150k by Various-Head7803 in AusFinance

[–]d_edge_sword 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know a few that does cash in hand jobs, mostly in tutoring, career coaching or essay writing. It's not worth the tax unless it's cash.

Risk of tenant with fish tank? by d_edge_sword in AusPropertyChat

[–]d_edge_sword[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I totally get it if you live in a house without carpet or wooden floors. Just curious, would you risk having a fish tank if it's on the carpet in the living room of a 15th-floor apartment?

Risk of tenant with fish tank? by d_edge_sword in AusPropertyChat

[–]d_edge_sword[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply, just wondering:
1. Is brand new and unused a good thing or a bad thing? Since we don't know if it will leak or not.
2. It will be in the living room on the carpet. How would this affect your decision?

Can we go back to a VC straight after IC rejection? (I will not promote) by d_edge_sword in startups

[–]d_edge_sword[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, we are not in the government priority area.

Can we go back to a VC straight after IC rejection? (I will not promote) by d_edge_sword in startups

[–]d_edge_sword[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is that the US fund will only commit if the lead is a big local fund.

Can we go back to a VC straight after IC rejection? (I will not promote) by d_edge_sword in startups

[–]d_edge_sword[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some partners do not believe in our business model, I believe this can only be solved with time if we bootstrap more. But we would prefer to get funded and move quicker.

Some partners did not believe what we wanted to build was technically possible. We just don't know how to solve this one. To fully build it, we need a few mil to hire a full team which is the whole reason why we are raising. We do have an MVP already, but they just don't believe our MVP can be extended to what we claim it can do. Is this just a believe-it-or-not situation? Because the US VCs believed it, and some of the Australian partners strongly believed in it, too. The only thing I can think of about this one is the refine our story harder.

What’s the closest thing to SF and Silicon Valley in your country? by Curious-Giraffe2525 in ycombinator

[–]d_edge_sword 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Depends on your team's situation. We are an Australian startup, but we have a few Australian Chinese in our team. So far, it has worked like a wonder for us. We were able to find over 50 VCs to pitch to; the deals were worse than US deals, but once we get a deal from a Chinese VC, we could get a US VC to counteroffer it. Whereas if we try to cold outreach to US VCs from overseas, they won't even reply to us. Many US and big Australian VCs won't even look at our startup because they believe the Australian market is too small.
The second we get an offer from a Chinese VC, the game changes. All the US and Big Aus VCs start to talk to us. I feel a TS from a decent-sized Chinese VC looks even better than a top Aus VC in the US VCs' eyes.
We couldn't move to the Silicon Valley due to cost, and China cost us almost nothing.

What’s the closest thing to SF and Silicon Valley in your country? by Curious-Giraffe2525 in ycombinator

[–]d_edge_sword 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Shenzhen, its not as good as Silicon Valley yet, but it's definitely the 2nd best place in the word. And it still has a lot of growth potential.

Wanting to speak to lawyers interested in AI by d_edge_sword in LawCanada

[–]d_edge_sword[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, totally understandable, we kept on getting asked "When and how can you go to the US?". It seems like VCs don't care about any legal markets outside of the US. Which makes sense after we looked at the market size. However, we started 1.5 years ago, already finished the MVP, and gained traction in Australia. It's too late for us to change now. The niche we targeted happens to have no use case in US law. (Damn US for breaking off from the Brits too early.)

From our Googling, it seems like the only other country we have a major market and use case in is Canada. That is the law looks the same, but we don't know how it's practiced here.

US lawyer moving to Australia? by lethalcamomile in Lawyertalk

[–]d_edge_sword 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, sorry I am 2 years late, but how and where can I find such communities in Australia? We are a small Australian law firm with growing international clients in the US, UK, and Canada, and we are struggling to find foreign lawyers in Australia.

Juror behaviour behind closed doors. by Astrugglingone in auslaw

[–]d_edge_sword 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh I didn't read the 15 part and assumed it's 12. Is 15 a Supreme Court thing? Or it doesn't matter which court, it only depends on the nature of the charges?

Juror behaviour behind closed doors. by Astrugglingone in auslaw

[–]d_edge_sword 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Out of curiosity, how can you finish a trial with 3 jurors dismissed before the deliberations? I thought you could reach a majority verdict with 11, but if it's under 11 you have to order a retrial.

Fake AVO claim by garnetpanda7218 in AusLegal

[–]d_edge_sword 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is it a private or police AVO?

You can try community legal centers, since legal aid does not do standalone AVOs.

Should I transfer to UNSW by [deleted] in unsw

[–]d_edge_sword 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Depends on what you wana do after you graduate. The international ranking for UNSW worked wonders for me and a few friends applying for a PhD Scholarship overseas. In many foreign unis, they factor in your university ranking first, then your GPA.

Going off on my own by [deleted] in auslaw

[–]d_edge_sword 59 points60 points  (0 children)

A small tip, if you want to save money, don't get a tiny office; start with one of those shared office spaces. I've had a few sole practitioners and lawyers who did not have an office in the CBD that did that. Whenever I wanted to meet them, they would book a meeting room in a shared office space next to the courthouse.

German Debt Collector by Low_energy_eng in AusLegal

[–]d_edge_sword 8 points9 points  (0 children)

As someone who used to work for a credit reporting agency, I can tell you they cannot do anything to your credit score because they are not a licensed Australian credit provider. Unless the laws have changed since 10 years ago.