by Phil Morle | Feb 5, 2013 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
The first question of a new company should be………. Some say start small. Others say ‘what is your purpose on earth?’ And the gap between the two is your job as an entrepreneur. More correctly, it’s not choosing a single spot between...
by Phil Morle | Oct 3, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
Guest post from Wayne Butcher. Stuey! I ride with a bloke called Stuey. He’s a good bloke. The other day Stuey invited me around to his place for beers. He’s just renovated a lovely place in Bondi. Anyway, Stuey recently received my email about books and business and...
by Phil Morle | Oct 1, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
Listening to some of the Foundation talks by Kevin Rose and I caught a quick startup focus quote from Jeff Smith; Jeff – “Perhaps the thing to avoid, is that tempting new idea, that you want to do, but you haven’t really finished baking the current...
by Phil Morle | Aug 2, 2011 | Startup Science
I was recently travelling in Europe and as I was waiting for my Nice to Dubai flight to board I noticed the following billboard ad: Thoughts in my mind went as follow: I wish I was the target audience 😉 What a great focus! Wait a minute… lol, @mick would love...
by Phil Morle | Jul 29, 2011 | Startup Science
(Yes, this is the way I think) I had a flashback to this video that my brother and I danced to when I was about 4. (It’s a great video, watch the whole thing – some great cameos including Paul Simon and Danny Devito) You can’t do two wonderful things...
by Phil Morle | Jan 21, 2011 | Startup Science
I hear lots of startup founders get worried when I talk about testing things fast, moving quickly, trying different target micro-segments and failing constantly on the way to finding a working model. “Yeah, but won’t we be burning people? Won’t they...
by Phil Morle | Oct 20, 2010 | Startup Science
A quick, good example of a very focused first target micro-segment is Honestly.com “Previously, access to Unvarnished has been limited to invite-only or professionals from a list of roughly 200 pre-approved tech/tech-related companies.” From Techcrunch. By...
by Phil Morle | Oct 4, 2010 | Startup Science
I’m pretty busy right now, but when this subject line hit my inbox, I had to open it; I hated listening to your talk at SydStart Here is what it said; Hi Mick, My name is Kevin Lippy and I founded a company called Brokepacker.com, a booking engine for...
by Phil Morle | Sep 15, 2010 | Startup Science
If someone who loves you is wrong for you, you need to dump them and move on. You can’t two time as a startup. This post is inspired by the KaChing case study on Startup Lessons Learned on Pivoting on Eric Ries blog, and this quote; Which is a nice story. But...
by Phil Morle | Jun 24, 2010 | Startup Science
Briefly, I mentioned a quick business idea to Dean and Justus from Spreets. It was an alternate way to use the same technology to grow a new revenue stream. Dean’s response; “One day, but right now, I’m not wasting a single second or cent chasing...
by Phil Morle | Jun 23, 2010 | Startup Science
More often than not, we have a lot on our plates. Usually when this happens, it’s very easy to be tempted by distractions. I found this blog post by Darren (which is aimed at bloggers, but applicable to web businesses) at problogger.net truthful and interesting....
by Phil Morle | May 18, 2010 | Pollenizer News
Below is a short video of Donald Trump at the Real Estate Wealth Expo in Los Angeles in 2007, answering a question about focus and his own experiences. Focus is important to not only new businesses and entrepreneurs but those who are ‘old-hands’, who may...
