by Phil Morle | Oct 17, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
James Marin; co-founder of GoParcel, says it’s impossible to achieve a balance between a part-time role in the wine industry, and the startup which he is trying to build; a site allowing you to send urgent parcels in hours rather than days. Marin worked...
by Phil Morle | Oct 17, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Alvin Singh is a quintessential engineer; he sees problems, and he solves them. After letting his tax slip for the past few years, Singh thought it was time to get on top of things. Excel wouldn’t do. Singh wrote some software which could scan his past bank...
by Phil Morle | Oct 17, 2012 | Resources, Uncategorized
Last week, Mark Greig, Commercial Director of Pollenizer Global, wrote a post on the Pollenizer blog, looking at different ways to raise investment as an Australian startup. It’s received some strong interest from investors and startup founders alike. We caught...
by Phil Morle | Oct 17, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Jimmy Lee and wife Alison, want to make it easier to organise group activities using their app chillwithme, so that you no longer have to send countless emails or messages back and forth to organise a group activity, like dinner at a restaurant. Jimmy, who has a...
by Phil Morle | Oct 16, 2012 | Resources, Selling Your Business, Uncategorized
It’s the ultimate goal for many startups; build a company and have it acquired in a few years, locking in a nice, tidy exit; but how do you actually prepare your business so that this can happen? There are a few things you should be doing from pretty early on...
by Phil Morle | Oct 15, 2012 | Oomph, Pollenizer News, Portfolio Company News, Uncategorized
Pollenizer has teamed up with Oomph to present a course on Designing and Publishing iPad Apps. Register here, to learn how to design and publish iPad apps using the Oomph designer friendly app development platform. If you can use InDesign you can design and publish...
by Phil Morle | Oct 15, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
Design is good from the start to the never-finish. We don’t know the right way to do design yet. We should be constantly learning to help it evolve, adapt and change for the better. When I tell other designers about Pollenizer’s lean approach, they often assume...
by Phil Morle | Oct 11, 2012 | Resources, Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Dan Solo left his job with the NSW Ambulance Service, frustrated with the difficulties of working in a large organisation, but says he’s now experienced first-hand just how fast you need to move in a startup. His current startup, Fillim, helps film-makers...
by Phil Morle | Oct 11, 2012 | Resources, Uncategorized
Dr Jana Matthews, Program Director of the ANZ Innovyz entrepreneurship program and CEO of the Jana Matthews Group, thinks going global isn’t just an option these days, it’s a necessity. Speaking at TiECON Sydney on Wednesday, Matthews said while it may be...
by Phil Morle | Oct 11, 2012 | Grinfographics, Uncategorized
We love those link bait blog posts that give you ten best services to use, three great ideas to try, and any number of unbeatable tips on how to smash your competitors on everything from raising capital to optimising your search rankings. So here’s our six tips...
by Phil Morle | Oct 11, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
The UK’s largest online fashion site, ASOS is reported to be shipping the equivalent of four jumbo jets worth of stock to Australia every week; a figure which demonstrates the growing market for online fashion. There are plenty of Australian sites tapping into...
by Phil Morle | Oct 11, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
I did a talk at Vivid’s Failcon a few months ago and wanted to make it about actions not words. So I create a public spreadsheet and a short URL for it to share. During my talk I got people to jump onto their laptops/tablets and make contributions live as I was...
