by Phil Morle | Mar 15, 2013 | Australia, Startup Ecosystems & Events, Uncategorized
The Australian technology industry faces unprecedented opportunity. It can be economy driving, child inspiring, job creating, life improving and world leading, Will we come together to make it happen? Seven years ago 17 people turned up to a dinner for startups. There...
by Phil Morle | Mar 1, 2013 | Annual Reviews, Pollenizer News, Uncategorized
Today Pollenizer turns 5 and it’s been one crazy ride. We talk a lot about what we’ve done and what we’ve achieved. I got asked last night why we started Pollenizer and it’s a great question and I’d like to share some thoughts on my...
by Phil Morle | Feb 6, 2013 | Pollenizer News, Uncategorized
This summer, something very interesting has been developing quietly in the Manning building of the University of Sydney. When exams finished at the end of November 2012, the campus fell silent and the usual hordes of students parading down the main boulevard, Eastern...
by Phil Morle | Dec 6, 2012 | Australia, Startup Ecosystems & Events, Uncategorized
Update: Apparently all the lights in WA are from a bushfire. I found this amazing image of earth by NASA from space and cropped it to show Australia. I was wondering what all those lights were in Western Australia and it made me think about all the great ways...
by Phil Morle | Jun 17, 2012 | Startup Science
I was on the innovation panel at the Salesforce.com Cloudforce event. Was a really good panel (not a bunch of short talks) and James O’Loghlin did a great job moderating. Key topics; Introducing #flearn to the world. Do we have a culture of innovation in...
by Phil Morle | May 22, 2012 | Capital Raising, Startup Finops
I decided to get into Angel investing because I believe that the next best thing to being the founder of a successful business, is to be an investor in a successful business. I’m not the sort of person who is likely to lock myself in a room and spend hours...
by Phil Morle | Feb 28, 2012 | Annual Reviews, Pollenizer News
Today, 29 February, 2012 – is the four year anniversary of the incorporation of Pollenizer Pty Ltd. Woohoo!!!! Yes, we were incorporated on a leap year just to be even more different. Wow, four years. Four big years. So much has happened I couldn’t...
by Phil Morle | Oct 16, 2011 | Pollenizer News
Pollenizer is seeking someone to lead, drive and grow our great team of startup marketing, customer development and customer acquisition peeps. What the role is; Leading a team of 4 customer development/marketing people as they work their butts off to start new web...
by Phil Morle | Oct 4, 2011 | Pollenizer News
Pollenizer is Australia’s leading start-up creation company. In three years, Pollenizer has made 25 investments, had a ~$40m exit and helped raise $10m+ in investment. Unlike other seed accelerators around the world, Pollenizer is a co-founder and hands on teammate in...
by Phil Morle | Sep 26, 2011 | Pollenizer News
Pollenizer has raised $500,000 for a seed fund it will use to invest in early stage Australian start-ups. Pollenizer co-founder Mick Liubinskas said he hoped to have invested all the money by June next year, with investments between $10,000 and $100,000. A key...
by Phil Morle | Feb 27, 2011 | Pitching, Startup Science, Tools and Templates
Here is a set of slides we use at Bootcamp, Startmate and other forums when we’re working with new startups. The idea is to be able to quickly and succinctly tell the full story of the business without thinking about it too much. You get 5 seconds per slide....
by Phil Morle | Feb 7, 2011 | Startup Science
As founders ourselves and working with hundreds of other entrepreneurs, we’ve found there are a lot of conflicting skills, principles and characteristics that it helps to have. Here are a few, add your own. Big vision and brutal focus. Deep empathy and...
