by Phil Morle | Mar 23, 2011 | Metrics, Startup Science
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...
by Phil Morle | Mar 23, 2011 | Pollenizer News, Startup Science
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....
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...
by Phil Morle | Jan 20, 2011 | Pollenizer News
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...
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 5, 2010 | Pollenizer News
22 people, 17 startups, a big fat bucket of focus and a great day. Last Friday I was in Perth to run our first Bootcamp there. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. It turned out to be fantastic. Here are some highlights; 17 startups – how fantastic is that....
by Phil Morle | Oct 6, 2010 | Startup Science
At Pollenizer, we’re building new web products all the time and we need people to test these and help us make them better. If you would like to try new consumer products still under development then we’d love to hear from you. You can register your...
by Phil Morle | Sep 28, 2010 | Pollenizer News
Quick video from me on some of the reasons to go to the event this Thursday, September 30th, 2010 Register...
by Phil Morle | Sep 9, 2010 | Pitching, Pollenizer News
Innovation Bay has raised $6M from five dinners. If you need venture capital to shift your startup into its next fast-growth phase then Innovation Bay’s upcoming Angel Dinner in Sydney might be for you. If you are interested in coming to the dinner, have funds...
by Phil Morle | Aug 25, 2010 | Startup Science
Photo Credits: BenJTsunami – See original here. From time to time one of our portfolio companies gets to be featured on a prime time TV show (A Current Affair, Today Tonight…). This has obvious benefits for the business in terms of publicity, but it comes...
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...