by Fernando Parra | Mar 10, 2015 | For Entrepreneurs
At Pollenizer we have a different way of doing things. While it’s in our DNA to dream big, we put a strong focus ensuring that we follow the critical steps to get there. Most of the time these critical steps come in the form of experiments, which drive our...
by Sam Birmingham | Jan 19, 2015 | For Entrepreneurs
The mining and construction boom which has powered Australia’s economic growth over recent decades is waning. The digital revolution and innovation will be crucial to our future, but what does the narrative connecting our old economy and new economy sound like? Being...
by Sam Birmingham | Dec 9, 2014 | For Entrepreneurs
Phil wrote a punchy piece earlier this year about the balancing act between brutal truth and hope being a condition of startup success. “Without brutal truth, we live the startup dream until we run out of money and go back to our day job. Without hope, we never...
by Steve Sammartino | Nov 20, 2014 | For Entrepreneurs
We are born entrepreneurs. And then we spend the next 12 years at industrialised schooling which quickly whips any kind of creative free thinking spirit out of us. Yes, we learn to conform, follow rules, colour inside the lines, fill in the boxes and get told that the...
by Phil Morle | Aug 21, 2014 | For Entrepreneurs
A few weeks ago, Gabe Rivera from Techmeme tweeted this picture. It hit me. It explained super simply something I witnessed a lot in the Belgian and the Philippine Startup Ecosystems. Before I make my point, let me bring some context. Hockey stick growth is THE WORST....
by Steve Sammartino | Aug 13, 2014 | For Entrepreneurs
Here’s what we are told to do • quit whatever we are doing • go all or nothing • start our startup • give ourselves the no back Apparently this is a key to the mandatory “we must succeed” mentality. It’s probably the worst advice that exists for budding entrepreneurs....
by Steve Sammartino | Jun 30, 2014 | For Entrepreneurs
There are two parts to the pitching process when it comes to startups and pretty much selling anything. The Science and the Art. The first piece of advice I’d give to anyone learning how to pitch is learn the functional elements first – the Science. The formats, the...
by Steve Sammartino | Jun 21, 2014 | For Entrepreneurs
The fact that you are reading this on the internet right now, on a laptop, possibly on a smartphone, certainly if you’re in a developed economy means that your worst case scenario in life, for most things, is not really that bad. The cost of failing as an entrepreneur...
by Steve Sammartino | Jun 21, 2014 | For Entrepreneurs
The truth of all things is that we rarely play for the big leagues without a bit on minor league practice. The good news for budding startup founders is that just like baseball we can practice the craft of entrepreneurship in a relatively low risk environment. And...
by Steve Sammartino | May 15, 2014 | For Entrepreneurs
I spent a large part of my career in a marketing capacity working for large consumer goods companies – in fact, two of the worlds biggest. In doing so, and through having such blue chip training I thought I knew a thing or two about business. I thought I’d march into...
by Phil Morle | May 12, 2014 | For Entrepreneurs
Watch this scene from Batman: The Dark Knight Rises. Bruce Wayne is trapped in an underground prison. There is a way out involving a perilous climb to the sunlight above. He, like others, has tried to reach the sunlight but failed. The objective failed, but his life...
by Steve Sammartino | May 4, 2014 | For Entrepreneurs
It’s easy to mistake our own passion in our new startup. We’re so excited we think our mum, our spouse and even our friends might be as excited as we are as we enter the launch phase of our commercial baby. But the truth is that they don’t really care, and that it is...
