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A Collision in Toronto, Sydney Startup Hub and how I left my soul (stone) on Vormir

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Casey Lau

May 7 · Issue #27 · View online
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Howdy - I just got an incredibly loooooong email newsletter from a friend - yikes 😳 so I’ve decided to scrub mine down to just 3 points every issue…if you get too many newsletters try using Stoop to manage them - I love it.
Toronto and CollisionConf.com
I’m heading to Toronto 🇨🇦 for Collision next week - I am super excited as from the looks of it, it is 7 TIMES LARGER than last year’s event in New Orleans. 7 TIMES! I’m proud of my home country for stepping up and embracing the event and I know it will return the love 100-fold with a sun-like spotlight on the entire country’s amazing startup scene like it did to Portugal.
If you still are on the fence, let me know, maybe you can join me and a few dozen other Asian startups, investors and connector buddies to see what all the poutine is about.
Sydney Startup Hub
I met a lot of great people and saw a lot of cool stuff in my 1 week in Sydney, but the thing I tell everyone about is the Sydney Startup Hub - a government project to house all things startup in one location:
  • 11 floors in downtown Sydney on top of one of the main subway stops - with a park right in front of it.
  • 7 floors of co-workspace for different levels of startups, 3 corporate accelerators and 1 startup bank (the New South Wales gov!)
  • Event space, free space for meetings, tons of workshops and, did I mention it was in the middle of the city not in BFE (look it up)
Shout out to my super-connectors Brendan Yell and Cheryl Mack (Daddy). Imagine if you knew everyone in the Australian startup scene between 2 people 🤯
Things I'm reading that you should too:
...and my 3 Photos from my Camera Roll
Sailing Sydney Harbour on a Sunday! Now I get Australia!
Sailing Sydney Harbour on a Sunday! Now I get Australia!
I love my AirPods but THESE, Sony WH1000XM3 Noise Cancelling Headphones, are the best things I've bought, I don't even play music in them - just peace and quiet.
I love my AirPods but THESE, Sony WH1000XM3 Noise Cancelling Headphones, are the best things I've bought, I don't even play music in them - just peace and quiet.
Avengers Endgame will beat Avatar by the time you read this. Incredible.
Avengers Endgame will beat Avatar by the time you read this. Incredible.
That’s it for this issue - more when I get back from Toronto 🇨🇦
Your friend,
Casey 🤓
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