by Phil Morle | Dec 14, 2012 | Opinion, Uncategorized
One of our goals in publishing FLT is to encourage founders to contribute — agree, disagree, expand on topics, share stories and tell us what we could be doing better to help foster the local tech startup community. It’s still early days, so there hasn’t...
by Phil Morle | Nov 14, 2011 | Startup Science
Every time I attend an event like Pushstart and SydStart, I get asked the same questions about community. Do I need a community? What should I use to build a community? How do I build a community? The answers to the first two questions are simple: ‘YES’...
by Phil Morle | Nov 30, 2010 | Pollenizer News
Pollenizer has been named one of Australia’s ‘Coolest’ businesses in Anthill Magazine’s Fifth Annual Cool Company Awards. Pollenizer has been named a Finalist in Anthill Magazine’s Fifth Annual Cool Company Awards, a national program developed in 2006 to recognise...
by Phil Morle | Nov 11, 2010 | Startup Science
The Pollenizer team is constantly exposed to a flux of new entrepreneurs with web-businesses ideas. This stream comes to us either via our Bootcamp sessions, Pitches rounds, Investors network or more broadly via the various social media tools our antennae can reach....
by Phil Morle | Nov 4, 2010 | Pollenizer News
I’ve been a bit of a schmuck lately. Yep, I have. Pimping our companies on Twitter instead of being a part of the conversation. Reading posts and not posting my own. I feel a little dirty. Taking those lollies on he counter and only putting in 20c. Bad, bad,...
by Phil Morle | Jun 26, 2010 | Pollenizer News
As many of you know, we’ve been helping Spreets get started, so we’re very excited to announce today that Spreets has launched to all Australian capital cities. Read the media release below for more info: Group buying site Spreets receives $2 million...
by Phil Morle | May 28, 2010 | Pollenizer News
Our community loves to come together to share ideas, network and have fun. Pollenizer loves supporting the community and we love to throw a party when we have friends from our of town visiting. Next week some entrepreneurial folk from Perth are coming to Sydney for...
by Phil Morle | Apr 20, 2010 | Pollenizer News
By Bree Clare At present there are over 400 million active users of Facebook worldwide, and 50% of those active users log on daily (Facebook Press room). So it’s no surprise that businesses are now using Facebook groups and pages to promote their goods and/or...
by Phil Morle | Apr 12, 2010 | Pollenizer News
It’s fun and challenging working with clients in different time zones, so it is good for the relationship when you can catch up in person. Samantha Howe (pictured) from Blurb visited Sydney in March to spend time with the Pollenizer Blurboz team; attend Blurb...
by Phil Morle | Mar 30, 2010 | Pollenizer News
Ever wondered how people turn their personal online passions into profit? Todd Selby did it by convincing big businesses to think outside the norm of how they could use his images and popularity to market their products. Listen to how he did it here: Video courtesy of...
by Phil Morle | Mar 24, 2010 | Startup Science
Social media enterprise 3eep experienced the depth and breadth of Pollenizer’s expertise in getting its online community SportsPassion off the ground. From technology strategy and implementation to product and market development, the Pollenizer team played an...
by Phil Morle | Nov 18, 2009 | Customer Development, Startup Science
Thinking about new companies finding, nurturing and winning over their first lot of customers and I realise there are a lot of similarities with forming habits. Patience – it takes time. It doesn’t happen instantly. Somethings do, like a click, or a visit...