{"id":47426,"date":"2023-10-20T15:53:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/sydney-dev-camp-co-founder-launches-the-startup-community-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:53:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:53:39","slug":"sydney-dev-camp-co-founder-launches-the-startup-community-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/sydney-dev-camp-co-founder-launches-the-startup-community-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Dev Camp co-founder launches The Startup Community – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"

The co-founder of Sydney Dev Camp<\/a> is attempting to create a directory of the \u201cwho\u2019s who\u201d of the Sydney tech start-up ecosystem, after launching a website called The Startup Community.<\/p>\n

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Peter Argent, who founded Sydney Dev Camp alongside Danila Davidson, says he became inspired to create the website after coming across a start-up map of the US city of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI didn\u2019t really set out to make this a business as such. I feel Sydney needs a new, fresh way for start-ups in the city to connect,\u201d Argent told StartupSmart<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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Argent is quick to point out the free site is part of a vision he and Davidson share for Sydney Dev Camp.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe want to help put Sydney on the global map as a new hotspot for tech start-ups,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe feel that by fostering a great sense of community and fellowship amongst the people of the tech scene, it will naturally grow and be more successful.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI thought it would be great to have a fun website where I can start to make a profile for myself and enable others to have the same opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In addition to helping entrepreneurs connect with each other, Argent hopes fellow business owners will be able to seek out suitable accountants and legal firms.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA frequent question in the Silicon Beach Google group is \u2018Who knows a good start-up accountant and lawyer?\u2019 This directory will help answer that question in one place,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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One of the main features of the site is a map, which plots the listed start-up businesses.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI thought it would be great to see on the map where Sydney\u2019s start-up businesses were calling home, and to see which suburbs are popular,\u201d Argent says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt might even help new start-ups decide which area they should look for office space.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Argent says he built the site as a weekend project.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt has only very basic functionality and design at the moment but I have a list of planned features to add,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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The list includes better map markers, filtering map markers by business type, allowing social feeds for each profile and business, and a recommendation feature.<\/p>\n

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Argent says while the site only launched yesterday, the reception \u201chas been great\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think there\u2019s already about 10 or more start-ups that have created a profile. It looks good so far\u2026 We\u2019re thinking of open sourcing the platform so people in other cities can use it,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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The Startup Community follows in the footsteps of OzFounded<\/a>, which launched in September last year and is led by Shaun Campbell.<\/p>\n

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Similar to The Startup Community, the aim of OzFounded is to create a map of the Australian start-up ecosystem for the benefit of all those in it.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOzFounded connects start-ups and investors, incubators, co-working spaces and each other,\u201d Campbell told StartupSmart<\/i> in October.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe main aim of the project is to foster a greater sense of community, and to facilitate networking amongst entrepreneurs and tech companies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The key difference between The Startup Community and OzFounded is the former is Sydney-specific. But Argent is not the first to map out a city\u2019s start-up ecosystem.<\/p>\n

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Sydney-based venture technology agency BlueChilli has created a diagram of the leading Sydney players, while Adelaide-based co-working space The Majoran Distillery is also mapping out the city\u2019s start-up scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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