by Phil Morle | Sep 16, 2009 | Startup Science
I was cruising the Demopit at Techcrunch50 and spotted Tim O’Reilly a serious tech veteran and celebrity. I thought I’d stop him and get his thoughts on focus. Of course I’d sure he’d give us sage advice on why they should be brutally focused....
by Phil Morle | Sep 11, 2009 | Pitching, Startup Science
A message to our Sydney-based startup friends. Pollenizer is sponsoring Coming to America event, now on Thursday, October 15, 2009 from 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM. Rich venture environments exist where there is a pool of successful entrepreneurs re-investing back into...
by Phil Morle | Jul 10, 2009 | Pollenizer News
More pictures on our Flickr and the floor plan here (our space is the “Commercial 1”) 🙂 Lev 1, 65-67 Foveaux St, Surry Hills Find us on a map here. Get a desk, chair, net access, printer, board room, kitchen, whiteboards and high ceilings Share your office...
by Phil Morle | Jul 2, 2009 | Pitching, Startup Science
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...
by Phil Morle | May 7, 2009 | Startup Science
I’ve been a web product manager for what is beginning to feel like a long time, perhaps somewhere in that history there are some helpful experiences I can share with other product managers. Product management consultancy Brainmates was kind enough to invite me...
by Phil Morle | Apr 28, 2009 | Startup Science
Over the weekend, we released Posse. Here’s some coverage in the Australian newspaper. The idea came to Posse CEO, Rebekah Campbell, when she was struggling to sell Evermore tickets in Perth. Recruiting the fans to work for the band quickly fixed that problem...
by Phil Morle | Mar 24, 2009 | Startup Science
Is today the last day of our web business? Should we pack up our stuff and do something new? Has this idea failed? Will it ever gain momentum? Image thanks to Zoomar Have a meeting once per quarter and put this proposition to the team. It’s not about being...
by Phil Morle | Mar 17, 2009 | Startup Science
You remember the future we were promised, right? It had flying cars, robotic housemaids, one-piece shiny suits and meals in convenient pill form. We don’t live in that future because the people planning utopia fell in love with their own beliefs about what...
by Phil Morle | Mar 2, 2009 | Startup Science
Today we launched a ‘viral’ campaign with the Photo Art crew and I have some observations from the lab. I’ve been working with Photo Art Gallery for about 9 months in total, and four months full-on. I’m hoping to write up a bigger case study,...
by Phil Morle | Feb 23, 2009 | Startup Science
Startups often head towards mediocrity, low growth and less success because they set out to build a free product and the value matches the price. I’m proposing we reverse the way we look at the ‘freemium’ model and by doing so, build better...
by Phil Morle | Feb 16, 2009 | Startup Science
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...
by Phil Morle | Jan 23, 2009 | Startup Science
@mrsocial asked this question via twitter here and here. What is the best way for a new startup to get funding? — Mr. Social (@MrSocial) January 23, 2009 @liubinskas but how do you get to the point when you have little to no capital to start with? I wanna be...
