by Phil Morle | May 3, 2013 | Scaling Your Business, Startup Science, Uncategorized
The law of the excluded middle states that: “for any proposition, either that proposition is true, or its negation is”. I’ve been thinking about this philosophical pearl as it applies to the holy grail of startup propositions: “[Startup X] has...
by Phil Morle | Apr 28, 2013 | Startup Finops, Uncategorized
Whether you are a startup looking to hire a contractor or you yourself are providing a service and issuing an invoice it is important that you know your stuff to avoid finding yourself in hot water. Startup Obligations as an employer Hiring a contractor as a helping...
by Phil Morle | Apr 24, 2013 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
Photo courtesy of dierken There are a few articles on why startups are not just smaller versions of companies but these articles focus on what this means for the process and the product/market side. So what does this mean for the financial and operations side of the...
by Phil Morle | Apr 23, 2013 | Startmate 2013, Uncategorized
Over the past few days the graduating teams from the first three month stage of the 2013 Startmate program have been arriving in San Francisco, preparing to begin their assault on the investors, customers and media of Silicon Valley. I happened to catch the same...
by Phil Morle | Apr 18, 2013 | Pygg, Startup Science, Uncategorized
Pygg has recently been diving deep into solving the cash issue in public schools. Every school day thousands of children across Australia carry cash to schools for payments relating to excursions, fees, sports days etc. For a five year old, this is plain crazy. We...
by Phil Morle | Apr 13, 2013 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
It was a sunny Monday morning 14th April 2008 when I strolled across the street to embark on what was my first day at Pollenizer. A couple of weeks earlier I’d met Phil at a neighbours BBQ, we talked about Pollenizer and he shared the pain he endured in setting up...
by Phil Morle | Apr 12, 2013 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
I’m obsessed with problems. When I hear someone complain about something I can’t help but to think about a solution, a “better way”. Needless to say that our recent move to France provided a whole new level of exposure to “problems”...
by Phil Morle | Apr 12, 2013 | Pollenizer News, Uncategorized
Pollenizer CEO, Phil Morle speaks on Technology Behind Business about the challenges facing startups across Australia.
by Phil Morle | Apr 4, 2013 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
When you think of all the times you felt like avoiding the office to get a chunk of work done or just blast something out under a deadline, the idea of sharing an office, voluntarily, seems like pure madness. That said, the positives outweigh those negatives and far...
by Phil Morle | Mar 27, 2013 | Pollenizer News, Uncategorized
Latest update from Pollenizer We’ve had a busy couple of months, with new startup LawPath getting started, the co-working space taking shape and the official launch of the Startup Focus book. Here’s a short update covering all that’s happening in the...
by Phil Morle | Mar 26, 2013 | Pollenizer News, Uncategorized
Pollenizer received some publicity in today’s Australian Financial...
by Phil Morle | Mar 25, 2013 | Pollenizer News, Uncategorized
I was very fortunate to be asked by some of our Telstra contacts to participate in a Hypotheticals session with Geoffrey Robertson last Monday. My dad and I used to watch these on TV when I was young, so I was thrilled to be a part of it. It was pretty scary with no...