by Phil Morle | Oct 11, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
Pollenizer is a startup (4.5 years old) that runs startups and recently we’ve been talking about work / life balance. Someone in our team relayed the quote “No one on their deathbed wished they spent more time in the office?” It’s something...
by Phil Morle | Oct 11, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
When most people talk about design they think of a few common things: Fonts, colours, imagery and branding. We’re commonly talking about how a thing looks and feels. What is rarely mentioned however, is the “Design” of the product in terms how it...
by Phil Morle | Oct 9, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
I recently had the privilege of judging at Startup Weekend Manila. The experience got me thinking about what makes a great Startup Weekend pitch. Those thoughts turned in to a blog post, which was published on thebobbery, a tech blog and website focused on the...
by Phil Morle | Oct 8, 2012 | Customer Development, MVP, Startup Science, Uncategorized
I recently attended a Pollenizer Academy course – The “Lean Product Manager” by Pollenizer’s very own Michael Dijkstra. One of the most useful sessions for me was “The MVP”, where Michael showed the class how to write effective...
by Phil Morle | Oct 6, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
There was a time when it was impossible to get mainstream media coverage for Aussie tech startups, but that’s changed. Now it sometimes seems like there’s a new Aussie startup paper millionaire on the cover of our business magazines every issue. The millionaire...
by Phil Morle | Oct 3, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
Guest post from Wayne Butcher. Stuey! I ride with a bloke called Stuey. He’s a good bloke. The other day Stuey invited me around to his place for beers. He’s just renovated a lovely place in Bondi. Anyway, Stuey recently received my email about books and business and...
by Phil Morle | Oct 1, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
Listening to some of the Foundation talks by Kevin Rose and I caught a quick startup focus quote from Jeff Smith; Jeff – “Perhaps the thing to avoid, is that tempting new idea, that you want to do, but you haven’t really finished baking the current...
by Phil Morle | Sep 27, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
After reading this great blog post by Jason Cohen on Stealth Mode (thanks Pierre) I thought I’d share some other great UnStrategies for building startups. Sarcasm Filter On Everyone is your customer. The bigger your market, the bigger your business. Make...
by Phil Morle | Sep 18, 2012 | Events, Pitching, Startup Science
Getting your pitch right takes time, says Matt Allen, co-founder and CTO of enterprise startup, ProcessGo!, a company which helps simplify tendering processes giving companies a faster and more accurate way to assess potential suppliers. Allen delivered the winning...
by Phil Morle | Sep 18, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
For those of you who are not familiar with the term Product Market but are with the Indiana Jones Movies (showing my age) this is every startups Holy Grail! It is essentially what we are all trying to achieve when we start a new business that has no established...
by Phil Morle | Sep 4, 2012 | Startup Science
I have just come out of an inspiring weekend at Lean Startup Machine in Singapore. I met some great people and learned some new stuff. I’ll blog about that soon. I gave a short talk on Sunday afternoon and a few people asked me to share it so that they could...
