by Tim Parsons | Feb 17, 2017 | Ecosystems, For Corporates, For Entrepreneurs, Insights, XO
YOU = FOUNDER, CEO, PRESIDENT, DISRUPTOR-IN-CHIEF Judging by our current obsession with US political news, it seems like we’re living in an age when leadership as a personal and professional skill, is as critical, and as mysterious, as ever. I still remember my first...
by Tim Parsons | Feb 7, 2017 | Ecosystems, For Corporates, For Entrepreneurs, Insights, XO
STARTUP SCIENCE, I.E. EVIDENCE-DRIVEN Those of you who are regular readers of Pollenizer’s blog will recognise our belief in evidence-driven business model discovery – something we call “Startup Science”. Startup Science uses hypotheses about...
by Clare Hallam | Jan 24, 2017 | For Corporates, For Entrepreneurs, Insights
Our lives are one big experiment that we are continually running. For the majority however, we most likely never think about this in a deliberate way. Well, maybe scientists do… Over the last 10 years, I’ve grown to think differently. I’ve become much more of a...
by Angie Antzoulatos | Jan 24, 2017 | For Entrepreneurs
Yes, you read right – sexy. How can Customer Experience (CX) be sexy? If you are a startup providing B2B or B2C products or services, CX can be sexy when you implement a simple framework enabling you to “build-measure-learn” from your customers. Taking an...
by Nicola Farrell | Dec 6, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs, Insights
One of the first things I learned working at Pollenizer was to ‘sell before you build’. Years on, old habits die hard. The process of inventing while selling, is nothing short of an art. Being resourceful, while demonstrating value you are yet to create. It’s...
by Amee Miranda | Dec 6, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs, Insights
Fernando Parra is Pollenizer’s Product Manager. It’s been a big year for Fernando and the Engineering Team. They’ve been at work building the Startup Science app – a solution enabling Startup Founders and Innovation Managers to measure and manage new growth in...
by Tim Parsons | Nov 17, 2016 | For Corporates, For Entrepreneurs, Insights
At Pollenizer we always encourage people to make their visions big, towards global-scale problems and markets. But what if that big vision also has to accommodate rapid, unpredictable change? First, Brexit and now the results of the US Presidential Election have...
by Tim Parsons | Nov 8, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs, Insights
Lately at Pollenizer, we’ve been thinking a lot about eXponential Organisations and how to help with rapid societal change. Last night, we launched an event focused on the future of money called Free | Money, sponsored by ASX500 lender Pepper Money. Here’s 10 things...
by Andrew Murphy | Nov 8, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs, Insights
So you’ve founded a startup with you and your buddies working around the table until 2am every night. But before you go on tour, let’s talk about keeping the band together. You can find the first part of this post here. The Balancing Act. It is crucial to get a...
by Andrew Murphy | Oct 25, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs, Insights
So you’ve founded a startup with you and your buddies working around the table until 2am every night. But before you go on tour, let’s talk about keeping the band together. First, look across the table. Before you commit to bringing anyone on board, make sure you are...
by Steve Sammartino | Jun 2, 2015 | For Entrepreneurs
Noticing the Patterns I’ve been a surfer for many years. In the time I went from a teenager to married man with children most of my old surfing buddies gave the sport away. But I’m one of those die hard surfers who still goes surfing winter or summer. For years I...
by Steve Sammartino | Apr 28, 2015 | Insights
I just finished reading Peter Thiel’s new book Zero to One. An easy read full of serious startup insights (worth the effort). But what I couldn’t help but thinking about was how similar it is to many other long standing business strategies. In fact, it reminded me the...
