by Phil Morle | Feb 5, 2013 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
The first question of a new company should be………. Some say start small. Others say ‘what is your purpose on earth?’ And the gap between the two is your job as an entrepreneur. More correctly, it’s not choosing a single spot between...
by Phil Morle | Feb 1, 2013 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
This week I wanted to look at the other side of the delegation scale, at under delegation and the causes and consequences of failing to hand down work appropriately. Under delegation is when a superior withholds work, whether they realise it or not. Some of the...
by Phil Morle | Feb 1, 2013 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
Robert Scoble posted a solid list of lists and I further filtered it for Startups; 6. Google+ – so you can track it by Matthew Rappaport. Great list of over 300 active Google+ members. Matthew has a cool site called “Hangout Conversations” you might find...
by Phil Morle | Jan 25, 2013 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
Startups and Rock Bands have more in common than you might think. Do you remember Linkin Park? The rock band from Washington DC? Or was it Philly? Or Jacksonville? It’s difficult to remember because there is a Lincoln Park in just about every city in America –...
by Phil Morle | Jan 15, 2013 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
This is the first of three blog posts on delegation and the spectrum of delegation that exists, at least in my mind, in any workplace. As someone who has been on both the giving and receiving ends of delegation throughout my time at uni and work (relatively short as...
by Phil Morle | Jan 8, 2013 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
What is most likely to be the seed for a successful web business? Most would probably say an idea or a great team. Vijay Anand thinks not and argues that what really matters is to start by finding noticeable pain points that a sizeable audience would pay to see...
by Phil Morle | Dec 21, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
It’s hard to believe that it’s been less than half a year since I left the cozy confines of Yahoo to join the Pollenizer roller coaster. It’s been an amazing learning experience on a personal and professional level. As the year draws to a close, I...
by Phil Morle | Dec 17, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
You know we are big on focus. Mick’s focus talk is famous through-out the startup world and we even published a book on the subject. But focus is hard. Mick even starts his talk these days with the confession that he is terrible at it. Frankly, we all are. We...
by Phil Morle | Dec 5, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
One of the topics I touched on briefly during my internship at Pollenizer was the importance of Team Happiness in contributing to the dynamic of the workplace. At this point, after working at Pollenizer for more than 3 months, I wanted to expand this and highlight the...
by Phil Morle | Oct 21, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
I learned a new word in Manila today. Sigurista. If you are sigurista, you need things to go according to plan. An entrepreneur can’t be sigurista. I don’t think we have an equivalent in English so I am adding this one to my lexicon. Thanks to @pia_bernal...
by Phil Morle | Oct 15, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
Design is good from the start to the never-finish. We don’t know the right way to do design yet. We should be constantly learning to help it evolve, adapt and change for the better. When I tell other designers about Pollenizer’s lean approach, they often assume...
by Phil Morle | Oct 11, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
I did a talk at Vivid’s Failcon a few months ago and wanted to make it about actions not words. So I create a public spreadsheet and a short URL for it to share. During my talk I got people to jump onto their laptops/tablets and make contributions live as I was...
