by Phil Morle | Apr 27, 2012 | Australia, Startup Ecosystems & Events
This weekend I am judging at Startup Weekend Sydney. There are more than 120 people here and the atmosphere is electric. We have just done recruitment pitching and I have left the teams for a sleepless weekend building something new. Recently it has become clear to me...
by Phil Morle | Apr 27, 2012 | Pollenizer News
Linkopedia from the last week.. a compelling view of Pollenizer through shared links, some relevant to Start Up life, and some fluff to keep you entertained. Happy linking all.. Shoestring media takes a punt on naming the top 20 mentors in Start up in Australia, great...
by Phil Morle | Apr 26, 2012 | Startup Science
“Disruptive Innovation gives a whole new population of consumers access to a product or service that was historically only accessible to consumers with a lot of money or a lot of skill” – Clayton Christensen Regardless of where you plan to be in the...
by Phil Morle | Apr 25, 2012 | Enterprise Incubation, Startup Science
Our Chairman and chief disruptor, Tony Faure, was interviewed by Alan Kohler on Q Radio’s Talking Business. It’s a great insight into what he does, especially the discussion about his steady hand on company boards in the turbulent waters of startups....
by Phil Morle | Apr 25, 2012 | Startup Science
Tony Faure and I are in Singapore with our friends at JFDI. JFDI (it doesn’t stand for what you think it does…. honest) is supported by Singtel’s Innov8 fund and is most like Startmate in Australia, providing a 100 day program with a pitch day at the...
by Phil Morle | Apr 23, 2012 | Code
The recent release of PHP 5.4 includes a new feature called Traits. It enables method injection into classes and the concept will be familiar to anyone who has experience with Ruby’s mixins or traits in Scala. CakePHP’s ‘Model Behaviour’...
by Phil Morle | Apr 19, 2012 | Pollenizer News
Linkopedia is back, sharing links from the pollenizer team over the last few weeks. Having correlated some of best links, here they are for you to share or just enjoy. First Up! 1. Achievement is in the eye of the beholder-Looking at 30 influential under 30’s...
by Phil Morle | Apr 19, 2012 | Startup Science
I get lots of emails from people looking for new adventures and I’d love to help. Sometimes though, it’s hard to know what to do with them. I either get a long email, a long resume, or a long linkedin page. I don’t know how to process that and who to...
by Phil Morle | Apr 19, 2012 | Pollenizer News
We will be at the Sydney Startup Weekend starting 27th April. I will be judging and can’t wait to see the pitches on Friday night and what they become over the insane weekend of awesomeness. Are you coming? What is Sydney Startup Weekend? Startup Weekend is an...
by Phil Morle | Apr 18, 2012 | Startup Finops
Are you innovating with technology? I mean really innovating? Experimenting, taking risks, going where no (wo)man has gone before? If you are, then you’re eligible for the Research and Development Tax Incentive. The programme is jointly administered...
by Phil Morle | Apr 17, 2012 | Capital Raising, Startup Finops
I’m starting a new IM (information memorandum) for raising capital and thought I’d outline my process. Write the pitch deck. Write the executive summary Write the IM Re-write the executive summary Re-write the pitch deck. Obviously with lots of trials and...
by Phil Morle | Apr 16, 2012 | Pollenizer News
Update: Here is the interview and transcript. I was interviewed for ABC TV which went live tonight and I thought I’d quickly share some bits that got cut out; Anyone starting a business and giving it a go should be encouraged. Being able to raise $10m like that...
