by Phil Morle | Nov 5, 2009 | Startup Science
Quick Answer – Very! Long Answer – It depends (doesn’t it always?), and don’t under estimate inertia. When you’re starting a new product you start with no customers. You have to go and get your first one. OK, the first one is you, then...
by Phil Morle | Nov 3, 2009 | Pollenizer News
Today is Melbourne Cup day in Australia, well, in Melbourne, but most of Australia gets behind it. The Pollenizer team are pretty flat out, but even we will stop around 3pm this afternoon for a champagne and watch the race. I thought I’d do a quick video spoof...
by Phil Morle | Oct 28, 2009 | Startup Science
Here’s an idea for you. I call it ‘The Inverse Law of Ambition’. Founders who focus, obsessively, on small things seem more likely to grow massive companies. Founders that focus on growing huge without paying attention to the small things, fail....
by Phil Morle | Oct 23, 2009 | Startup Science
‘Sr. Bee meets Sr. Sunflower‘ by robstephaustralia via FlickrImage is licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution licence Some quick thoughts on one of the hardest things to do as an entrepreneur (or intrapreneur) – holding both a big vision and a...
by Phil Morle | Oct 20, 2009 | Startup Science
Guest blog post by Steve Sammartino from Rentoid. Steve is also hosting a Startup School in Melbourne (Nov 7-8) and Sydney (Nov 21-22). It’s highly recommended by me (Mick) as Steve has great, real experience buildings startups – with success and failures...
by Phil Morle | Sep 24, 2009 | Startup Science
Entrepreneurs think differently. Entrepreneurs build stuff in their obsessive daily quest to find value. They invent things, create companies, generate jobs. I love it, not only because it is good for our world to have lots of people thinking this way, but because it...
by Phil Morle | Sep 18, 2009 | Startup Science
Seedcamp week is starting next Monday, and it’s time to present you the 21 finalists that will be joining from 11 countries. 5 from eastern Europe – Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Romania and Estonia 5 from central Europe – Austria, Germany, Belgium,...
by Phil Morle | Sep 17, 2009 | Pollenizer News
If you are in the startup scene in Europe you have for sure heard of Seedcamp or at least read an article about them on TechCrunch Europe. If not, here’s the short run down. Seedcamp was initiated in 2007 by Saul Klein, of Index Ventures, and is run by CEO...
by Phil Morle | Sep 16, 2009 | Startup Science
I was cruising the Demopit at Techcrunch50 and spotted Tim O’Reilly a serious tech veteran and celebrity. I thought I’d stop him and get his thoughts on focus. Of course I’d sure he’d give us sage advice on why they should be brutally focused....
by Phil Morle | Sep 15, 2009 | Startup Science
Post Morning Demopit Walk First morning of Techcrunch50 and after a quick walk of the Demopit (those that didn’t make it on stage) I’m not yet startled by amazing new business models. Most of the same with a bit of spice here and there. Here is a summary...
by Phil Morle | Sep 11, 2009 | Pitching, Startup Science
A message to our Sydney-based startup friends. Pollenizer is sponsoring Coming to America event, now on Thursday, October 15, 2009 from 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM. Rich venture environments exist where there is a pool of successful entrepreneurs re-investing back into...
by Phil Morle | Sep 1, 2009 | Startup Science
(Updated as we go) Some of the Pollenizer team are live in the Sydney-side of the Future of Influence Summit and we’re keeping you in the loop. As the day rolls on, we’ll keep adding more comments, content and maybe the odd photo/video or two (if...
