by Phil Morle | May 3, 2013 | Scaling Your Business, Startup Science, Uncategorized
The law of the excluded middle states that: “for any proposition, either that proposition is true, or its negation is”. I’ve been thinking about this philosophical pearl as it applies to the holy grail of startup propositions: “[Startup X] has...
by Phil Morle | Apr 24, 2013 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
Photo courtesy of dierken There are a few articles on why startups are not just smaller versions of companies but these articles focus on what this means for the process and the product/market side. So what does this mean for the financial and operations side of the...
by Phil Morle | Apr 18, 2013 | Pygg, Startup Science, Uncategorized
Pygg has recently been diving deep into solving the cash issue in public schools. Every school day thousands of children across Australia carry cash to schools for payments relating to excursions, fees, sports days etc. For a five year old, this is plain crazy. We...
by Phil Morle | Apr 13, 2013 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
It was a sunny Monday morning 14th April 2008 when I strolled across the street to embark on what was my first day at Pollenizer. A couple of weeks earlier I’d met Phil at a neighbours BBQ, we talked about Pollenizer and he shared the pain he endured in setting up...
by Phil Morle | Apr 12, 2013 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
I’m obsessed with problems. When I hear someone complain about something I can’t help but to think about a solution, a “better way”. Needless to say that our recent move to France provided a whole new level of exposure to “problems”...
by Phil Morle | Apr 4, 2013 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
When you think of all the times you felt like avoiding the office to get a chunk of work done or just blast something out under a deadline, the idea of sharing an office, voluntarily, seems like pure madness. That said, the positives outweigh those negatives and far...
by Phil Morle | Mar 15, 2013 | Philipinnes, Pollenizer News, Startup Ecosystems & Events, Startup Science, Uncategorized
Pollenizer GM for South East Asia, Isaac Souweine, hung out with Franky Branckaute on The Bobbery to talk Pollenizer and the...
by Phil Morle | Mar 13, 2013 | Metrics, Startup Science, Uncategorized
This week’s Brown Bag was focused on Pirate Metrics and how to use them as the building blocks for actionable metrics. Pirate Metrics was coined by angel investor and 500 Startups founder, Dave McClure. It refers to the acronym AARRR and when said with one side...
by Phil Morle | Feb 27, 2013 | Pitching, Startup Science, Uncategorized
Tyler Crowley (@steepdecline), is the co-host of This Week in Startups and works one on one with early-stage companies before they pitch at the LAUNCH conference. He was in Sydney for a few days and ran two pitch clinics with a lucky few startups. I spent most of last...
by Phil Morle | Feb 26, 2013 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
Great video by Steve Jobs on Focus. Focus is not about what you say yes to, it’s about what you say no to. Read more about our thoughts in our book Startup Focus. People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s...
by Phil Morle | Feb 22, 2013 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
The following is a list of words and phrases that you can use when trying to fit in with the startup community: Product Roadmap Tracking bootstrapping lean startup lean canvas iterate product/market fit problem/solution fit MVP runway slide deck low-burn startup...
by Phil Morle | Feb 21, 2013 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
Jason Calacanis just posted about Sequoia’s most illuminating question to entrepreneurs. Why now? I am pitching my heart out for Pollenizer these days and enjoying the opportunity to try the different ways to think about what we do. The ‘Why Now?’...
