From: Dean McEvoy (Booking Angel)

Hi Ivan,

Thanks again for all your efforts in the U.S. The exposure at the always on conference was fantastic. I would highly recommend the experience to companies who are at the right stage in their growth cycle. The American market is exciting and I'm glad to be working with you to help capture the opportunity. You have opened doors we would never have been able to open on our own and having you on board as an advocate for our business has been invaluable. Thanks also for your generosity. Dinner at Fogo de Chao was lovely.

Kind Regards

Dean McEvoy
Managing Director -
BOOKING ANGEL

From: Malcolm Allen

Well done Ivan, Alex, Lily and the rest of the gang.

The pitch preparation sessions were extremely valuable (critical) and you did a great job getting us “conference ready”. Also sharing your contacts with us so openly made a such a terrific difference to us all having a productive week.

Well done.

Regards
Malcolm

 

Ivan:

I would like to thank you for the invite. Your hospitality was first class!

I am not sure if the people you brought over realize what a unique opportunity BSI has offered to them. In many ways you have enabled opportunities far beyond those open to most US start-up companies!!! You have actually given them am "unfair competitive advantage" by the exposure to people like your buddy lasts night, not to mention, potential VC's.

If they do not go back and rave about what BSI has done for them, they are fools. I know that people had given you suggestions for future events, and no doubt, this was a learning experience for all, but you should be proud of how well this went as a first event. From my point of view...BRAVO!

Best,

Ivan

 

Hi Everyone,

You all did such a great job and the positive feedback and connections made and continuing to be made are very powerful, and a reflection of the innovative technologies you have developed and the level of preparedness you have achieved.

Please keep lists of all your contacts and share them with us, so we can continue to work with you on follow up and strategy for your continued presence in the U.S.A. This is just the beginning of the journey.

Your feedback is so important for the next group of Aussies, so please keep it coming in.

Ivan and Alex, congratulations on creating an amazing precedent to build on, for the entry of Australian companies into the U.S. and global market places. While requiring a high bar for quality, you have nurtured and provided enormous value to everyone attending both prior to and throughout the forums. Makes me proud to be associated with BSI.

Warm regards, Lily 310 505 1058

Also some feedback I received from the Managing Director of ‘ifinancial’ a VC company based in Boston:

Hi Was great meeting you to. Love the work you did with the Australians real added value. The lunch, the conference. Some of our competitors give poor name to the profession. So it was great to see someone doing it right. Boaz Vinogradov Managing Partner