by Phil Morle | Apr 16, 2012 | Code
It’s easy to label something as terrible if you’ve had a bad first impression. Before you do label the CMS/Technology with the sh*t sticker you should have some sort of idea on how it works and how to use it. Drupal is a CMS backed by a strong community...
by Phil Morle | Apr 16, 2012 | Startup Science
Music is a part of our lives, it’s almost impossible to not come across a song on a daily basis (I’m factoring in the slight chance that people may not use technology). The question is should your workplace have music playing? The short answer… yes!...
by Phil Morle | Apr 15, 2012 | Startup Science
Find a niche you can win in a very big market. Win that niche and start growing. Keep growing till you’re big. OK, contrite, but again, just some thoughts. Honestly, I haven’t got to number 3 yet. Spreets sold early. Pollenizer is only 4 years old and not...
by Phil Morle | Apr 15, 2012 | Startup Science
I’ve been thinking through this and whilst part of it is obvious, it really makes me challenge where we spend our time and our process. If you are starting a new cafe, law firm or even media blog, it’s not a startup. You know your business model,...
by Phil Morle | Apr 10, 2012 | Code
A common problem the engineering team is experiencing at Pollenizer is finding the resources to dedicate to system administration duties. With the vision of reducing those duties, Pollenizer has been exploring PaaS providers. I have reviewed services offered by...
by Phil Morle | Apr 8, 2012 | Pollenizer News
Phil Morle (me!) will be speaking at the upcoming workshop on 16 April. I will be on a panel in the Crowd Business Models workshop with Seb from Blue Chilli and Rebekah from Posse. and use this promo code to get $120 off the day: POLLENIZER ...
by Phil Morle | Apr 7, 2012 | Startup Science
Eric Ries (@ericries) came by the Hive last Wednesday for a clinic on our startups. We’ve been a living the lean startup approach for a few years now and it is definitely something we can never be ‘good enough’ at. This time with Eric, it was...
by Phil Morle | Apr 5, 2012 | Pollenizer News
The whole Pollenizer team and founders crammed into a house at Avalon for 2 days of coding and customers. It was a great event with lots of good learnings and bondings. Thanks so much to Pierre, Nicola and Claudia for organising. Huge thanks to Trevor for doing an...
by Phil Morle | Apr 5, 2012 | Startup Science
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, then it was the best of times again.” It is with much excitement, sadness and joy that I announce that Michelle Rowan is leaving Pollenizer today. The joyful part is that she came to Pollenizer, made a big impact...
by Phil Morle | Mar 25, 2012 | Customer Development, Startup Science
Steve Blank, the pioneer of Customer Development released his new book called ‘The Startup Owners Manual’. Of particular note is the inclusion of the Customer Development Manifesto which fits nicely side by side with the Agile Manifesto for product...
by Phil Morle | Mar 22, 2012 | Startup Science
Last week, I was lucky enough to attend the National Growth Summit 2012. I’m typically sceptical of any conference that appears, on the surface, to be a Kool-Aid pop stand for CEOs, but I have to admit – it was awesome! Day one included speakers such as...
by Phil Morle | Mar 22, 2012 | Startup Science
Micro post! Every time I finish a document or email I look back and think: Strip out the crap Change passive to active Change open ended to closed Examples: Strip out crap With crap: “If you are trying hard, to really say something and want to make it stronger...
