by Phil Morle | Jul 27, 2012 | Pollenizer News
My final week at Pollenizer and I’m not sure whether things have slowed down or that this week just seemed a bit more consistent than usual. Throughout the work I have been able to work on my University presentation with the intention of presenting part of it at...
by Phil Morle | Jul 26, 2012 | Pollenizer News
This is a guest post from Bruce McGregor. Bruce has made the leap from being a group head at Optus Digital to being the CEO of a startup that we hadn’t imagined 4 weeks ago – Tiwala Coming from the big corporate end of town, I admit it’s daunting to...
by Phil Morle | Jul 25, 2012 | Pollenizer News
Pollenizer events are getting bigger with significant milestones such as the launch of From Little Things events, the introduction of Pollenizer Academy and ongoing Lean Startup Bootcamps. We are constantly scouting for new people to come into Pollenizer and start...
by Phil Morle | Jul 20, 2012 | Pollenizer News
The theme of my second last week at Pollenizer has been about team happiness and how to best achieve this. During my time at Pollenizer I have definitely come to appreciate the importance of team happiness in the workplace and the effect this has on the entire...
by Phil Morle | Jul 20, 2012 | Pollenizer News
Sitting next to the entry buzzer, I’ve had first-hand experience into the veritable turn-style that is the Pollenizer front door. The steady stream of people that range from delivery men to corporate investors just adds to the buzz of activity at the ‘hive’. It’s this...
by Phil Morle | Jul 20, 2012 | Pollenizer News
Focus. It seems simply enough, but I don’t think I really understood the point of it till now. I’ve always wanted to try out new ventures in life, but I often found myself trying to juggle way too many variables around that it just felt completely overwhelming. I...
by Phil Morle | Jul 17, 2012 | Pollenizer News
Talent has been very active at Pollenizer over the last year. We are very lucky to have the team that we have; its commitment, effort and collective motion makes Pollenizer what it is. The Talent and HR hub needs to ensure that we not only attract amazing talent, but...
by Phil Morle | Jul 12, 2012 | Pollenizer News
Rounding out the first month at Pollenizer has capped a steep learning curve. Pollenizer Academy kicked off on Wednesday, a course aimed at teaching the ‘lean startup’ methodology that Pollenizer encapsulates: ‘spreading the Pollenizer seed’. Suffice to say the place...
by Phil Morle | Jul 12, 2012 | Pollenizer News
My third week here and there are no signs of slowing down. This week’s theme is all about training and development, which is appropriate given this week marks the beginning of Pollenizer’s Academy sessions which are open to members of the public as well as staff in...
by Phil Morle | Jul 12, 2012 | Pollenizer News
The Pollenizer experience pushes into my fourth week. Customer acquisition. Customer attraction. Customer CTR. These appear to be the theme of the week for me. Customers are often difficult to obtain despite the ease of placing ads online compared to traditional...
by Phil Morle | Jul 12, 2012 | Pollenizer News
Eric Ries says; “Entrepreneurs are everywhere. You don’t have to work in a garage to be in a startup.” He’s right, but they did work in a garage last night when we premiered Pollenizer Academy. With a background in theatre, Pollenizer Co-Founder, Phil Morle, was...
by Phil Morle | Jul 10, 2012 | Pollenizer News
Third week of Pollenizer started with a move to the Business Development and Marketing aspect of Pollenizer, which is aimed at pushing the Pollenizer brand to the world. With the Pollenizer Academy kicking off in a matter of days, there was a fair bit to do for Nicola...
