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The founder of With Wine, Richard Owens, certainly didn't feel that way 5 years ago when he started drinking wine so he set out to do something about it and shake up this very traditional industry.

WithWine is a SaaS platform that empowers wine vendors to connect with their customers through a seamless and modern interface the WithWine app. Along with the initial benefits the app provides for users where you can Follow your friends' to see the wines that they Like the platform allows vendors to market their most relevant products to their most relevant customers.

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Wine is subjective so the way it is sold should be subjective too… after all, no one enjoys being on the end of one-size-fits-all marketing campaigns.

As of September 2016, the WithWine app is available for download on the Apple App Store. The company is releasing a version for Android in the coming weeks along with a few major updates that will see this huge industry, propelled into the 21st century.

More information for wine vendors can be found at http://www.withwine.com/

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Want to Grow Your Business : Find an Angel A Business Angel can fast track your business growth. They have skills and experience to complement yours, they can assist you to open doors and markets, create new markets locally and globally, If you are interested in crowdfunding as a means to raise funds, invest funds or build a business within the industry. Then, this is the place to be. They can also help you achieve your vision and support your passion. They also have money to help you manage your cashflow as you rapidly grow your business. In a nutshell a Business Angel assists with Funding business growth the smart way Enabling you to work on and in your business at the same time Bringing purpose, passion and people together. Christine Kaine has been matching angel investors to entrepreneurial businesses since 1992. She established the second matching service in Australia after reading a newspaper article about business angels investing time and money to assist growing businesses achieve their potential. Christine believes her success is due to her focus on matching people's values and skills ahead of the money, and that her experience in recruitment has been of great benefit in helping her achieve this. She is described as a profiler. Her understanding of behaviour and what makes relationships work helps her encourage people to tap into their own core values rather than fit into someone else's expectations. Business Angels Pty Ltd has matched thousands of investors and businesses. It has helped to form a great variety of partnerships, with some angels investing time and money, and others providing mentoring and networking. Christine has written a comprehensive and practical guide to the process, "Private Capital for Private Companies" for those contemplating finding an angel investor or investing in a business. Her vision for the future often challenges the present in many uncomfortable ways. The underlying philosophy for all that Christine does is about collaborating rather than competing - open source relationships. She recognises that true networking needs to be much smarter and for this reason she has set up a new matching service called Crowd Entrepreneurs. Crowdsourcing is certainly one key to a future where the most valuable thing is people and their relationships with each other. www.businessangels.com.au Silicon Beach Radio Sponsors http://www.antstand.com/partner-eatt-magazine/

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Event links and supporters EATT Magazine, one of our many sponsors was originally a crowdfunding and startup magazine moved quickly into travel podcast and education https://eattmag.com/category/travel/  and http://www.deakin.edu.au/ Offering a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate and research courses.

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Launceston now has a Beach, Launceston Silicon Beach. 10th Sept 2016 saw the birth of Australia's newest Silicon Beach community - in Launceston, Tasmania. We will work with Cowork Launceston and Startup Tasmania to promote Tasmania as one of the best places in the world to run a startup. The state offers super-fast NBN, clean air, healthy lifestyle, mild weather and low-cost housing to name a few of the attractions. Silicon Beach Radio is backed by the support of EATT Magazine podcast.

EATT Magazine has recently released a series of interactive videos https://eattmag.com/15-video-how-to-send-us-your-english-lesson-questions-and-answers/ where beginners in English can send English lesson questions and answers online.

With a strong focus on Food & AgriTech along with clean energy, the island state is educating the future knowledge workers and entrepreneurs. Primary school children are learning robotics and Illuminate Education (working out of Cowork Launceston) is running entrepreneurship programs for secondary students. Tasmania will make an ideal testing ground for startups wanting to test their ideas prior to launch.

We are on course to connect Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat and the other Silicon Beaches around Australia as one network to create a truly powerful startup community - Silicon Beach Australia.

Visit Silicon Beach TV channel for more live streams from our trip - it wasn't all work ;) Keep an ear out for Cullen's interview with Athula on SB Radio (will be online soon).

Why not take a flight down to Launceston (starting at $49 from Jetstar) and have a few days coworkation at Cowork Launceston? They are on NBN with 100 Mbps down and 40 Mbps up, you'll love the speed. Mention Silicon Beach for a special discount on coworking. We recommend Airbnb for accommodation and don't forget to check out the Cataract Gorge and take a ride on the chairlift just half an hour walk from the CBD.

Thanks to our sponsors TCF Services, Ash Mayura's Scaling Lean and Catherine Moolenschot's Inspire Greatness. Without them, LSB would not have been possible.

