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I can relate to the lack of startup culture, specifically founders who, as you've experienced, refuse to give up any equity in return for committed co-founders. Brash independence is an Australian cultural cornerstone, often to a fault. I've encountered it more often than I care to remember, and been guilty of it just as much.

A lack of resources is a major concern, but it's the lack of co-operation which really holds us back. I hold hope that a couple of successful and generous founders will arise, sell out and establish a YC-like venture to foster the kind of thinking and giving that's needed.

(According to Wikipedia, Sir Keith Murdoch left his son Rupert the Adelaide News, from which he started News Corporation).