Shared Learnings
INSIDE THE INCUBATOR: ATHOL WHITTEN FROM MEZO
We interviewed Athol Whitten, Founder and CEO of Mezo. He has spent the last eight months in our incubation program after being awarded a place through DataStart, a program in partnership with the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet. Tell us a...
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TO THRIVE IN A FAST-CHANGING WORLD: EMBRACE UNCERTAINTY
At Pollenizer we always encourage people to make their visions big, towards global-scale problems and markets. But what if that big vision also has to accommodate rapid, unpredictable change? First, Brexit and now the results of the US Presidential Election have...
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MY DATA, YOUR MONEY: LET’S RE-INVENT FINANCE
Lately at Pollenizer, we’ve been thinking a lot about eXponential Organisations and how to help with rapid societal change. Last night, we launched an event focused on the future of money called Free | Money, sponsored by ASX500 lender Pepper Money. Here’s 10 things...
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FOUNDATION OF A SUCCESSFUL STARTUP – PART 2
So you’ve founded a startup with you and your buddies working around the table until 2am every night. But before you go on tour, let’s talk about keeping the band together. You can find the first part of this post here. The Balancing Act. It is crucial to get a...
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INNOVATION DEPARTMENTS … YOU HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED
Innovation is fickle. There doesn't seem to be any golden rules you can follow to guarantee success. Innovation for most companies is risky, expensive, demotivating and wasteful… except in those magical moments when it works. But even the best performers in your...
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FOUNDATION OF A SUCCESFUL STARTUP – PART 1
So you’ve founded a startup with you and your buddies working around the table until 2am every night. But before you go on tour, let’s talk about keeping the band together. First, look across the table. Before you commit to bringing anyone on board, make sure you are...
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3 REASONS PEOPLE WON’T INVEST IN YOUR PITCH
So much can ride on delivering a good pitch but what distinguishes a really good pitch from an average one? Very few people score a follow up meeting with an investor. Want to know the top 3 unspoken reasons you're likely to miss out? Let’s break it down... 1. YOU...
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FREE | MONEY – LET’S RE-INVENT THE FINANCE INDUSTRY
FINANCE IS RIGID, INFLEXIBLE AND NOT KEEPING UP If there’s one Australian industry that urgently needs re-invention, finance would have to be close to the top of the list. It often feels as if not a lot has changed since the first bank opened its doors here in 1817...
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WHEN STARTUPS CAN TAKE US TO MARS. HOW A STARTUP THINKS VS BIG GOVERNMENT
I can imagine the rockets going up and I am excited. Something wonderful happens when founders ask who cares about an idea and how they make the conditions for it to endure. This is how startups make amazing things with very little. They can't operate without this...
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WHY HIGH-VIZ MUST INNOVATE
Bruce Herbert is the Chief Supply Chain Officer for Coca-Cola Amatil East Japan. I asked him to write this post after he expressed a view during his closing remarks at our Firehose hackathon that struck a chord with me. 100 people had just spent 54+ hours...
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HOW YOU CAN HELP #NEXTMONDAY
This is a message to the innovation community of Australia. Friends, we are on the bleeding edge of the disruptive wave. Those that know me, will know I am a ‘stubborn optimist’. It is very hard for people like me to imagine that the future is worse than the past. You...
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STANDING AT THE START OF GEELONG’S NEW RUNWAY
This is a guest post by Leighton Wells from Runway Geelong. Geelong is transitioning, of this – there can be little doubt. Transitions are of endings but they’re also of beginnings. It’s these beginnings and the possibility that they bring that are truly exciting....
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