Archive for January, 2009

How to start from nothing and get funding

Blog on January 23rd, 2009 0 Comments

@mrsocial asked this question via twitter here and here.
My answer to the first question;
@MrSocial best way to raise funds: a successful mgmt team or product that is making money, got 50,000+ users or seriously world changing.
Here is my answer to the second question;
Grow little by little as quickly as you can.
If you’re idea needs a [...]

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Bloggers Are Born, Not Made

Blog on January 14th, 2009 0 Comments

I’ve been working with the Photo Art team in the last two weeks on their new team blog called Photographic Art World. It’s been an interesting exercise and a reminder about the personality of a blogger.
Basically, I grabbed the domain, added Wordpress, grabbed a theme, added a few plugins and customised it. A few hours [...]

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Sydney Festival: Lessons in Simplicity

Blog on January 11th, 2009 0 Comments

Some friends and I attended Sydney Festival’s ‘First Night’ last night and it was massive. Huge. Over 200,000 people in Sydney and half the city blocked off.
And it wasn’t just entertaining. There were lessons in simplicity which made people go “Wow!” and “Why?”
Firstly, not enough simplicity. They launched “The Sydney”, a dance sequence they hoped [...]

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