A Walk in Two Worlds

A book by Ghina Makari Cane

My whole life I wanted to be normal. For the seven-year-old daughter of immigrants that meant having a name like

Jane, blue eyes, silky blonde hair and pale white skin. Not hairy arms, fuzzy dark hair, brown eyes, bushy eyebrows and a name no one could pronounce.

EATT Magazine one of our key supporters here at Silicon Beach Radio has recently released an Online English Course in a series of videos https://eattmag.com/podcasts/for early English language learners.

A Walk in Two Worlds is a book about my journey. First through the eyes of a child that came to a new world for a better life. A world where she didn't know her place and didn't feel she belonged. She looked differed, ate differently and was different. The journey continues through the eyes of a teenager contending with two cultures but belonging to none. As an adult she travels the world to find herself and learns that we are not our parents, we are not our heritage and we are not our country. We are our own perfect fusion of them all. We are designers of our own cultural identity.

I have met many people that live with angst, guilt and confusion. Lost between two cultures, two religions or two races. Feeling torn like they are being pulled in different directions. Trying to please their family, community and society. Trying to be everything everyone wants them to be. Juggling two worlds, two rule books and two ways of life but never feeling like they truly belonged to any. This book is for them. I want them to know that they are not alone and that they no longer need to feel lost.

Through better understanding comes acceptance. I hope that through sharing my story it will help others with theirs. I want to empower them to design and define their cultural identity.

Throughout the book I will share the stories and reflections of others, from all walks of life and different nationalities, races and cultures. I'll also inject the wisdom of philosophers and inspirational writers that have touched me.

This is my first book. I have always wanted to be a writer but never knew what to write about; until this book came to me. I have spoken to so many that need it, there are hundreds of thousands of children lost between two worlds. I hope to be able to help them.

So I invite them to walk with me through the love, tears and laughter. To grow with me toward self-acceptance and understanding. To arrive with me to a place where they confidently and proudly walk in two worlds, knowing that they are defined by none.

If you would like to stay in touch to hear about the progress of the book, you can follow me on Twitter and Facebook

Ghinamak 

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GiggedIn is all about making live music a part of every person's weekly routine. It's a membership service that gives music fans unlimited guest-list access to attend the best shows in their city for a low monthly fee. Our latest sponsor from EATT Magazine is on English speaking to help early English language learners improve their vocabulary. https://eattmag.com/learning-english-with-audio/ When you become a member of GiggedIn, you get to choose from 50+ events near you monthly which their team carefully curates every week. Some shows that have been featured include artists such as - The Rubens, What So Not, The Paper Kites, Last Dinosaurs, The Jungle Giants, LDRU, Snakehips, Seth Sentry and more. https://www.giggedin.com GiggedIn is all about making live music a part of every person's weekly routine. It's a membership service that gives music fans unlimited guest-list access to attend the best shows in their city for a low monthly fee.

When you become a member of GiggedIn, you get to choose from 50+ events near you monthly which their team carefully curates every week. Some shows that have been featured include artists such as - The Rubens, What So Not, The Paper Kites, Last Dinosaurs, The Jungle Giants, LDRU, Snakehips, Seth Sentry and more. https://www.giggedin.com/

Othera provides a pre-finance application credit-decisioning and risk analysis tools that allows potential business borrowers a faster, simpler, lower cost and risk strategy for getting approved for finance in today's market. Silicon Beach Radio is also supported by new podcast English with Cullen https://eattmag.com/begins/ build around the audiobook story of Pablo. Using a series of English language learning videos. The Othera online credit tool undertakes a secure and data anonymous rapid credit analysis using the borrower & accounting data. It does this by performing bank-style calculations on the borrower's financial data, with the resulting assessment report providing the borrower with an accurate review of the creditworthiness of their business from a potential lender's perspective. Importantly it does this without impacting their credit standing with credit scoring organizations like Veda or Dunn and Bradstreet.\nTo make the application process even simpler, Othera now provides access to a panel of lenders interested in receiving loan applications from borrowers that pass Othera's pre-qualification assessment, giving borrowers the best chance of being funded with the zero risk to their official credit rating. Get more details at https://www.othera.com.au Othera provides a pre-finance application credit-decisions and risk analysis tools that allow potential business borrowers a faster, simpler, lower cost and risk strategy for getting approved for finance in today's market.

Othera provides a pre-finance application credit-decisioning and risk analysis tools that allows potential business borrowers a faster, simpler, lower cost and risk strategy for getting approved for finance in today's market. The Othera online credit tool undertakes a secure and data anonymous rapid credit analysis using the borrower's accounting data. It does this by performing bank-style calculations on the borrower's financial data, with the resulting assessment report providing the borrower with an accurate review of the creditworthiness of their business from a potential lender's perspective. Importantly it does this without impacting their credit standing with credit scoring organizations like Veda or Dunn and Bradstreet.To make the application process even simpler, Othera now provides access to a panel of lenders interested in receiving loan applications from borrowers that pass Othera's pre-qualification assessment, giving borrowers the best chance of being funded with the zero risk to their official credit rating. Get more details at https://www.othera.com.au Othera now provides access to a panel of lenders interested in receiving loan applications.

