Talk of the town is our weekly post of links and tidbits that we hear about, but didn’t get time to write about. 
- QuickMVP Startup Competition. Test your business idea in 5 minutes. The best ideas will earn mentorship, international exposure, and a $5,000 investment from RightVentures. http://www.javelin.com/quickmvp-competition/
- The Perth Code Dojo is open to developers of any language. The groups main focus is around software craftsmanship and sharing with others. Unlike other Dojos in Perth this is aimed at the professional community but newbies to programming are also welcome to attend . http://www.meetup.com/Perth-Code-Dojo
- Makers of the famous Bionic Shark Barrier, Form Designs are an industrial design agency based in Perth, creating lots of cool products for startups. We hope to be bringing you a lot more news from these guys. Check out their new newsletter here. Then subscribe here.
- With just over 6 weeks to go until Ignition 2014, here’s the latest news from Curtin.
- Local Kickstarter Project, YellowBanana is struggling to meet their target. YellowBanana is Australia’s FIRST online directory for teachers and lifelong learners – find anything to learn, taught by anyone, anytime, anywhere. Interesting to see a Potato Salad can raise over $50,000, but a legitimate startup solving a real problem struggles to raise $20k. Go help Jessica out please.
- Are you a FIFO worker and need flexible accommodation? FifoHouseMate could be your answer. Check out their airport sign!
- Did you forget SNAP? Perths regular startup pitch night is on again next week. Glen from Fat Hen VC is giving a quick talk about equity crowdfunding, then we have three entrepreneur pitch’s to
rip intoconstructively criticise. Grab a ticket now before they sell out. - Hot off the press is the Atomic Sky community membership. It include access to a range of events, it also provides you with a day a month of co-working in the Tech Hub. Check out the website for all the details and links to sign up.
- Enterprise Week up at Joondalup is coming together fast! Check out the schedule for the week.
- Speaking of co-working spaces, Sixty27 is launching with a Startup Weekend hackathon on the 8th, 9th and 10th August. Sign up here.
- Reminder, if you like startups and parties, Startup News is backing the most awesome Perth Startup Community event ever, Startup Ovation. So sign up to learn more or get involved.
- Video Cha Cha have launched and are offering a sweet video package for startups for $699. Go have a look.
- Uber, the taxi taunting startup from the US has officially launched its UberBlack service in Perth. At a subtle event held in Mt Lawley, Uber hosted a jiggle of journalists who grilled them incessantly on their blatant disregard for the law and public safety. Your //Startup News reporter however, asked the more important questions like what technology stack do they use, and will they be using Google driverless cars. All whilst sipping brewskies and nibbling on sliders. That story to follow when we can be bothered writing it up 🙂
- If you were inspired by the Four Hour Work Week, like I was, this article from Tims blog could be a good way to launch your startup. Don’t leave it to the last minute to plan your launch.
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