by Phil Morle | Dec 6, 2012 | Australia, Startup Ecosystems & Events, Uncategorized
Update: Apparently all the lights in WA are from a bushfire. I found this amazing image of earth by NASA from space and cropped it to show Australia. I was wondering what all those lights were in Western Australia and it made me think about all the great ways...
by Phil Morle | Jul 3, 2012 | Startup Science
During my 11 years working in the Mobile industry (1993-2004), I was amazed at the rapid speed in which mobile handset technology evolved. I fondly recall the first time my boss at Optus gave me my first mobile. It was an Ericsson GH197, a big old thing with an aerial...
by Phil Morle | Jan 18, 2012 | Pollenizer News
White labelling your product might sound like a great way to have a second revenue stream and make some fast cash, but it is hard, a big distraction and often just means you’re not strong enough yet. Ideas in no particular order: Focus – If you want to be...
by Phil Morle | Jan 12, 2011 | Startup Science
Talking to a founder of a new business they are just exploring right now, we had an interesting thread of conversation. Here is a rough recollection of it; Mick: “There is definitely a vision worth pursuing there, but the fact that we don’t know the first...
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 27, 2010 | Pollenizer News
If you haven’t played with word cloud creation tool Wordle by Jonathan Feinberg, you should! You can create pretty pictures out of your website or blog’s content. Wordle grabs all the words on the page or website you are ‘wordling’ and creates...
by Phil Morle | Apr 26, 2010 | Pollenizer News
Whilst most of the work week is spent thinking and dreaming about growing web businesses (our own, our clients), there is just enough time to think about other stuff. Just discovered: Industrial design magazine and community, Core77. Here are two fun stories tagged...
by Phil Morle | Apr 12, 2010 | Pollenizer News
It’s fun and challenging working with clients in different time zones, so it is good for the relationship when you can catch up in person. Samantha Howe (pictured) from Blurb visited Sydney in March to spend time with the Pollenizer Blurboz team; attend Blurb...
by Phil Morle | Mar 5, 2010 | Pollenizer News
UPDATE: The March Workshop is sold out, so here is the April Web Focus Workshop registration details. I’m running a Web Business Focus workshop for $80 on March 17. I’ve done more than 35 focus workshops for clients over the past two years and I love doing...
by Phil Morle | Nov 18, 2009 | Customer Development, Startup Science
Thinking about new companies finding, nurturing and winning over their first lot of customers and I realise there are a lot of similarities with forming habits. Patience – it takes time. It doesn’t happen instantly. Somethings do, like a click, or a visit...
by Phil Morle | Nov 17, 2009 | Pollenizer News
Are you keen to mix up your work space? Sick of the same old lunch place? Come on down to Pollenizer’s Sydney office in Surry Hills for our first ever Jelly! What’s a Jelly? A Jelly is when people come together to share an office for a day. We’re...
by Phil Morle | Nov 16, 2009 | Pollenizer News
Global Entrepreneurship Week kicks off in Sydney this week from 16 until 22 November. The week is a worldwide initiative to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. Events throughout the week provide useful getting-started information and networking opportunities for...