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Our first Silicon Event will be a book writing workshop by Silicon Beacher Catherine Moolenschot. Catherine pitched at our June MSB Drinks. We were so impressed by her work that we invited her to kick off the SiliconEvent series.

A new podcast also backs silicon Beach Radio Learn English with Cullen created to improve English speaking

Do you have a book lurking inside that you know you need to write, but don't know where or how to start?

Books can be anything from a great part of the marketing strategy for your startup, to a personal journey that shares your wisdom and experiences through a memoir.

At this session, Catherine will take you through her Unpacking Your Book process, where you will learn: Important exercises to do before you type the first word

How to make your book UNIQUE so people will buy it

How to create your Writing Roadmap so you know what to write when Catherine Moolenschot wrote her first book "A Rough Road" at 13 and has been writing ever since. 3-4 years later, Her love for learning and personal development lead her to provide advanced training in speaking, facilitation, business, marketing, and communication alongside completing High School.

At 17 she wrote her second book 'Failure Is Underrated', and gave her first TEDx talk 'Living Your Funnel of Greatness'. She was then asked to speak in schools across Australia, so launched her business Inspire Greatness. She has spoken in Australia, England, and South Africa. At 20, she wrote her third book - a novel inspired by the teenagers she was working with in schools.

Today Catherine coaches individuals through the process of writing their own book; she helps from beginning to the end, starting with unpacking their book to being their chief editor.

Checkout more of Catherine's work at www.inspiregreatness.com.au

Join Henry Weaver the Experience Manager at Fishburners \n\nFishburners is more than just a co-working space, we're a passionate community of startups. Silicon Beach Radio is a popular vote winner at https://australianpodcastawards.com/past-winners Australian podcast awards where Cullen won the most popular vote in industry focus. Our vision is to bring together the best startups in Australia and help grow the tech scene here in not only Sydney but also Australia. Fishburners is different from other co­-working spaces because we're a non­profit that only exists thanks to the amazing support of our community and sponsors.

Fishburners is the largest tech co-working space in Australia. We have housed 621 startups over the past 5 years and currently have 176 startups in our co-working space, providing the basic necessities to run a tech startup.

There are no equity splits, we are not an incubator, we are not an accelerator. As a not-for-profit charitable institution our one objective is to inspire more startups. We do this by having a critical mass of startups in one space to raise the visibility of startups, secondly we validate those startups i.e Fishburners stamp of approval and then connecting startups to support either internally or externally. http://fishburners.org/ Join Henry Weaver the Experience Manager at Fishburners Fishburners is more than just a co-working space, we're a passionate community of startups. Silicon Beach Radio is a popular vote winner at https://australianpodcastawards.com/past-winners Australian podcast awards where Cullen won the most popular vote in industry focus. Our vision is to bring together the best startups in Australia and help grow the tech scene here in not only Sydney but also Australia. Fishburners is different from other co­-working spaces because we're a non­profit that only exists thanks to the amazing support of our community and sponsors. Fishburners is the largest tech co-working space in Australia. We have housed 621 startups over the past 5 years and currently have 176 startups in our co-working space, providing the basic necessities to run a tech startup. There are no equity splits, we are not an incubator, we are not an accelerator. As a not-for-profit charitable institution, our one objective is to inspire more startups. We do this by having a critical mass of startups in one space to raise the visibility of startups, secondly, we validate those startups i.e Fishburners stamp of approval and then connecting startups to support either internally or externally. http://fishburners.org/

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The EATT Magazine Travel Podcast has The latest in the #australialistens podcast series 

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#australialistens Meet one of the many volunteers at Melbourne silicon beach and discover the benefits of volunteering and how you can gain from being a member of Melbourne silicon beach.

EATT is a proud supporter of Silicon Beach Radio https://eattmag.com/silicon-beach-radio/ Learn more about our latest educational programs https://eattmag.com/news/

Katie, a networker, retoucher, accountant, photographer and unsettled wonderer.

Katie has previously been involved in volunteering with Melbourne Silicon Beach, has dabbled in trades from all areas and is always keen to get involved in new and exciting opportunities. Currently, Katie has taken her love of networking to the web where she is aiming to utilise her skills to create the digital nomad lifestyle for herself and other people.

We also offer Sponsorship opportunities only to companies, organizations, startups and small businesses that benefit our community. If we think your service or product does not benefit our community or it is not the right fit, we will tell you upfront. You will be better off spending your sponsorship dollars elsewhere.

