{"id":43275,"date":"2023-10-20T15:27:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/first-four-local-start-ups-selected-for-startup-house-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:27:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:27:24","slug":"first-four-local-start-ups-selected-for-startup-house-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/first-four-local-start-ups-selected-for-startup-house-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"First four local start-ups selected for Startup House &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government has announced the first four tech start-ups that will gain subsidised access to Startup House in San Francisco, as part of a program designed to help start-ups crack the US market.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-5953\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"funding\/nsw-govt-to-subsidise-12-local-start-ups-at-us-based-startup-house\/201202085321.html\">Earlier this year<\/a>, NSW Trade &amp; Investment launched the Australian Technology Showcase program which promises to help 12 tech entrepreneurs gain a foothold in Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As part of this promise, the government will subsidise the cost of renting office space and accommodation at Startup House, a venue where start-ups cohabitate as they develop their ideas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Startup House is the brainchild of Australian entrepreneurs Elias Bizannes and Bardia Houseman, and New Zealander Stephen Weir.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Located in San Francisco\u2019s SoMa district, Startup House is a 36,000 square foot facility providing premium office space, a co-working space housing 210 desks, a caf\u00e9 and a hostel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first four companies to gain subsidised access to Startup House are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>RecruitLoop<\/b>: a marketplace of experienced recruiters that charges an hourly rate with a recorded video interview platform, saving employers on cost and time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>ScriptRock<\/b>: offers online storage of information technology system configuration information, which can be stored, downloaded and executed as a test to improve system quality and save money.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>ZeroMail<\/b>: an email client with an integrated virtual assistant that builds personalised filters to sort priority emails and separate views for notifications, newsletters, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Brainworth<\/b>: presents a personalised curriculum in a game environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ScriptRock co-founder Michael Baukes says in order for start-ups to succeed \u2013 in Australia, the US or anywhere else \u2013 they need to set manageable goals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want a small amount of customers that love the product, rather than a huge number of customers \u2013 it\u2019s about quality,\u201d Baukes says.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf, after all your hard work, you are still not getting commitment, it\u2019s time to walk. When the response doesn\u2019t go beyond \u2018could be\u2019 or \u2018in the future\u2019, it\u2019s time to exit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut do so on good terms, as you never want to close the door on a future opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, RecruitLoop \u2013 <a href=\"growth\/recruitloop\/201109053791.html\">profiled by <i>StartupSmart<\/i> last year<\/a> \u2013 says starting a business can be incredibly overwhelming, so it\u2019s important to stay focused.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Our] biggest challenge was probably very similar to any other business in a pure start-up phase \u2013 you\u2019re trying to turn an idea into a functioning business,\u201d co-founder Michael Overell said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s an endless list of priorities and areas to work on\u2026 The challenge is knowing what to tackle and when.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake a decision and act on it early. The progress you make from moving quickly almost outweighs the risk of making an irreversible mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government has announced the first four tech start-ups that will gain subsidised access to Startup House in San<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}