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Startups first test: Does anyone care?

by | Jul 6, 2011 | Startup Science

Part of what Pollenizer does regularly is to reality check new ideas by just putting them out there. It’s the fastest way to find out if anyone cares and what they think. I copped some flack on Friday for tweeting out a link to a site called Noble Village. This...

Market Based Businesses: Hunger on Both Sides

by | Jul 5, 2011 | Startup Science

Lots of businesses I see are market based, meaning there is a buyer and a seller. As I’ve written about before, these businesses are great once they are established, but are hard to get there. One thing we search for is hunger on both sides. What I mean by this...

jQuery Window Resizer Plugin

by | Jul 5, 2011 | Code

This is my second in a series of jQuery plugins that I am sharing. You can check out the tooltip plugin from my first post here. I’ve recently been paying more attention to the mobile space and trying to build websites whose layout changes at different...

Gamification of Brainstorming

by | Jul 4, 2011 | Startup Science

I’ve been reading the book Gamestorming which is about adding gaming to work to get better results. It’s good though it’s a lot more about using games in workshops and brainstorming situations. A few things I’ve learned reading it; Stop being...

Kim Chen and Giving

by | Jul 4, 2011 | Pollenizer News

This is a thanks to Kim and a sorry to my followers. Part 1 Friday night, with a beer or two from celebrating the farewell of Bruno and Oliver from Pollenizer and 3 years of Silicon Beach Drinks, I stood on a wobbly chair to give an impromptu speech for 1 minute. In...

FEO – Facebook Essential Optimisation

by | Jul 4, 2011 | Startup Science

OK FEO is a stupid term I just made up but Facebook optimisation is serious business. Everyone is marketing through Facebook Pages (and Groups) these days but how much thought are people putting into optimising them? When you create a Facebook page you need to give it...

jQuery tooltip plugin

by | Jun 27, 2011 | Code

Today is my first installment in a series in which I will showcase a collection of jQuery plugins that I have made over the past few years. I will be posting one plugin each week over the next two months. This will also include the plugin template that I use and a...

What’s your story?

by | Jun 24, 2011 | Startup Science

This blog post by Mitch Joel is a good reminder that you should never forget the story behind your product. As customer development managers and marketers, it’s easy to fall into pushing your product to the detriment of your story. You’re so desperate for...

Toby, What have you been up to?

by | Jun 24, 2011 | Pollenizer News

Ever wonder what everyone is up to? Every week we will be posting two-minute videos showcasing what each team member is working on and general musings on the job. This week: Toby Skyring   Will you be next? Stay tuned…....