Update: Apparently all the lights in WA are from a bushfire.
I found this amazing image of earth by NASA from space and cropped it to show Australia.
I was wondering what all those lights were in Western Australia and it made me think about all the great ways Australia is lighting up right now in the web business space. Here is a list off the top of my head.
- Some bigger, older companies nailing it – Freelancer, 99Designs, Freshview, Atlassian
- Lots of angel investors putting money and time into younger businesses – Paul Bassat, Matt Rockman, Adrian Giles, Andrew Walsh, Paul Wenck, Anthony Pascoe, Jennifer Tejada.
- Amazing events like Sydstart, TiEcon, startup weekend, Lean Startup Machine, etc.
- Lots more developers, designers, marketers, accountants, lawyers around in the community.
- Stronger connections to Asia, Silicon Valley, Israel, Berlin, London and even Africa.
- Corporates taking innovation with startups seriously and getting involved in real ways.
On fire!