When it comes to the quintessential entrepreneur, there is no magic set of skills or perfect list of traits. However, Jeffrey Bussgang recommends that these are the kinds of questions you should ask yourself: Do you have an idea that no one can talk you out of? Do you have a partner you trust with complimentary [...]
Yesterday the Australian Businesswomen’s Network hosted a webinar with Seth Godin on his new book, Linchpin: Are you indispensable? Although the book mostly markets itself to workers keen to stand out within an organization, there are important transferable messages for entrepreneurs. In Linchpin Seth introduces a new way of thinking around artistry. An artist, he [...]
Pollenizer’s ability to access in-house expertise to service a broad range of client demands was evident in our work with consumer comparison website Getprice. It also made it the prime and only contender vying for the work. Getprice CEO Chris Hitchen explains why it is important having specific skill areas available for hire within one [...]
A year and a half ago we created a violent, yet exciting and creative chemical reaction from the coming together of start-up veterans from Australia, India and Europe. Now we are reflecting internally to try to describe what it is that we actually do. I want to share this with you guys not as a [...]
We’re lucky enough to meet a lot of passionate entrepreneurs at Pollenizer and I love it. Exciting ideas, real belief and a twinkle in the eye that says they’re ready to take a risk to make it happen. I just wish they’d care a little bit more about the story. It would make the listening [...]
Earlier today, I received this picture (click on the thumbnail since it’s quite large and needs to be seen in its full splendor) from Xavier, a friend that’s a practicing Agile Coach and PM in Belgium. Xavier has just started a fantastic blog on visual management for agile teams, you should definitely check the first [...]
Sometimes in the startup phase of a business, you’ll wrestle with the big issues for months at a time until you think you’ve nailed them. You feel like you’ve finally solved one of the great problems of our time. You get the big issues implemented in your front-end, announce it to your users, and sit [...]
Just saw Bart’s post on how funding can kill your startup and completely agree. Funding can be great for you and it’s certainly required at some points but I see startups all the time trying to solve problems in the wrong sequence. One of the suggestions I have is to try and solve the problem [...]
Recently I’ve been excited to see some solid entrepreneurs pass me executive summaries for worthy businesses. Great to see. However, these executive summaries have varied from average to amazing, and average just isn’t good enough. So to help these entrepreneurs out I have shared with them an executive summary template. It’s a template we use [...]
