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We need CEOs, CTOs and Engineers

We are constantly on the look out for great people to join our team and right now we have some immediate needs described below. Let us know if you are interested or forward this post to your network. India We are looking for engineers to join our team in Trivandrum,...

The World is Flat

Thomas Friedman said ‘The World is Flat’. It certainly is for Pollenizer. Here’s my ‘office’ on Sunday. We were meeting with Mixin in the Swiss Alps. Mixin is a Swiss company we recently invested in and to augment their team with the...

Looking for Pollenizer Web & Startup Builders?

We love our name, but know that sometimes people miss spell it, so here are some of the other options in hope that Google and other search engines catch them; Pollinizer or www.pollinizer.com Polleniser or www.polleniser.com Polenizer or www.pollenizer.com Polliniser...

Doing Viral Promotions: A Case Study

Today we launched a ‘viral’ campaign with the Photo Art crew and I have some observations from the lab. I’ve been working with Photo Art Gallery for about 9 months in total, and four months full-on. I’m hoping to write up a bigger case study,...

Premiree – More Premium, Less Free

Startups often head towards mediocrity, low growth and less success because they set out to build a free product and the value matches the price. I’m proposing we reverse the way we look at the ‘freemium’ model and by doing so, build better...

Webscene in Wellington

After just one day in Wellington for the Webstock 09 event I’ve got some insights into why the web scene is more vibrant than anything in Australia, including Sydney. Though there are definitely still mysteries. Ze Frank at Webstock 09 from Kiwi on Flickr. With...

Lessons from Kazaa: a retro talk

At the end of 2008, I attended an inspiring mini-conference in Palo Alto for CTOs to explore big ideas. At last I have time to blog it. The conference was hosted by MIH SWAT – a division of Naspers with the mission to connect the technology strategies of the web...

Visual communication in agile projects

Earlier today, I received this picture (click on the thumbnail since it’s quite large and needs to be seen in its full splendor) from Xavier, a friend that’s a practicing Agile Coach and PM in Belgium. Xavier has just started a fantastic blog on visual...

New Website, Co-Working Delay and Growth Town

Hey everyone, a bit of news. Firstly, welcome to our new website. Hope you like it. Please give us the same brutal, ‘be focused’ feedback that we give you. Secondly, some bad news on the Co-Working space. We’ve been pushing very, very hard to get in...

Put the Oh in Enterprise 2.0

The Enterprise 2.0 Forum is on again! Enterprise brain gym! Tuesday, February 24. 8.30 to 2pm Luna Park, Sydney I’ll be there again to hear the live feeds from the USA and UK. More thoughts on my blog...

Manual first, then automate

Just saw Bart’s post on how funding can kill your startup and completely agree. Funding can be great for you and it’s certainly required at some points but I see startups all the time trying to solve problems in the wrong sequence. One of the suggestions I...