Aussie Founders Network launches in Silicon Valley to support Australians building businesses overseas
Summary
For the moment, it seems that no matter what incentives the Government throws the tech community’s way, local startups and founders will long be determined to head overseas to pursue growth. With the five making up the venture’s board, Bizannes explained that the group is simply looking to now formalise a process that has been working in Silicon Valley for a decade, with the community of Aussies in the area having long helped each other with investment deals, opportunity creation, and mentoring. “We wanted to formalise this, opening up this informal transfer of knowledge and capital to boost Australian success in startups, by running events and online communications for a broader group of people who would benefit from this and so the Aussie Founders Network was born,” he said. The community has a real culture of authenticity, hard work, honesty, and mateship.” Members include Patrick Llewellyn of 99Designs, Redbubble’s Martin Hoskins, and Casey Ellis of Bugcrowd. It joins other, more informal, efforts such as the G’Day SF newsletter launched by Christian Thurston to keep Aussies in the Valley abreast of news in the community and developments from back home.