Mick Liubinskas

Biography

Hi, I'm Mick. I co-founded Pollenizer with Phil, and head up the business, marketing and capital raising team.

At Pollenizer I work with startups to bring together customers and technology to make a great business.

I'm absolutely obsessed with focus. Lack of focus is the number one cause of failed businesses. You need to keep products really simple and nail that first target segment of customers, then you can think about growth. Keep it lean and focused and you can evolve fast enough to beat the big guys. It's also crucial to think about business model, capital raising and exit thoughts right from Day One, to be sure you're creating the right thing.

I've been building web and mobile products for 15 years with more than fifty companies like IBM, Virgin, Kazaa and my own startups. I work with development teams, designers, CEOs, sales people and investors from Europe, Asia and the USA, and get a kick out of seeing a product being used by real customers.

I've also run my own startups raised investment and worked in Europe, North America and Asia with Zapr & Tangler as CMO. I launched Zapr on stage and DEMO in Phoenix and pitched to Tim Draper 48 hours later. I launched Tangler at Techcrunch40 and pitched it to David Hornik the following week.

With Pollenizer, I've worked on some great startup web businesses including Wooboard, Unrenovated, 3eep, GetPrice, Xumii, Stagebitz, Blurb, Spreets and helped start MoGeneration.

When I'm not online, I'm surfing, playing football (soccer that is) or basketball, or maybe reading Neal Stephenson. I also love cooking and rocking out although maybe that's just a vague memory of my youth... I live in Sydney with my wife, son and cats Leo and Polly, who is quite the acrobat.

Email: Mick

Phone: +61 2 8005 6944