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[Thomas @WordenThomas]

#primesweetspot #primevideoaunz

[Judy Anderson-Firth @fasttrackjudy]

Many in the Australian startup ecosystem have spent years lobbying the Australian Government to work with industry to improve access to the venture asset class. A vibrant angel ecosystem gives startups and founders the opportunity to bring innovation to market. Improving access also improves diversity of investors, resulting in more women founders receiving early stage funding. This would be a disappointing move in the opposite direction. Yes retail investors need protections and we need regulation to stop predatory behaviour in the cap raising market, but a blanket increase to the income/asset rule will have a significant, negative impact on early stage venture in Australia. @techcouncil_aus would love to understand your views on this article

[Niki Scevak @nikiscevak]

One more time for the government: having a lot of money does not make you sophisticated (usually the opposite in my experiences!).

Do what you do for any other educational pursuit, and come up with a test!

[James Cameron @jamesdcameron]

This change will have a very chilling effect on the angel investment landscape and hurts founders.

There is a balance to be struck and retail investors should have protections - but simply increasing the financial thresholds is a stupid way to do it.

https://t.co/X2PZt5p6gs

[Cheryl Mack @cmack4life]

Labour wants to raise the income threshold for wholesale investors status to $450,000, so I guess only .01% of Australians (almost exclusively men) should be able to access these assets? https://t.co/KYncZPnRDA

[Cheryl Mack @cmack4life]

Australia's first solo female GP, @minmintymin is opening up opportunities to invest alongside the fund, with the Co Ventures Community Syndicate - Join us to hear more: https://t.co/z5BSPSOjtz

[Vadim Petrichenko @vpetrichenko1]

Meet Blossom Capital Partners:

@AussieAngelsHQ CEO @cmack4life is hosting a #firesidechat with Joanna and Vadim on 📅 5th May, at 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM AEST (Melb/Syd/Bris)

Register here --> https://t.co/YQMK2XKsGF via @LumaHQ

[Ventari @VentariHQ]

Solid overview, but they forgot shopping for allbirds & Patagonia vests

[Thomas @WordenThomas]

I for one am enjoying the warmth provided from this twitter dumpster fire 🗑🔥#twitterdumpsterfire

[Thomas @WordenThomas]

Amazing panel tonight for The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem! 🚀🚀 @Fishburners @AussieAngelsHQ @cmack4life @NSydInnovation @blackbirdvc @CSIRO

[Thomas @WordenThomas]

Thanks @startmate for the awesome event! Really enjoyed hearing from all of the awesome startups! 😊 Still unclear if it was too loud or not. Might need a few more tweets to verify though @NickDM

[Thomas @WordenThomas]

@cmack4life 🚀🚀🚀

[_SOUTHSTART @_southstart]

The countdown is on until our launch next wednesday night with @StartConHQ and @WipeHero! If you haven't got your ticket yet, head on over to https://t.co/cQ4kPYKVJR. Then, join us on Friday at Co Working SA's closing partYAY https://t.co/s2EhKVKAnP!

[StartCon @StartConHQ]

We’re back and have a really BIG announcement! @StartConHQ has teamed with @RightClickVC to run Pitch for $1 Million - the largest pitch competition in Asia Pacific! Top Prize of $1M in Investment!! https://t.co/kKrLSUnXYT #pitchfor1million #startcon

[Thomas @WordenThomas]

Great to hear from Gen and Jane on the evolution of LMBDW @StartConHQ #startcon

[Thomas @WordenThomas]

Technologies change but people and their behaviors stay the same @andrewchen @StartConHQ #startcon

[Thomas @WordenThomas]

Lots of As and Rs but key takeaway is 2 make sure everyone knows they are part of the team 2 achieve goals! @SeanEllis @StartConHQ #startcon

[Thomas @WordenThomas]

Get your team to be a nerdy SWAT team. Loving the talk on growth with Annabell from @BitTorrent @StartConHQ #startcon

[Thomas @WordenThomas]

Bring bluey back to StarCon! @cribberapp #freebluey

[Thomas @WordenThomas]

Don't get caught up with everything available. Focus on your top 3 channels! @sujanpatel @StartConHQ #startcon