 comments
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Warning to firms on Facebook comments(theage.com.au)
2 points by shimms 14y ago|0 comments
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by shimms 14y ago
I'm one of the founders of Lexim - an AngelCube company. The Optus Innov8 Seed program isn't another accelerator/incubator in the same sense as AngelCube/StartMate etc, but rather a pre-series-A fund, filling the void in Australia of post
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Optus Innov8 Seed Program Announces their Winter 2012 shortlist(optusinnov8seed.com.au)
2 points by shimms 14y ago|2 comments
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by shimms 14y ago
Whilst funny, and the photos cute, surely we're past this? "Annual leave? Sure mate, when you’re fired", yeah or when you're unemployed from burnout and a lack of balance. It is well understood that workaholics don't necessarily deliver the
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by shimms 14y ago
Thanks - glad you appreciate what we're doing. You've summed up our motivation really well, and we completely agree with you about the current state of the industry. Teacher's deserve better, and hopefully Lexim will help them create an awe
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by shimms 14y ago
Oh - and I completely understand where you're coming from with unwanted marketing crap, something we'll never do :)
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by shimms 14y ago
Hi, Sorry to hear you're having difficulties signing up - you're quite correct that .ac.uk should be allowed. At present the signup page requires an email address that ends in '.edu' (or '.edu. *' for country specific edu emails) to qualif
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by shimms 14y ago
Great, I'll keep an eye out for your account. Feel free to reach out to me directly at michael dot shimmins at getlexim.com if you'd like any more information or any assistance at all.
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by shimms 14y ago
Hi, Apologies for the confusion - the 'Coming Soon' specifically refers to the Library which allows learning objects to be shared between courses in your institution. Access Control is current available and allows you to restrict the availa
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by shimms 14y ago
Thanks :) Lexim is only available in the cloud, sorry. Active Directory (and other authentication methods) are coming soon, so you'll be able to integrate it with your school's systems, and not duplicate your account management functions. R
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Show HN: eLearning for teachers, not CIOs(getlexim.com)
8 points by shimms 14y ago|13 comments
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Brain drain: why young entrepreneurs leave home(theage.com.au)
3 points by shimms 14y ago|0 comments
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Australian accelerator AngelCube unviels its latest intake(angelcube.pressdoc.com)
1 points by shimms 14y ago|0 comments
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Help a fellow Aussie–looking for a Co-Founder(blogs.msdn.com)
1 points by shimms 14y ago|0 comments
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by shimms 14y ago
Things First-Time Founders Regret not saying more often: "No."
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Aussie start-up in $1.5m funding win just two months after launch(theage.com.au)
2 points by shimms 14y ago|1 comments
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Episode 1 of AngelCube TV - Pitch Day [video](vimeo.com)
1 points by shimms 14y ago|0 comments
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I Guess I'm Not A 501 Developer(adit.io)
295 points by shimms 15y ago|178 comments
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by shimms 15y ago
Use Earth Class Mail to get a street address, or use the address of your corporate agent.
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by shimms 15y ago
There is a fair bit of information out there that strongly suggests a correlation between founding teams of 2 having more success than single founders. 3 appears to be the maximum before it becomes detrimental again. The startup genome proj
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by shimms 15y ago
I think they meant YC Application not software application.
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by shimms 15y ago
I did mine online (as a foreigner)
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by shimms 15y ago
We haven't heard yet and were a late applicant too. Not sure if we'll get a reply in time to make it over to the states (from Australia), but the FAQ suggests that they will respond at some point: "You can submit a late application up till
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by shimms 15y ago
Just to put it out there - why not continue on the rejected idea? YCombinator are good, but not infallible. Just because they reject your application doesn't guarantee that your idea doesn't have legs.

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