by Phil Morle | May 13, 2012 | Startup Science
One thing I have noticed working and observing how other startups progress there is not enough evidence backed decision making. I have even been guilty of this and running with my ‘gut’ instinct instead of hard numbers justify either a change in product,...
by Phil Morle | May 10, 2012 | Startup Science
This is guest post by Pascal Finette from Mozilla. Pascal is a long time friend of Pollenizer and the Director of the Open Innovation Group at Mozilla. We are proud to be associated with Mozilla’s incubator (WebFWD) and to have Pascal’s learnings on...
by Phil Morle | May 5, 2012 | Startup Science
The Startup Weekend Sydney team have put together a terrific video of the experience. Check it our here. The community is coming alive. We’ve got some more of these coming together. We are thinking of theming them and have the following in mind. Tweet us if you...
by Phil Morle | Apr 30, 2012 | Startup Science
The efficiency stage comes before scaling and after validation. This stage is about refining the value proposition for the mainstream market, streamlining the conversion funnel and finding profitable high volume customer acquisition channels for growth. Efficiency is...
by Phil Morle | Apr 26, 2012 | Startup Science
“Disruptive Innovation gives a whole new population of consumers access to a product or service that was historically only accessible to consumers with a lot of money or a lot of skill” – Clayton Christensen Regardless of where you plan to be in the...
by Phil Morle | Apr 25, 2012 | Enterprise Incubation, Startup Science
Our Chairman and chief disruptor, Tony Faure, was interviewed by Alan Kohler on Q Radio’s Talking Business. It’s a great insight into what he does, especially the discussion about his steady hand on company boards in the turbulent waters of startups....
by Phil Morle | Apr 25, 2012 | Startup Science
Tony Faure and I are in Singapore with our friends at JFDI. JFDI (it doesn’t stand for what you think it does…. honest) is supported by Singtel’s Innov8 fund and is most like Startmate in Australia, providing a 100 day program with a pitch day at the...
by Phil Morle | Apr 19, 2012 | Startup Science
I get lots of emails from people looking for new adventures and I’d love to help. Sometimes though, it’s hard to know what to do with them. I either get a long email, a long resume, or a long linkedin page. I don’t know how to process that and who to...
by Phil Morle | Apr 16, 2012 | Startup Science
Music is a part of our lives, it’s almost impossible to not come across a song on a daily basis (I’m factoring in the slight chance that people may not use technology). The question is should your workplace have music playing? The short answer… yes!...
by Phil Morle | Apr 15, 2012 | Startup Science
Find a niche you can win in a very big market. Win that niche and start growing. Keep growing till you’re big. OK, contrite, but again, just some thoughts. Honestly, I haven’t got to number 3 yet. Spreets sold early. Pollenizer is only 4 years old and not...
by Phil Morle | Apr 15, 2012 | Startup Science
I’ve been thinking through this and whilst part of it is obvious, it really makes me challenge where we spend our time and our process. If you are starting a new cafe, law firm or even media blog, it’s not a startup. You know your business model,...
by Phil Morle | Apr 7, 2012 | Startup Science
Eric Ries (@ericries) came by the Hive last Wednesday for a clinic on our startups. We’ve been a living the lean startup approach for a few years now and it is definitely something we can never be ‘good enough’ at. This time with Eric, it was...
