by Phil Morle | Feb 27, 2011 | Pitching, Startup Science, Tools and Templates
Here is a set of slides we use at Bootcamp, Startmate and other forums when we’re working with new startups. The idea is to be able to quickly and succinctly tell the full story of the business without thinking about it too much. You get 5 seconds per slide....
by Phil Morle | Feb 24, 2011 | Startup Science
What product variations should you offer? You plan to sell t-shirts online but you’re not sure what colours other than black people might be interested in. Just plug a couple of different colours into Google Sets: Then simply select whether you want a large or...
by Phil Morle | Feb 23, 2011 | Pollenizer News
I suspect that this is just the beginning for 2011, but there are already open positions on our job board. If you apply, please take the time to read our website and ask around a bit before submitting your application. We respond well to people who put some effort...
by Phil Morle | Feb 16, 2011 | Startup Science
It’s great to have friends, colleagues and mentors encourage you and tell you ‘you can do it’. It’s crucial to have people who give you brutally honest feedback. Look for it, cultivate it, and make sure you’re getting it in a healthy...
by Phil Morle | Feb 16, 2011 | Startup Science
Is there any demand for your product? You plan to sell baby headphones online but you don’t know if anyone will be interested. Plug the terms you think people would use to look for the product into Google’s Keyword tool and you’ll quickly know how many people search...
by Phil Morle | Feb 7, 2011 | Startup Science
As founders ourselves and working with hundreds of other entrepreneurs, we’ve found there are a lot of conflicting skills, principles and characteristics that it helps to have. Here are a few, add your own. Big vision and brutal focus. Deep empathy and...
by Phil Morle | Jan 28, 2011 | Enterprise Incubation
Book: Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation Author: Steven Johnson Rating: 4/5 Video: Brilliant book that should excite the minds of anyone interested in new ideas and innovation. Johnson approaches the topic by analysing the history of famous...
by Phil Morle | Jan 26, 2011 | Startup Science
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a ‘seat of my pants’ kind of guy in a ‘rocket powered rollercoaster’ kind of job. Because of that, and often in spite of that, I have to work very hard to make sure that I’m driving the...
by Phil Morle | Jan 25, 2011 | Startup Science
When it comes to the quintessential entrepreneur, there is no magic set of skills or perfect list of traits. However, Jeffrey Bussgang recommends that these are the kinds of questions you should ask yourself: Do you have an idea that no one can talk you out of? Do you...
by Phil Morle | Jan 24, 2011 | Pollenizer News
This morning I caught up with a lot of the team about what we’re working on. I was very happy to hear that following the Spreets acquisition by Yahoo our team was proud but focused on the work at hand. It’s interesting for Pollenizer since we are...
by Phil Morle | Jan 21, 2011 | Startup Science
I hear lots of startup founders get worried when I talk about testing things fast, moving quickly, trying different target micro-segments and failing constantly on the way to finding a working model. “Yeah, but won’t we be burning people? Won’t they...
by Phil Morle | Jan 20, 2011 | Pollenizer News
Fantastic news today for the Spreets team, for Yahoo!7, for the Australian technology community and of course the Pollenizer team. Read below for the story, and a few notes from us at the bottom. Yahoo!7 acquires Spreets – leading Australian and New Zealand...
