Chance Advice ....

Its funny how buddies of yours seem to creep up from nowhere. Guys that you were friends with before even starting highschool. You wonder where they are and all of a sudden you meet them at a the local department store, talk abit and found out that you pretty much are into the same things. Sometimes i ask my self the question. Was this a chance meeting or was it something pre-destined by a higher power. Anyway, whatever the case these chance meetings can end up really changing alot of things.

I had a buddy, lets call him Bedroom CEO. Bedroom CEO is actually doing a startup also, he lives (apparently) 5 minutes away from me (something which i wasnt aware of until a few months back). He is very in tune with the startup and technology scene here in the great land down under. Anyway, by a chance meeting we started talking and at about the same time we decided (in our own time .. not together) to do startups. Difference between Bedroom CEO and Garage CEO (myself) Bedroom CEO took the big step and totally quit his job.

I would like to do that aswell (i guess for a year) to get my startup of the ground but im in a bit of a different situation. If i did that, the repo's from the bank would be banging at my door and fighting hard with me to pry my house keys away as i would be kicking and screaming (yes im one of the sad *young* individuals who has a mortgage thinking property investment is the way to go).

OK since Bedroom CEO is very intouch with the Startup and technology scene here he has introduced me to various different events, various different reading material and various different people that provide information about startups, he is almost like the umbilical cord to silicon valley :P I guess it shows that even though i understand technology to a certain extent in the great scheme of the startup world im not even past the 9-month stage yet ;)

Last week Bedroom CEO scheduled some time with ryan junee from omnisio/youtube and we hungout and had some beers with various other geeky type guys and gal and just chatted away. We first hangout at the shelbourne for some beers, went to this startup/recruitment christmas party where there was some wanna be startup guys (us) and other startup guys later in the game who have been successful.

So here is a photo i took of that night (im not in it *as usual* ;))

So there you have it, i thought there was no startup scene here but apparently there is, i think its time for me to delve deeper into this world as im in the later part of my startup project (couple months to go till launch).

Catch you all in my next post ... (which im about to start in the next 5 mins :P)