> 13 years from starting to going public, so those of you who join a startup going on its 4th year, something to keep in mind
Atlassian started in Australia, a country where technology is generally considered a scam to separate idiots from their wallets. This significantly slowed down growth, and the founders have said they wished the company had left Australia sooner.
My own experience working in Australia (as an Australian) in innovative technology was extreme wariness of tech: it's an expense, not an investment. Local companies were cynical of technologies, even mainstream technologies in the US and UK, until there was at least one other Australian company using them.
Atlassian started in Australia, a country where technology is generally considered a scam to separate idiots from their wallets. This significantly slowed down growth, and the founders have said they wished the company had left Australia sooner.
Edit: this went from +2 to -2 very quickly. For anyone unfamiliar with Australian technology industry, here's a reference for Atlassian CEO comments: http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/557248/atlassian-ceo...
The Australian government also taxes employee options in such a way to make them non-viable: http://www.techworld.com.au/article/535906/what_atlassian_mo...
My own experience working in Australia (as an Australian) in innovative technology was extreme wariness of tech: it's an expense, not an investment. Local companies were cynical of technologies, even mainstream technologies in the US and UK, until there was at least one other Australian company using them.