Please note our sponsorships are non-exclusive. You may find other organizations that are your 'competitors' sponsoring us. That is part and parcel of building a healthy startup ecosystem. We must all pull together to build and grow the eco-system.

If this is a problem for your business or organization, then we are sorry, you cannot be our sponsor. Sponsorship rates vary from year to year, please contact us for the latest updates

Minimum sponsorship commitment is 3 months – it's the optimum time needed to create proper engagement and obtain mind share. Talk to us about monthly payment plans — available for bootstrapping Australian startups and freshly launched small businesses (less than 12 months in operation).

So how do I sponsor?

Glad you asked.

Send us an email to https://siliconbeachoz.net/feedback/ or join our Slack channel and tell us you would like to sponsor us.

Someone from our leadership team will get in touch with you, pronto. Join the Silicon Beach Community on Slack! http://slack.siliconbeach.community/

What will you get for your sponsorship dollar?

1) Your sponsorship will be announced to members through an introductory EDM via Meetup.com's email gateway (Meetup does not reveal the email addresses of our members to us). Sponsors get 2 EDMs per month for the duration of their sponsorship.

2) Your logo displayed on our website (currently under construction) linked to your website. We will also display your logo on your event pages on Meetup.com

3) Co-branded and co-hosted events. These events will be listed on MSB Meetup, our website (currently in beta), Eventbrite and SiliconCalander. Events should be beneficial and/or educational to our community. Events may be held at your premises or the premises of our Event Partners. We are constantly adding event partners. Please ask us for the current list of event spaces.

4) Acknowledgment at our MSB Drinks & Pitch Night which are videoed and uploaded to our SB TV YouTube channel and also live-streamed via SB Radio podcast. If you are in Melbourne, drop in at the Next Pitch Night and we will give all sponsors a chance to do a Sponsors' Pitch (2 to 3 mins long) just before the 90second pitches start. Our members present will give you a special cheer!

5) Exposure and acknowledgment as a sponsor via SiliconNews through our high traffic projects — SiliconCalendar

SiliconJobs and more yet to launch (SiliconSchool, SiliconCare, etc)

6) Exposure and acknowledgment as a sponsor via our social media channels – Twitter, Facebook & Instagram.

7) The warm and fuzzy feeling you get from knowing you are supporting Melbourne's (And Australia's) startup eco-system and contributing to our efforts of #EmpoweringFounders

8) The even warmer and fuzzier feeling you get from knowing that you are one of the pioneers supporting the early startup phase of Australia's answer to Silicon Valley — connected Silicon Beach communities around Australia. Some of these founders could be the millionaires and billionaires of the future – imagine them knowing that it was your startup, small business or professional service that supported them in their early days!

9) Want even more bang for your sponsorship dollar? Talk to us.

We are listening. We are ever willing to accommodate all reasonable requests! What will we do with the funds? Glad you asked. Your funds will help us incorporate Silicon Beach into a Not For Profit company so that we can be financially sustainable into the future. It will keep Silicon Beach TV, Silicon Beach Radio and SiliconNews running.

We recently launched SiliconCare, a project to look after the mental health of everyone in our community and help build resilience. Another project in the pipeline is SiliconSchool, which will store all the educational content we are creating, online. All this requires funds.

Even though our community is 100% volunteer-run, there are bills to be paid and things to be bought. $iliconJar, a full transparency report will soon be implemented for the benefit of sponsors as well as the general public to see how your funds are used. Your sponsorship will help us open Silicon Beach communities in regional & rural Australia – we already opened Geelong, Ballarat & Launceston Silicon Beaches and more recently, Adelaide & Brisbane.

And we are going to the Asia Pacific with the opening of Manila Silicon Beach!

Have questions? Join us on Slack and chat to the team or if you prefer, email https://siliconbeachoz.net/feedback/ 

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Looking forward to your sponsorship and thanks in advance.

See you at the Beach!

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 Join Cullen Pope host of the Silicon Beach Radio program and podcast Silicon Beach Radio #australialistens Premonition.io is a fast-growing Sydney based logistics software startup. Our software helps businesses such as courier companies and retailers route and manage their fleet in real-time. It, for example, allows individual drivers to plan their day as well as companies, making tens of thousands of jobs each day, to maximize their efficiencies. Silicon Beach Radio is a supporter of startups across Australia and is sponsored and supported by the EATT Magazine travel Podcast https://eattmag.com/category/silicon-beach-radio/

The ability to optimize and find the best solution in real-time combined with predictive technologies that take into account weather, traffic and delivery history among many other things is what makes our technology unique and a first for the logistics industry. No other technologies can handle as much complexity and especially not in real-time, two fast-growing trends on the back of rising consumer demands. Get more details at https://premonition.io