by Clare Hallam | Apr 2, 2017 | Insights
Friday 31st March 2017 was the last full time day for the all of team at Pollenizer including myself and Phil. We marked the occasion with two events. THE LAST POLLENIZER XPOLL At the last ever XPoll, Phil shared a presentation; ‘Never stop eating your own dogfood....
by Phil Morle | Mar 3, 2017 | Insights
#fakenews My next job is to see that the amazingly talented Pollenizer team land new challenges that are BETTER than Pollenizer. Sorry for the clickbait, but I knew you would be curious about what I did next so I exploited how Facebook has re-wired your brain to love...
by Phil Morle | Mar 2, 2017 | Insights
SUMMARY This week, Pollenizer turned nine years old and it is time to make some changes. Pollenizer closing Melbourne and Sydney incubators, ceasing new consulting and education business as current engagements conclude. Directors will continue to support portfolio of...
by Tim Parsons | Feb 17, 2017 | Ecosystems, For Corporates, For Entrepreneurs, Insights, XO
YOU = FOUNDER, CEO, PRESIDENT, DISRUPTOR-IN-CHIEF Judging by our current obsession with US political news, it seems like we’re living in an age when leadership as a personal and professional skill, is as critical, and as mysterious, as ever. I still remember my first...
by Tim Parsons | Feb 7, 2017 | Ecosystems, For Corporates, For Entrepreneurs, Insights, XO
STARTUP SCIENCE, I.E. EVIDENCE-DRIVEN Those of you who are regular readers of Pollenizer’s blog will recognise our belief in evidence-driven business model discovery – something we call “Startup Science”. Startup Science uses hypotheses about...
by Phil Morle | Jan 31, 2017 | Ecosystems, Insights
Welcome to your new role as Minister for Innovation. I am a big believer in your mission and hope you can keep it for longer than those that came before. You will need to convince your colleagues that innovation takes time. Explain to them it is a cliche that startups...
by Clare Hallam | Jan 24, 2017 | For Corporates, For Entrepreneurs, Insights
Our lives are one big experiment that we are continually running. For the majority however, we most likely never think about this in a deliberate way. Well, maybe scientists do… Over the last 10 years, I’ve grown to think differently. I’ve become much more of a...
by Nicola Farrell | Jan 24, 2017 | For Corporates, For Entrepreneurs, Insights
The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else – Eric Ries As we embark on a new year, new goals are set. Startups are retrieving focus from the year passed and gaining momentum for big ambitions in 2017. The emphasis is on optimization, performance...
by Phil Morle | Dec 19, 2016 | Insights
The great privilege of my job is the opportunity to pattern-match across multiple industries and organisations, all trying to invent the future. Here’s some personal lessons learned from 2016. It takes more than tools. We spent years developing Startup Science...
by Nicola Farrell | Dec 6, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs, Insights
One of the first things I learned working at Pollenizer was to ‘sell before you build’. Years on, old habits die hard. The process of inventing while selling, is nothing short of an art. Being resourceful, while demonstrating value you are yet to create. It’s...
by Amee Miranda | Dec 6, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs, Insights
I sat down and had a chat with Damien Metcalf, Pollenizer’s Creative Director. He recently led Pollenizer’s rebrand, which launched earlier this year. In our conversation, Damien shared his thinking behind the rebranding process and the lessons he learned during this...
by Amee Miranda | Dec 6, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs, Insights
Fernando Parra is Pollenizer’s Product Manager. It’s been a big year for Fernando and the Engineering Team. They’ve been at work building the Startup Science app – a solution enabling Startup Founders and Innovation Managers to measure and manage new growth in...
