Got an idea? Now research it.

Blog on November 21st, 2011 2 Comments

It is hard to keep up with ever-growing startup community, but you also need to know what is going on in the startup world. What the trends are, what kind of startups are popular, or which are getting traction. You also may need to do competitor research from time to time to see what they [...]

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New role: Startup Marketing Lead

Blog on October 16th, 2011 1 Comment

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 businesses. Build processes and systems to more efficiently and effectively get customers [...]

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Which startup idea should you pursue?

Blog on October 11th, 2011 8 Comments

So here is a challenge for you. I got an email today from a guy who had 3 ideas he could pursue and he wanted advice on which one to do. I answered with this; Which business idea gets you so excited you could sell it to the world and get up 3 years in [...]

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Pollenizer Ventures Australian Startup Seed Fund

Blog on September 26th, 2011 1 Comment

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 difference from other venture firms is that Pollenizer joins as a co-founder, [...]

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Customer Empathy

Blog on July 25th, 2011 No Comments

Recently we did a test of a promotion for Wooboard and we learned a lot. We had a great offer, clear call to action, a good value price – let the cash roll in! Ummm… we forgot to sell the product…. Yes, in our excitement or more accurately our myopia, we had assumed the world [...]

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Numbers that matter

Blog on March 23rd, 2011 No Comments

Quick post – as a startup there are hundreds of numbers you can look at but few matter. Visits Page views Registered users These typically aren’t worth zip by themselves. When I want to splash the hot chilli sauce of reality on my face to get the brutal focus back onto what’s important, I go [...]

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StageBitz joins the Pollenizer Portfolio

Blog, Portfolio, Web Strategy on March 23rd, 2011 No Comments

StageBitz is the latest promising Australian startup to join Pollenizer’s growing venture portfolio. This early-stage company is currently seeking strategic partners who can make a valuable contribution to the business through capital investment and expertise. StageBitz is a cloud-based web app that makes prop management a breeze for stage, film and TV production professionals. The [...]

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The many ‘ands’ of a startup founder

Blog on February 7th, 2011 1 Comment

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 benevolent dictatorship. Daily flexibility and arrogant stubbornness. Unending patience and constant change. Respect of [...]

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Yahoo!7 Acquires Spreets, A Pollenizer Portfolio Company

Blog on January 20th, 2011 2 Comments

Fantastic news today for the Spreets team, for Yahoo!7, for the Australian technology community and of course the Pollenizer team. Read below for the story, and a few notes from us at the bottom. Yahoo!7 acquires Spreets – leading Australian and New Zealand online Group Buying company SYDNEY, Australia, 20 January, 2011 – Online media [...]

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Anthill’s Cool Company Awards (2010)

Blog on November 30th, 2010 No Comments

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 Australian companies that are doing things differently to bring about positive change. Over 700 aspiring ‘cool [...]

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