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Developer Founders Have to Be Salespeople

by | Jul 8, 2010 | Startup Science

A short story about the difference between belief and experience to encourage developers to get out of their comfy chairs and go and talk to your customers. At Lean Startup Circle Sydney, a number of the people were concerned about having to go talk to customers as a...

Presenting the Pollenizer Podcast

by | Jun 24, 2010 | Pollenizer News

We’ve had a few iterations of start-up based podcasts here in Australia, some of which I’ve been involved in, but since there are none that we know of at present, we thought we’d fill in the void with the Pollenizer Podcast. In this first podcast,...

Startups: Don’t waste seconds or cents

by | Jun 24, 2010 | Startup Science

Briefly, I mentioned a quick business idea to Dean and Justus from Spreets. It was an alternate way to use the same technology to grow a new revenue stream. Dean’s response; “One day, but right now, I’m not wasting a single second or cent chasing...

Startups: Inbox addiction is hurting you

by | May 14, 2010 | Startup Science

Brief: By constantly looking at your inbox, you can only ever be reactive, not proactive. You control it, it shouldn’t control you. I get asked by some entrepreneurs and startup people about how to manage their inbox better so they can stay focused. I hear your...

How do you see your role in a startup?

by | Apr 29, 2010 | Startup Science

I was thinking about the different roles people play at various stages of a startup and how they approach it, and I was reminded of this old story; A man stopped by a building site and asked the first man what he was making. “I’m laying stones,” said...