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Touching the Void – Lessons Learned

November 11, 2014 in Cloud Computing, Entrepeneurship, Events, Speaking Engagements, Startup Entrepreneur | No comments

One entrepreneurs journing: pitching, raising, hustling and risking everything.

Here’s a talk I made last week about my entrepreneurial journey and some of the war stories. I personally find the war stories to be the most interesting and so I decided to share some of ours.

Morning Startup, a vibrant group of entrepreneurs who turn up at 7:30am every second Wednesday. There were 70 registrations which is a remarkably strong group.

http://youtu.be/MWGRMbh1ywA

 

Reducing the IT industry to a Click

September 24, 2014 in Cloud Computing, Entrepeneurship, Events, Press Release, Speaking Engagements, Startup Entrepreneur | No comments

On Thursday 25th Sept 2014, I’m presenting the background story of technology innovation, evolution and entrepreneurship that went into creating GoPC.net.

Hosted by Engineers Australia, ITEE, IICA, IET and IEEE at the Engineers Australia Auditorium, 712 Murray Street, West Perth, Australia. The event is catered with food and drinks so includes small $30 cover charge.

If interested in coming along then here is the Flyer and Registration page: http://tinyurl.com/q5ju3gn

IEEE 2014 Event Sponsor GoPC.net - Flyer

Interviewed by Robert Scoble

November 20, 2013 in Cloud Computing, Entrepeneurship, Speaking Engagements, Startup Entrepreneur, Uncategorized | No comments

The interview with Robert Scoble in San Francisco after GoPC.net was recognised by Rackspace’s Australian CTO Alan Perkins.

Big thanks to Robert for the invitation to be interviewed.

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Touching the Void – an entrepreneurs awakening

September 1, 2013 in Capital Raising, Cloud Computing, eGroup, Entrepeneurship, Speaking Engagements, Startup Entrepreneur, Uncategorized | No comments

eGroup.org.au have asked me to present the background war stories behind GoPC.net  It’s very much a personal story of an entrepreneur’s awakening which I hope will be interesting and useful.

GoPC was recognised at Silicom Ventures Summit at Stanford University in 2009 as one of the leading Cloud Computing startups in Silicon Valley.  When the GFC hit we elected to self fund and keep control but the last 4 years have been as tough as a long dark winter. This month however I am returning to Silicon Valley to launch a truly ground breaking new technology code-named “Rainmaker”.  Rackspace.com invited us to present Rainmaker and have recommended further investation be done.  Robert Scoble, a prolific technology evangelist followed by 4,000,000 influential early-adopters, has arranged a video interview with me next month that will launch GoPC like nothing else could.

So what are the lessons learned over the last 9 years that increase our likelihood of success?  Where are the risks?  Should we raise more capital and lose control after having conquered all the hurdles? This will be an interactive presentation where I’ll be happy to share my own insights and answer questions.

Registration beforehand is needed for catering:    https://egroup.tidyclub.com/public/events/394-september-forum-gopc-case-study

I apologise the event isn’t free.  eGroup charge $25 to non-members to cover costs which includes finger food and drinks.  The venue is at Wray and Associates Patent Attorneys in West Perth.

I’m personally inviting those who have in some direct way helped or inspired me along this journey.  I really look forward to sharing Tuesday evening with you.