[@OKau] DataStart

[Andrew Kirkpatrick]

Sounds like they want the establishment to touch off a revolution by
renovating the foyer to the ivory tower. I hope some good comes of it, but
I can't help thinking they'd get more from just opening more data, using
more open source, and following Israel's lead by matching VC investments
dollar for dollar.
http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/3546/Start-up_nation:_An_innovation_story.html

BTW that financial review link landed me on a paywall, one so anaemic that
editing the DOM allowed me to read the article after all.

On 3 November 2015 at 21:06, Rosie Williams <budgetaus at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I think it would be good to have philanthropic investment as opposed to VC
> investment. To me, one of the major points of open data is to provide
> transparency but by the same token, transparency projects do not seem to be
> ideal candidates for the startup, grow fast, go global and ultimately sell
> up paradigm. To me open data is mostly about limited to an Australian
> audience and I think that contradicts what VC's generally want.
>
> Maybe my assumptions of what is intended by the term startup are wrong,
> this may be just my impression of how it works. Having said that, I will
> likely have to apply for this and re-conceptualise my efforts to that end
> given the lack of financial support for what I am doing. The NEIS program
> is coming to an end and at that juncture if there are no other options on
> the table, I won't have any choice in whether or not I continue OpenAus
> given the workload it entails.
>
> There seems to be a big contradiction between people advocating the value
> of open data and people actually valuing existing open data projects. This
> has been a real puzzle to me over the life-time of my project. Perhaps if
> my first project had been a public transport app instead of a budget
> transparency site I'd be telling a different story.
>
> Rosie Williams BA (Sociology)
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> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 20:04:24 +1100
> From: steven.decosta at linkdigital.com.au
> To: okfn-au at lists.okfn.org
> Subject: Re: [@OKau] DataStart
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>
> My thought is that it is not bad, but a little disappointing that
> 'public-private' partnership so quickly has translated to 'lets fund a
> competitive culture of innovation startups with nothing to lose'. Early
> days though, so maybe this is just an easy start on the right kind of path
> forward.
>
> My view is that there are other ways Govt could stimulate such
> partnerships via alternative procurement or funding approaches with
> established SME, civil society groups and enterprise.
>
> We can replicate success in other markets and grow the data industry by
> supporting export activity and direct R&D incentive schemes.
>
> Why not give 200k to the Drupal Association with the caveat of funding
> modules and distributions built by AU companies which show global export
> potential around services and platform management?
>
> With bias, why not similarly fund the CKAN association or Open Knowledge
> to further global initiatives which support transformation toward a data
> driven economy?
>
> But generally, it isn't a bad thing :) very happy to see any such
> initiatives in Australia.
>
> On Monday, November 2, 2015, Ryan Cross <ryanecross at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Not sure if anyone else saw this announcement. Any thoughts?
>
>
> http://www.afr.com/news/politics/pm-opens-data-to-crowdsourced-startup-ideas-20151030-gknbuh
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