Shared Learnings
5 Years of Pollenizer
Today Pollenizer turns 5 and it's been one crazy ride. We talk a lot about what we've done and what we've achieved. I got asked last night why we started Pollenizer and it's a great question and I'd like to share some thoughts on my motivations. The simplest...
read moreThe most important 15 seconds of your life. Pitch clinic with Tyler Crowley
Tyler Crowley (@steepdecline), is the co-host of This Week in Startups and works one on one with early-stage companies before they pitch at the LAUNCH conference. He was in Sydney for a few days and ran two pitch clinics with a lucky few startups. I spent most of last...
read moreSilicon Beach: Making Waves [Video]
We knew from day one that the mission for FLT needed to be two-fold, both covering and shaping the agenda for Australian startup companies. While that means we've spent a lot of time talking to and covering individual companies perhaps the most useful role we play is...
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FOCUS IS ABOUT SAYING NO TO 1,000 THINGS
Great video by Steve Jobs on Focus. Focus is not about what you say yes to, it’s about what you say no to. Read more about our thoughts in our book Startup Focus. People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at...
read moreFocus is about saying no to 1,000 things
Great video by Steve Jobs on Focus. Focus is not about what you say yes to, it's about what you say no to. Read more about our thoughts in our book Startup Focus. People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at...
read moreA new domain and the search for revenue
First, if you’ve found your way from FromLittleThings.co to FLTBTG.com, congratulations! It’s been a week or so since CrazyDomains messed up its relationship with its upstream supplier of .co domains and our FromLittleThings.co domain went off the air, along with the...
read moreStartup Jargon
The following is a list of words and phrases that you can use when trying to fit in with the startup community: Product Roadmap Tracking bootstrapping lean startup lean canvas iterate product/market fit problem/solution fit MVP runway slide deck low-burn startup...
read moreWhy Now? Pollenizer
Jason Calacanis just posted about Sequoia's most illuminating question to entrepreneurs. Why now? I am pitching my heart out for Pollenizer these days and enjoying the opportunity to try the different ways to think about what we do. The 'Why Now?' for Pollenizer is:...
read moreAustralian startups offered chance to learn from TechCrunch, LAUNCH pitch guru
Successful startup founder and commentator Tyler Crowley will next week share the knowledge he’s gained helping hundreds of early-stage companies polish their pitches for events including the TechCrunch and LAUNCH conferences with some of Australia’s most promising...
read moreDesign and Build an iPad with Oomph
Pollenizer has teamed up with the team at Oomph again, to present a course on Designing and Publishing iPad Apps. The last session was so successful, we've got the team back in to present their design workshop. The classes are limited to 20, and give those in...
read moreI Wouldn’t Work from Home Either
Teleworking is set to be a mainstay of the future. We can sleep in, work in our pyjamas in the comfort of our home, spend more time with our family, avoid the daily commute, etc. all thanks to teleworking. However, I was reading an article in the BRW which discussed...
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2013, THE YEAR OF LEAN ENTERPRISE?
It looks like I'm a few days late to proclaim 2013 the year for Southeast Asia startups. Props to my old colleague Michael Smith and Asia's best tech writer Jon Russell for nailing that, and yes of course I agree wholeheartedly. That's why we're here! But while we're...
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