Shared Learnings
Flearn Early. Flearn Often. Supporting Australia’s Young Entrepreneurs
This summer, something very interesting has been developing quietly in the Manning building of the University of Sydney. When exams finished at the end of November 2012, the campus fell silent and the usual hordes of students parading down the main boulevard, Eastern...
read more“Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet”
“He who feared he would not succeed sat still.” Horace Pollenizer is a firm proponent of the Lean Startup Methodology as a way to systematically de-risk startups. Recently however, Pollenizer has taken a different approach to de-risking their startups: Instill fear in...
read moreWhat could bring Facebook down?
<img src="http://pollenizer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/163618769-300x170.jpg" alt="163618769" width="300" height="170" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-11033" / Thomas Pastro, Tom Rothwell and I were debating if and how the Facebook reign could come to an...
read more7 Tips for Startups Working With Suppliers
We've worked with lots of suppliers over the years and here are a few thoughts; Make sure you have flexibility in case you need to ditch them. No long term contracts. Monthly fees much better than annual. Check that they have worked with your type of company before....
read moreIs Focus the Opposite of Vision?
The first question of a new company should be.......... Some say start small. Others say 'what is your purpose on earth?' And the gap between the two is your job as an entrepreneur. More correctly, it's not choosing a single spot between the two, it's spending your...
read moreFrom both sides: PR tips for startups
Inevitably, as a startup founder you'll need to respond to media coverage, as your business grows, in your effort to attract users, or to build a profile as an expert in your field. Or, like some founders, you may find yourself managing a media storm. Some founders...
read moreHelp lobby for ESOP reform
Earlier this week, we put out a call on Twitter for the issues you'd like to see on the agenda leading up to the federal election, which Prime Minister Julia Gillard has set for Saturday 14 September. We got a bunch of interesting ideas — funding for incubators and...
read morePM announces election: what startup issues should be on the agenda?
The Prime Minister Julia Gillard has made the unusual move of announcing an election date almost eight months in advance. Australians will take to the polls on Saturday 14 September, and we want to know what issues are most important to you, the startup community....
read moreDelegation (Part 2)
This week I wanted to look at the other side of the delegation scale, at under delegation and the causes and consequences of failing to hand down work appropriately. Under delegation is when a superior withholds work, whether they realise it or not. Some of the...
read moreFacebook Lists for Startups
Robert Scoble posted a solid list of lists and I further filtered it for Startups; 6. Google+ - so you can track it by Matthew Rappaport. Great list of over 300 active Google+ members. Matthew has a cool site called “Hangout Conversations” you might find handy...
read moreTo tell, teach or involve? How we’ll cover Startmate
Since launching From Little Things in September, we've interviewed more people than we could count, attended loads of events, and immersed ourselves in the world of startups. And we’ve discovered they really are a world unto themselves. While there is a common...
read moreWhen an enterprise says it’s a startup, it’s the truth that suffers
We get a lot of press releases at FLT; most of which I'm happy to receive, even though they very rarely result in a story. It's just hard-working media relations people trying to do their job. I can't blame them for not having any relevant news. And so today, when I...
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